Computer crashes after 10 minutes in Call of Duty

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Hello,

My Computer crashes on Call of Duty 4 and Modern Warfare 3 within around 10 minutes of game play. I know for a fact the computer should be capable of these games easily. I currently use a 450w power supply for my PC and would like to know whether there may be a lack of power towards it and if it is a major factor in this problem constantly occurring. I would also like to know if I should purchase a power supply of greater wattage. And if this isn't a factor, why my computer constantly crashes on this and other games such as Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

Thanks.
 
tamzzy said:
has this only started happening recently?
have u ever played these games on your rig before without crashing?
what are the cpu/gpu temps like?
what spec is ur rig?
any bad sectors in your hdd?
tried reinstalling the game yet?
when you say crash? do you mean bsod/unresponsive/autorestart/full power off?
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The problem used to be on/off with this CoD and BF:BC2. It NEVER occurred with games such as the Batman series and the Assassin's Creed series in High settings. When I play games my GPU temperatures reach 90+, My CPU temperatures I believe reach 75+, I can't remember.
Gigabyte EG43M-S2H // Intel Q8200 @ 2.33Ghz
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB // Corsair 4GB DDR2 RAM
465GB HDD // Sumvision 450w PSU
No bad sectors on my HDD that I'm aware of. Ive reinstalled the game twice, once included me reformatting my PC.
And when I say crash I mean it becomes unresponsive and the game freezes. So I am forced to restart or switch off my PC manually.
 
tamzzy said:
it may be, but gpu temps could also be a cause...and its easier to test it by blowing out the dust from the gpu fan ;p
450w is a bit anaemic to run a quad core + 4870 though, i must say...
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So if removal of dust comes from little to no avail, I should definitely replace my PSU? Because I've had this problem with CoD/Battlefield before, and I would regularly remove dust, I just never bothered as much then because I rarely ever played.
 
wazza300 said:
could be gpu ram overheating too,i had similar thing happen in dead island and cod world at war

only those two games would freeze/crash pc,i tested by downclocking memory freq in ccc by 25mhz and no more crashes,id test with 50-100mhz downclock on memory
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Tried it, died in >5 minutes.
 
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I tried the under-clocking the ram to no avail. I'll clean the dust off my GPU by this day and inform you or anyone else of any progress (or not). If I don't get a reply, I'm going to assume my PSU is the issue as I can't recall having unresponsive issues with my prior PSU (which I replaced because it died in a few months). Also, the issues occur on non-PB servers as well.
 
It's because I'm a student and I'd prefer to keep my spending limited. Plus this 450w PSU has lasted me over 2 years now. I don't really care much about branded anyway.
 
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wazza300 said:
is it still crashing in cod4? you can pick up a decent psu for £50,save a bit at atime,your 450w will last you a bit longer till you have enough £
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It hasn't crashed on cod4 (yet). And I've tried it out for around half an hour. Yeah I might just wait a few more weeks, until I've saved up enough. I mean the Power Supply has lasted me this long.
 
My temperatures are staying at around 60+ when gaming. How can it still be happening?! Is it pretty much conclusive that it's my Power Supply?
 
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