Need help!

[HarryHeaven]

i brought my PC last year and I loved it, but I’m starting dislike it. When I’m playing most off the time I would get the blue r set screen this has been happing for along time now but i was wondering if it might be because off my
Graphics card, I have a nivida 970 and it might need upgradeing. I’m only 14 and don’t know a lot about computers if any advice and what do do would be great and I’m willing to spend money to upgrade my computer
Sorry if I put the wrong tags in i just really want to get help!
PC specs
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6600K CPU @3.50 GHZ 3.50 GHZ
8.00GB RAM
64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
970 Nvidia
Windows 10 home

 

[subbytna]

Have you cleaned the PC for dust recently?
Try a fresh installation of windows to speed things up a bit
What is the system you have? You need to post up all the parts including case, power supply etc.

 

[HarryHeaven]

I have cleaned my PC last week and it still does the same problem I’m going to post parts now

 

[MiKeOnE10110]

You could do a couple of things. Firstly take a picture of the error on the blue screen and google it see what the cause is. Alternatively try another gpu, a friends or on board graphics if your motherboard supports it and see if it still blue screens. It's just a process of elimination to find the fault.

 

[Dangerous_Dave]

I'd guess it's some kind of thermal issue. You should download a temperature monitoring application like MSI Afterburner or GPU-Z and let it monitor what temperature your GTX970 is hitting during gaming. Another possibility is that your PC has contracted a virus or just become loaded down with crapware/malware over time. If that's the case, and it's available to you (i.e. you have the licence code), it may be worth starting from a fresh install of Windows - and make sure to have some kind of antivirus installed (free ones like Avast and Bit Defender are options).

 

[Kaapstad]

Bios reset would be a good place to start.

 

[Smffy]

Clean install of windows preferable, you can create the USB install media on Microsoft.com and reinstall - it will activate fine. USB stick with about 4GB and create it, backup music etc you need then wipe clean the drives with format when you install - don’t use repair. Be sure to note the programs you need to install again - don’t install any hacked programs as probably stuffed with malware.

Bios reset would be a good place to start.

Do this ^^ specifically update the BIOS also, search and download the latest version. There may be some incompatibility with an old BIOS and newer windows updates.

 

[HarryHeaven]

thanks for the help!