PSU or GPU problems?

[MarcSantos]

For the past few weeks, I was having constant shutdowns and freezes, maybe I get about 3-4 freezes a day. Last sunday, once again my computer froze, as I was trying to boot it up again, it failed. And i found out that It won't boot up if I'm using my graphics card. This problem isn't new to me because it happened many times before and was able to fix it through reseating. But right now, it wont boot up. I'm using integrated graphics and it sucks. Yesterday I tried to plug the graphics card again to try, after 3-4 attempts of reseating and hoping to get my monitor to come up, it opened but after 10 minutes of gaming my screen froze, and i was not able to boot up the computer again. Today I tried to fix it again, the fans are lighting up my keyboard lights up, and I can hear the windows start up sound through my headphones but my monitor isn't displaying anything. I tried HDMI, nothing. VGA, nothing. I checked the cables if it was working, and it did. Am I having problems with my PSU or Video card?

Windows 10 Home 32-bit (10.0, Build 10586) (10586.th2_release.160104-1513) Language: English
Motherboard: G41T-R3
Processor: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5800 @ 3.20GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM

and my video card is NVIDIA GEFORCE GT630, I have a 600 watt generic PSU, im using it for almost 5 years. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys

 

[Guest]

Both your graphics card and power supply urgently need upgrading. I suggest you go with a EVGA GTX 750 Ti SC for around 175$ and a Be Quiet! pure Power l8 for around about 80$. Trust me, it'll be worth it.

 

[aces19]

Both your graphics card and power supply urgently need upgrading. I suggest you go with a EVGA GTX 750 Ti SC for around 175$ and a Be Quiet! pure Power l8 for around about 80$. Trust me, it'll be worth it.

Get a 950: http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-GeForce-XTREME-Graphics-GV-N950XTREME-2GD/dp/B015QJ31IW/ref=sr_1_10?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1453844955&sr=1-10&keywords=gtx+950

Slightly more expensive, but it will be worth it.

 

[Guest]

Okay, then a GTX 950 and a Be Quiet! pure Power l8. Total price: around 260$.

 

[aces19]

Okay, then a GTX 950 and a Be Quiet! pure Power l8. Total price: around 260$.

Perfect

 

[turkey3_scratch]

I would get a better PSU. The PS is the number one cause of this stuff, and almost definitely a new card will not fix the issue. Your 600W generic PSU probably has leaking capacitors and overvoltage protection or undervoltage protection is kicking in and turning off the PSU to ensure your computer does not get fried.

 

[aces19]

I would get a better PSU. The PS is the number one cause of this stuff, and almost definitely a new card will not fix the issue. Your 600W generic PSU probably has leaking capacitors and overvoltage protection or undervoltage protection is kicking in and turning off the PSU to ensure your computer does not get fried.

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-SuperNOVA-Continuous-Warranty-120-G1-0650-XR/dp/B00K85X2AW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453935827&sr=8-1&keywords=evga+650w%5C

Seems overkill but will be good forever

 

[turkey3_scratch]

No, the NEX are typically poor quality.

 

[aces19]

No, the NEX are typically poor quality.

I don't think that link was to an NEX model, was it? If it was, my bad.