Gaming PC crashes

Michael_10 · 19 May 2013 at 21:12

Hi everyone,

I recently moved all the components in my sig over to a Fractal R4, and since then, I'm getting crashes in my games everytime I run them for about 15-20 minutes. The screen will freeze for a couple of seconds, before returning to the desktop and displaying the standard (Program X has stopped working, Windows is blah blah blah) Before I moved the components I could play the new Tomb Raider non stop, but now it is so frustrating to play!

I have OC'ed the GPU, but this was no problem in my old case, and I don't think heat is an issue as I've checked and the temperatures are very similar.

Anyone got any ideas?

Gav_881 · 19 May 2013 at 22:24

a soft crash as you describe is normally a GPU voltage issue, as always check all the cables are secure then turn the volts up a little and see if that cures it

OliverDavis · 20 May 2013 at 09:06

Return everything to stock clocks and see if it still crashes. While playing the games, does everything look right? Or are you getting odd colours/shapes appearing?

Michael_10 · 20 May 2013 at 10:21

Thanks for the suggestions, ill give them a go when I'm back home tonight! Regarding the games, everything is fine, i don't get any artefacts, which made me think the overclock was ok. Weirdly i ran Furmark for 20 minutes and that didn't cause a crash, so I'm beginning to think maybe it is a problem with steam and a reinstall of Windows might be on the cards :/