Why does my computer shut down while gaming?

[hassanabbas9146]

Whenever I play games on my computer it shuts down after like 5 minutes, I think it is the CPU because whenever it shuts down, I unplug my computer, take off the CPU cooler and I feel the CPU, it is really hot. I don't know if I should reapply thermal paste, or just buy a new CPU Cooler.

These are my SPECS:
MB: MSI a75ma-g55
CPU: A8-3850
RAM: 8GB DDR3
GPU: ASUS GTX 760
PSU: 600W Thermaltake Smart

 

[GhislainG]

Why would you do that instead of monitoring it? You definitely need to clean the old thermal paste and then apply new paste (the size of a cooked grain of rice is enough).

 

[Snipergod87]

Typically one of two things, something is over heating, or power supply is dieing, typically the power supply

 

[Rogue Leader]

Whenever I play games on my computer it shuts down after like 5 minutes, I think it is the CPU because whenever it shuts down, I unplug my computer, take off the CPU cooler and I feel the CPU, it is really hot. I don't know if I should reapply thermal paste, or just buy a new CPU Cooler.

These are my SPECS:
MB: MSI a75ma-g55
CPU: A8-3850
RAM: 8GB DDR3
GPU: ASUS GTX 760
PSU: 600W Thermaltake Smart

Ok first off, STOP doing this. Getting your CPU good and hot and then immediately removing the cooler is bad and can damage the CPU. Also removing the cooler and not cleaning the CPU and cooler very well and applying new thermal paste means that every time you are putting that cooler back on chances are you are causing the next failure.

What cooler are you using? The first thing to try is to CLEAN off your cpu and base of your cooler completely, apply thermal paste properly (half a pea in the middle of the CPU), and install the cooler. Then Start the system up, monitor your temperatures with HWMonitor, and see if it fails again. If it does we can work from there.

Your cpu is always going to be hot. Your hand is no gauge of how hot it is.

 

[hassanabbas9146]

Why would you do that instead of monitoring it? You definitely need to clean the old thermal paste and then apply new paste (the size of a cooked grain of rice is enough).

Typically one of two things, something is over heating, or power supply is dieing, typically the power supply

Whenever I play games on my computer it shuts down after like 5 minutes, I think it is the CPU because whenever it shuts down, I unplug my computer, take off the CPU cooler and I feel the CPU, it is really hot. I don't know if I should reapply thermal paste, or just buy a new CPU Cooler.

These are my SPECS:
MB: MSI a75ma-g55
CPU: A8-3850
RAM: 8GB DDR3
GPU: ASUS GTX 760
PSU: 600W Thermaltake Smart

Ok first off, STOP doing this. Getting your CPU good and hot and then immediately removing the cooler is bad and can damage the CPU. Also removing the cooler and not cleaning the CPU and cooler very well and applying new thermal paste means that every time you are putting that cooler back on chances are you are causing the next failure.

What cooler are you using? The first thing to try is to CLEAN off your cpu and base of your cooler completely, apply thermal paste properly (half a pea in the middle of the CPU), and install the cooler. Then Start the system up, monitor your temperatures with HWMonitor, and see if it fails again. If it does we can work from there.

Your cpu is always going to be hot. Your hand is no gauge of how hot it is.

Ok, my CPU cooler is exactly like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4lBFDBliFY. I will go buy some thermal paste today or tomorrow and I'll see how it goes, I'll let you know, and thank you for your response.

 

[hassanabbas9146]

Typically one of two things, something is over heating, or power supply is dieing, typically the power supply

I'm pretty sure my PSU isn't dying, and if it dies then I can just go return it.

 

[hassanabbas9146]

Why would you do that instead of monitoring it? You definitely need to clean the old thermal paste and then apply new paste (the size of a cooked grain of rice is enough).

Ok, I will try that and thank you.

 

[Karadjgne]

Clean it properly.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/333968-28-thermal-paste-removal-installation-guide

Coffee filters work better than paper towels, which leave lint.

 

[Rogue Leader]

Ok, my CPU cooler is exactly like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4lBFDBliFY. I will go buy some thermal paste today or tomorrow and I'll see how it goes, I'll let you know, and thank you for your response.

Ok the stock cooler should be fine for this system, but lets see how this works before you go spend money. We need to see your system temperatures and if it crashes. If its not getting hot and crashing, then it may be the PSU.

 

[hassanabbas9146]

Ok, my CPU cooler is exactly like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4lBFDBliFY. I will go buy some thermal paste today or tomorrow and I'll see how it goes, I'll let you know, and thank you for your response.

Ok the stock cooler should be fine for this system, but lets see how this works before you go spend money. We need to see your system temperatures and if it crashes. If its not getting hot and crashing, then it may be the PSU.

I got some thermal paste yesterday and the temperatures dropped by about 15 Celsius and that seemed to do the trick. Thank You

 

[Rogue Leader]

There you go glad it worked out. Never remove the CPU cooler, and if you do, you need to properly re-apply thermal paste.

 

[hassanabbas9146]

There you go glad it worked out. Never remove the CPU cooler, and if you do, you need to properly re-apply thermal paste.

I have one more question, when I apply thermal paste, do I have to wait a day or two, or can I just start using my computer?

 

[Rogue Leader]

There you go glad it worked out. Never remove the CPU cooler, and if you do, you need to properly re-apply thermal paste.

I have one more question, when I apply thermal paste, do I have to wait a day or two, or can I just start using my computer?

Just use it, in fact as it breaks in the temps should get better.

 

[Karadjgne]

No wait.

 

[hassanabbas9146]

There you go glad it worked out. Never remove the CPU cooler, and if you do, you need to properly re-apply thermal paste.

I have one more question, when I apply thermal paste, do I have to wait a day or two, or can I just start using my computer?

Just use it, in fact as it breaks in the temps should get better.

Ok, thank you