WHEA logger BSOD

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I'm trying to troubleshoot an issue I seem to be having lately.

After about 6 months of having a gtx 970, i7 870 and 16 GB of RAM installed (I did a bit of a cheap upgrade from a i3 w/4GB and a 5770) I seem to be having constant BSOD stating either

WHEA logger
NMI Hardware failure

Now I have a feeling the PSU I have is dying or dead as the last few days it has been doing this every 10 minutes. The PSU is an Antec modular 450watt and about 6 years old.

I'm going to need to upgrade it if I want to upgrade anything else now- which I intend to do with either x99 or z170 soon.

I have overclocked the board, stress tested and it worked fine for a few months (I also have an h80i cooler)

What is more likely - the PSU is dead or the mobo is fried?

* Just to add I have ordered a 550watt Corsair 80 bronze PSU - should be with me Wednesday so I can test it then.
 
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Done that - the fact it does it every 10 minutes or so, gaming or idle I would stake it being the PSU being underpowered/old.

I don't think a 6 year old 450 watt is capable of running a 970 GTX and i7 overclocked.
 
Does it still happen if you run the Cpu at stock.
Just might be asking a bit much from a 6 year old 450w Psu running an OC'ed Cpu, 16gb ram, a 970, possibly a couple of ssd/hdds and fans.
Check in event viewer, as this can give you additional info.
 
Yeah it does it at stock as well.

Its got progressively worse recently, I have a PSU tester but it looks within range, but it might be while just using the tester as all it really does is turn on. When it begins to draw power I suspect it is failing on the 12v to keep a stable 12v.

My event viewer gives me odd errors (I work as a sys admin so I have seen my share of weird event viewer/nothing being logged)

I get :

(Not my log but similar - I am at work)

Reported by component: Processor Core
Error Source: Corrected Machine Check
Error Type: Internal parity error
Processor ID: 6

I get NMI-Hardware failures etc.

Now correct me if I am wrong but CPU's are pretty much bulletproof these days as long as they have been cooled correctly compared to say a motherboard which could pop at anytime.

The way I read into this is the CPU is the failing part due to not having enough power or an unstable rail on the aging PSU.

As I have overclocked the i3 prior and now the i7, and added a 970 GTX I would bet it has been drawing close to all it can handle and has simply worn out. Like an amp running at 110% - it's going to have a short life.
 
I tend to use HWMonitor, run a stress test using RealBench and monitor the voltages, it is not exact, but it gives you some indication.
 
Maybe worth checking Mboard Bios/ SSD firmwares are up to date? I've had some very weird issues in the past due to those two things.

Let us know how you get on with the new PSU.

E-I
 
I would but it doesn't stay up long enough to log properly at the moment!

We'll see when the PSU comes - its currently on "Security check processing" from another vendor.

When it gets here I'll slap it in, run stock clock and see what happens.
 
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