Pc randomly shutting down

[opdark3200]

So yesterday I had a friend over to my house to hangout and he logged into my pc with his steam account. Then I started downloading some of his games so we could play. We went out of the house for about 2 hrs a when I came back, my pc froze with a black screen but it showed the LEDs and such and my tower still on. Additionally, the power button and reset button were unresponsive and I eventually just flipped the psu button off. I was eventually able to boot iron widows and run cinebench to see if maybe hardware was not functioning correctly but I got through the cpu and gpu tests fine then black screen right after the tests were done. I would love some help

 

[profoundnoah]

What are your system specs? Could be anything ranging from faulty RAM to a software issue, or even a bad PSU.

 

[opdark3200]

What are your system specs? Could be anything ranging from faulty RAM to a software issue, or even a bad PSU.

I have an Asus x470 pro prime mobo, r5 2600x, rx560(

 

[opdark3200]

I just booted up and when I tried to sign into steam the pc crashed then restarted(usually freezes)

 

[opdark3200]

Just booted again and opened task manager to see that my ssd was always at 65+ usage. Could be the problem but I don’t know how to fix

 

[seagate_surfer]

opdark3200, one test you could run on your drive is Seatools. It will let you know what state of health it is in.

 

[clarkjd]

I've never heard of Powerspec as a PSU builder.
As crashes and re-boots generally are power related. I would suspect the PSU.
I fail to understand why anyone would spend hundreds,if not thousands of dollars on a top build, and trust a $25 0r $30 PSU to power it!

Thu PSU is the heart of your system, without it NOTHING works! It is the only component that, if it fails, can destroy ALL of your other components! Never "Cheap Out" on the PSU! It is false economy!
Go here:
https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/631048-psu-tier-list-updated/
I would suggest a 5-600 watt unit from tiers 1 or 2 (certainly no lower than tier 3!), whichever ones are available to you locally.