Question Pc suddenly restart when gaming

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So this has been happening for 2 months now. And it happened again today, I was playing Fall Guys with a couple of mates. We were about 2 hours into the game when suddenly the screen went black, and then my pc restarted, when it restarted it showed me a windows update, then it booted to windows as standard.

Before anyone asks, the CPU and GPU temps where normal, around 65 for both I think. My GPU drivers are updated, and the restart has been happening in more games like For Honor and GTA V.
I dont think its because of the PSU because it has double than what I need.

Specs:
CPU: i5-4460
GPU: Amd Rx 470
Ram: Samsung 2x8gb
MB: Asrock H81M-VG4
PSU: Super Flower SF-650P14 650 Watts
1 Sata SSD
1 Sata HDD

I spoke to a guy, he thinks its because the motherboard is crappy, so it isnt delivering enough power to the GPU.

Here's what I found in the event log

If anyone else has any other solutions or causes I would greatly appreciate it.
It would be a life-saver.
 
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Not a model I would have chosen, since in all the time since that series (GA) release not a single review has been done of any of the models in that series which generally means the company isn't confident enough in the unit to risk back feedback from professional reviewers AND professional reviewers don't see enough quality in the probable component or platform selection to feel it's worth their time and money to go buy one off the shelf in order to review it.

That being said, I'd guess it's better than what you had since even though it's built by Andyson who has some pretty crappy platforms out there, and a couple of decent ones as well, but honestly if you'd just buy ONE GOOD UNIT it would likely last you around ten years rather than having to buy four mediocre ones over the same span of time.

Honestly, if you can return that unit and get a better unit it would be to your benefit in the long term BUT I also understand that considering the region you are in that might be one of the best units you can even lay your hands on so if there are no further problems let us know. Seemed like the PSU was going to be the problem to me from the start but you have to always check the basics first, which we did.
 
Not a model I would have chosen, since in all the time since that series (GA) release not a single review has been done of any of the models in that series which generally means the company isn't confident enough in the unit to risk back feedback from professional reviewers AND professional reviewers don't see enough quality in the probable component or platform selection to feel it's worth their time and money to go buy one off the shelf in order to review it.

That being said, I'd guess it's better than what you had since even though it's built by Andyson who has some pretty crappy platforms out there, and a couple of decent ones as well, but honestly if you'd just buy ONE GOOD UNIT it would likely last you around ten years rather than having to buy four mediocre ones over the same span of time.

Honestly, if you can return that unit and get a better unit it would be to your benefit in the long term BUT I also understand that considering the region you are in that might be one of the best units you can even lay your hands on so if there are no further problems let us know. Seemed like the PSU was going to be the problem to me from the start but you have to always check the basics first, which we did.
There wasnt much of an option really, I went from one PC building company to the other. The best they had was this. And people in this region like to overprice PC hardware waaay too much. I'm talking $150 to $200 more than retail price. Since not many people are into computers in this region, they can get away with it. So if I were to buy something of actual quality it would go way over my budget. Hope you understand.