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PC stops then closes down when joining a CS:GO Lobby

PapaShand

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Sep 19, 2015
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Hiya, My PC keeps crashing/turning itself off whenever i load up a csgo lobby. Is this a repairable error or is it something else? Also, once this has happended my PC will refuse to restart or attempt but fail and won't work for another 30 minutes or so.

Here are my specs:

Case: CiT 1017 Black Midi ATX Mesh Gaming PC Case
Motherboard: MSI Micro ATX G41M-P25 LGA 775
RAM: 2 x 2gb Rendition DDR3 240 Pin 1333Mhz
Graphics Card: Nvidia Asus GeForce GT 730 Silent 1gb
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @3.0Ghz
Power Supply: CiT Pemtium 500 Watts 230 Volts Micro ATX
Hard Drive: 160gb Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM SATA Main HDD
320gb Western Digtial Caviar Blue 7200 RPM SATA 2nd HDD
Portable Verbatim 500gb External HDD
Fan Cooling: 1 x 92mm CiT 7 Blade PSU Fan
2 x 120mm Arctic 9 Blade Side Vent Fans
Operating System: Windows 8.1 64 bit Pro

HELP! Thanks. :)
 
Solution
My PC keeps crashing/turning itself off whenever i load up a csgo lobby / won't work for another 30 minutes or so.

tipical power issue. CiT psu are very low quality. here is a quality one.!

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/9Pbj4D/by_merchant/
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£35.46 @ More Computers)
Total: £35.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-18 19:53 BST+0100




My PC keeps crashing/turning itself off whenever i load up a csgo lobby / won't work for another 30 minutes or so.

tipical power issue. CiT psu are very low quality. here is a quality one.!

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/9Pbj4D/by_merchant/
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£35.46 @ More Computers)
Total: £35.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-18 19:53 BST+0100




 
Solution


This is definitely the problem correct? Sorry i am new to my PC build and have spent around £200 already only to find my PC crashing and glitching. As you may know this would make a person very frustrated! Also, is there any tests i can run to check my PSU's definitely not working? Thanks! :)