Random Freezes During Gameplay

[Holly Wilson]

Hello,
I bought a custom built PC from buildyourbox called Phoenix II. It is a powerful system that is fast, and handles pretty much everything I need to do. It's only about 10 minutes into gameplay the issues start, the fan is incredibly loud and the system locks up and freezes. When I put the speakers on there is just a loud buzzing noise. I've tried looking at the GPU temp which is roughly 59° which is supposedly quite cool? I've vacuumed the system so it's free of dust. I've tried installing new Nvidia drivers, cleaning the junk from the computer, and checking for any viruses to no avail. Though it's a quad core processor, I've tried running with one programme open (being the game) and it still freezes.
Any suggestions?
Here are the specs.

AMD Bulldozer FX-4 4300 Black Edition @ 3.8Ghz x 4 cores, 8GB Corsair Vengeance (1x8GB) DDR3 1600MHz, Nvidia Geforce GTX 750 Ti 2GB, 1TB Seagate sata III 7200RPM hard drive, 500W Corsair CX500 80+ Bronze PSU

http://www.buildyourbox.co.uk/pc/phoenix-x4-gaming-pc

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there Holly Wilson,

The issues you are facing are typical for overheating.
You can just stress test your system and check out the GPU and CPU temps as well.
Check this out for example: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2028882/keep-it-stable-stupid-how-to-stress-test-your-pc-hardware.html

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

 

[Holly Wilson]

I used a Prime95 torture test just now and my computer hard froze after maybe 10 minutes, surely this means an issue with the CPU? The fan was quite silent this time, though I did use computer duster on the fan prior to booting. Any suggestions on what else I should do? There's no sign of overheating, and I've checked the computer using cmd with minor issues.

It only seems to be in heavily textured games, in my case Tera, that the computer is having freezing issues.

 

[D_Know_WD]

It is possible that your PSU is causing this as it freezes when your system is under load.
Unfortunately, the easiest way to see whether this is the case is to just borrow a PSU from somebody and install it on your computer.

D_Know_WD