Questioning my PSU, computer crashes to black screen while in-game.

[robinsood]

Is my PSU capable of running this:
PSU: Thermaltake TR2 GOLD 600W


Intel core i-7700 (Hydro H75 water cooling)
ASUS Prime Z270 - A
64GB of DDR4 RAM
AMD Radeon RX480 XFX 8GB
WD 1TB Hard Drive
Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB
Also dual monitor setup, if that's of any importance.

 

[richiestang_78]

Although that particular PSU is kinda a mixed bag in terms of quality, it is more then enough for your system.

I would check your thermals as well.

 

[robinsood]

Although that particular PSU is kinda a mixed bag in terms of quality, it is more then enough for your system.

I would check your thermals as well.

Thermals as in thermal pastes? Do you suggest GPU cleaning?

 

[richiestang_78]

I mean make sure that your CPU and even the GPU aren't over heating. For your CPU you can use a simple program like Realtemp or HWMonitor and for your GPU use MSI Afterburner (it also allows for overclocking, fan speeds etc, but you can just use it as a nice monitoring software) MSI Afterburner can also monitor CPU temperatures although I don't know how accurate it is, but if you are having thermal issues it would probably be more then fine.

 

[robinsood]

I mean make sure that your CPU and even the GPU aren't over heating. For your CPU you can use a simple program like Realtemp or HWMonitor and for your GPU use MSI Afterburner (it also allows for overclocking, fan speeds etc, but you can just use it as a nice monitoring software) MSI Afterburner can also monitor CPU temperatures although I don't know how accurate it is, but if you are having thermal issues it would probably be more then fine.

Right, so I finished cleaning my GPU, replaced thermal paste.
Crashes still apply.
I shall note that when I set the max temp at 70c crashes happen a lot less.
Does this mean a faulty GPU?

 

[Karadjgne]

It means the gpu is hitting that 70° cap frequently enough. The question then becomes just how far over the cap is that temp actually going. There's 2 sections to any gpu. The gpu itself (graphics processing unit) and the vram/VRM's area. Of the 2, only the gpu has a temp sensor. So even though you are reading temps of just 70° on the card, that's only on the processor itself. Absolutely nothing to do with the vram/VRM's which could easily be clearing 90° and causing issues.

This, of course, is assuming that the main cause of video card crashing is running right. The drivers. Hardware crashes are almost always a blackscreen as the gpu shuts down/resets. Ctd (crash to desktop) is almost always driver related or software related.

So what kind of crash?

 

[robinsood]

It means the gpu is hitting that 70° cap frequently enough. The question then becomes just how far over the cap is that temp actually going. There's 2 sections to any gpu. The gpu itself (graphics processing unit) and the vram/VRM's area. Of the 2, only the gpu has a temp sensor. So even though you are reading temps of just 70° on the card, that's only on the processor itself. Absolutely nothing to do with the vram/VRM's which could easily be clearing 90° and causing issues.

This, of course, is assuming that the main cause of video card crashing is running right. The drivers. Hardware crashes are almost always a blackscreen as the gpu shuts down/resets. Ctd (crash to desktop) is almost always driver related or software related.

So what kind of crash?

It's a black screen crash, sometimes grey coloring is involved, I believe it's hardware.

 

[richiestang_78]

Do you have access to another graphics card you could try? Just to see if its an issue with your PSU or even the motherboard.

 

[robinsood]

Do you have access to another graphics card you could try? Just to see if its an issue with your PSU or even the motherboard.

No, that's my biggest issue. I really don't want to pick guesses as GPU's are really expensive.
When I take out the card there are no crashes but still, it's really not easy to tell.