My PC started crashing about a year ago. While gaming (either at 1080p or 2k games like rainbow six siege, fortnite, or assassin's creed odyssey) the computer will shut down on its own. I have also had a single instance where I pulled up event viewer and that crashed the computer as well. It has also crashed when performing benchmarks. I have updated all my drivers and performed a clean windows 10 install. At first I thought it was my hyper x cloud headset usb dongle since I saw a thread about that, so I removed that dongle before my reset of windows 10. None of these actually fixed my PC.
When it crashes, the power button becomes unresponsive. I have to unplug the power cable from the PSU and turn off the switch to the power supply and turn it back on then replug the PSU in order for the PC to boot. Once I reboot, it starts back up as normal. I have done a little research and found that the problem could be PSU, GPU, or RAM.
I borrowed my friend's GPU in order to see if that was causing the crash. I was able to game on his GPU for about one month with no crash at all. I figured that was causing the crash and so I bought the EVGA Geforce RTX 2080 since I was due for an upgrade. I have also tested the RAM using the default RAM test in Windows 10 and memtest 64. The results for the RAM came back normal. I am currently testing the RAM by taking out each stick and then gaming.
So far, the crashes are inconsistent, which is the most annoying thing about this. I can sometimes play games for 1 to 2 weeks straight without any crashes. Then others weeks it continues to crash the PC every single time I launch a game or get to a certain loading screen (for instance when the loading bar is full in fortnite before getting into the main lobby, or when I join other player's lobby by accepting their invite, that too will crash my pc).
I doubt it could be the CPU since I have stress tested but I am not sure if that is causing the issue.
Please help!!! Let me know if more information is needed.
My PC parts:
When it crashes, the power button becomes unresponsive. I have to unplug the power cable from the PSU and turn off the switch to the power supply and turn it back on then replug the PSU in order for the PC to boot. Once I reboot, it starts back up as normal. I have done a little research and found that the problem could be PSU, GPU, or RAM.
I borrowed my friend's GPU in order to see if that was causing the crash. I was able to game on his GPU for about one month with no crash at all. I figured that was causing the crash and so I bought the EVGA Geforce RTX 2080 since I was due for an upgrade. I have also tested the RAM using the default RAM test in Windows 10 and memtest 64. The results for the RAM came back normal. I am currently testing the RAM by taking out each stick and then gaming.
So far, the crashes are inconsistent, which is the most annoying thing about this. I can sometimes play games for 1 to 2 weeks straight without any crashes. Then others weeks it continues to crash the PC every single time I launch a game or get to a certain loading screen (for instance when the loading bar is full in fortnite before getting into the main lobby, or when I join other player's lobby by accepting their invite, that too will crash my pc).
I doubt it could be the CPU since I have stress tested but I am not sure if that is causing the issue.
Please help!!! Let me know if more information is needed.
My PC parts:
- NZXT Noctis 450 mid tower (6 total fans)
- ASUS Sabertooth Z170 Mark 1
- Corsair AX760 Platinum
- Intel i7 6700k (I am using the Corsair H100i v2 for cooling) (not overclocked, I took overclock off to see if that causing the crash)
- EVGA Geforce RTX 2080 XC2
- G.Skill Ripjaws DDR4 16 GB
- 256 GB Samsung SSD
- 1TB Sandisk SSD