[SOLVED] Pc Freezes while gaming

[csanta1985]

I have been having problems with freezing issues while playing games. I have replaced the PDU as a start. That didn't solve it. I just replaced the HDD to a SSD. The freezing issues have seemed to be better, but it still froze once yesterday after a week of use. Any advice on what could be going wrong as i really don't want to keep swapping out hardware not knowing what it is. Thanks for any advice.

 

[richpixel]

What cpu, gpu do you have, could be overheating

 

[csanta1985]

My cpu is I5-6400 and GPU is Nvidia GeForce GTX 970. I do monitor the temps and haven't noticed anything overheating. I did re apply thermal paste, but i didn't clean off the old paste. Could that do it?

 

[richpixel]

It's a possibilty, when it freezes, are there any error msgs, or blue screens, or does it just freeze.

1. Type or paste ‘event’ into the Search Windows box.
2. Open Event Viewer and allow it to load.

You should see three panes. On the left are the views and log types. The middle pane displays the logs themselves and the right pane offers access to a range of actions.

Important note: A completely error free computer does not exist and it is not necessary to troubleshoot every error or warning you see.

Event types
There are five main event types and they are listed in the left pane. Only two are relevant to the home computer, Application and System. The others are mainly for enterprise setups or networks.

• Application events – Program reported events
• Security events – Security audit events
• Setup events – Domain control events
• System events – Windows system file events
• Forwarded events – Events forwarded from networks devices

There are three main event notifications, error, warning and information.

• Error – An issue that needs looking at
• Warning – An issue that isn’t a problem but might become one
• Information – An event to tell you something has happened

What you're looking for are any events just before the lockup

 

[lolnole]

Yes, you should always remove the old thermal paste before reapplying new paste. What were your max temps? What were your CPU/GPU usages?

 

[simpalak]

Yes, you should always remove the old thermal paste before reapplying new paste. What were your max temps? What were your CPU/GPU usages?

Dude, no! You can leave your old thermal paste even 1 year....Don't be so scared.
I recommend to reapply half a year. At least, that's how a lot of people do it.