Pc turned off while gaming. New PSU?

Danielsan1985

Danielsan1985

Danielsan1985

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Hi guys I've just had some great advice over in the upgrade forum which I will be following. But I played for a bit of gaming in ark survival last night no more than 10 minutes and suddenly had a shut down.

First time ever since I built in 2017. When it wouldn't turn back on I panicked but then my logical mind took over and started trying things. I turned the switch off on the PSU, took the lead out waited a while put back in and switched on then it powered up, no issues.

I can hear my gpu fan or cpu fan spinning louder when I play but I've never had a shut down before so I don't know if it's overheating or it's the psu? In the past I've gamed for hours with no issues.

I have

Corsair 600CXM semi modular psu 5 years old.
Ryzen 3 1200 non overclocked.
Gtx 1050ti 4gb low profile.
16gb corsair ddr4 3200mhz

All in a htpc case silverstone milo ml30b.

Thanks guys.
 
No way to tell from here, you would need have something rec your voltages/temps on screen like Afterburner+RTSS and see what it says right as it crashes.

You could simply put it under load outside a games using Prime95 or such for system and for GPU Heaven/Valley and see temps and if it reboots.
 
Well, that's branded low end PSU with short three year warranty.
So also certainly possible that its expired.

But would be first good to check coolers for dust/monitor temperatures.
 
Thanks guys much appreciated. I monitored temps and they were quite high, opened my case and realized I havn't cleaned it out since last xmas. Once all dust bunnies were gone from literally everywhere I reapplied thermal paste to the cpu, cleaned fans on psu intake and gpu fans. My temps came right down.

I'm still going to replace the PSU though as stated its old and out of warranty. I calculated my psu requirements on outervision and only reccommends 298 watts, with 18a on the 12v rail. I think i'd like a quality 400w unit that wont break the bank. Any suggestions?
 
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