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PC restarting automatically. Need to check if GPU or PSU is at fault. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Config:

CPU - AMD 3700x RAM - 4x8GB Corsair GPU - Powercolor 5700XT Red Dragon PSU - Corsair RM650

OS is running off of an Intel SSD.

This started happening a couple of weeks back. The issue is intermittent. Whenever I'm playing a game, the PC automatically restarts. Sometimes it happens within 5-10 minutes. Sometimes I can play for hours without any problem.

I've already ran memtest and prime95 and didn't face any problems with either RAM or CPU.

I've mostly faced this problem while playing Sniper Elite 4, but on couple of occasions it happened while playing Destropolis - a rather lightweight twin stick shooter.

Earlier this month I was playing Spider-Man without any problems.

Now I'm wondering if the GPU is going bad or if the PSU is going bad and is not able to provide enough power.

Is there any way to conclusively understand which component is malfunctioning before I can start the RMA process?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As far as I know, if there's no bsod it's pretty much guaranteed to be a PSU problem

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Bad ram is my guess

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

There have been couple of BSOD errors. WHEA uncorrectable error. That's why I tested CPU and memory because when I looked up that error, most suggestions were to test these components.