Does PC restart on its own while playing at a bigger screen?
Does PC restart on its own while playing at a bigger screen?
Hi, I need some advice on fixing my computer because it breaks when I play games at high settings. Here is what happened: My PC started back in 2021 with a Gigabyte RTX 2060 GPU, an Intel i7-10700 CPU, and a B560 motherboard. My RAM was Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB x 2 (bought in 2024 because I thought it was failing), my power supply is Armageddon Gold 80W 600W (bought in 2021), and my SSD is an Imperion 1TB (also bought in 2021). So, the problem started happening about three years ago. When I play games at high resolution, it crashes and restarts. At first, I thought my CPU or GPU was overheating, but after installing MSI Afterburner, both stayed way below the max temperature of 60 degrees Celsius. This has been going on since around 2024. I tried changing the RAM and reinstalling Windows, but it still crashes. Now I'm wondering if my power supply is bad from a previous outage or if it's just my GPU. Please help me figure out what to do next so I don't lose all my stuff. Thanks so much!! 🥰
Check Reliability History or Monitor for error codes, warnings, or info messages right before or at the moment of crashes. One or both tools might catch something useful. Start with Reliability History/Monitor since it's easier to use and shows a timeline that can spot patterns. Event Viewer takes more time and effort to read. Here is how to do it: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/wind...-47ba-f215 Basically, I think the power supply (PSU) is a good guess. Look at what logs show up.
Hey! Thanks a lot for your reply! @Ralston18 I looked at my reliability report and it just says "Windows didn't shut down properly." That's weird, right? 😩 I'm going to check Event Viewer now. But so far the power supply unit (PSU) seems like the main suspect here too, huh? 😩
Check the details shown under each error carefully, because they might actually help you fix things or give a clue.
Get OCCT installed and do that power supply check. If you got the parts back from your store, that only means they were bad for just three years. You can probably fix it yourself if it's simple to change or replace. Don't worry about this one yet unless it's broken again after a few months.
This thing? Official specs: https://www.armageddon.com.my/power-supp...ct_id=2766 If so, i have never heard of Armageddon PSU brand. Then again, when they are Malaysian exclusive (which their site claims to be), it wouldn't be a much of a surprise. Specs look nice. But warranty period does not. At current date and time, proper, good quality PSU, has easy 10 year warranty, indicating their reliability. Your PSU has mere 3 year warranty, which i'd classify as low quality PSU. Since when the PSU would actually be good and reliable, it would have a FAR longer warranty (just look towards Corsair RMx or Seasonic Focus). On top of that, PSU is older platform of being ATX 2.31. If that is to be believed, that is. Currently, there are ATX 3.1 PSUs out there, while i don't suggest looking towards anything older than ATX 2.5. There is very little info about that PSU brand as a whole on the net. Looks like the brand was PowerLogic for very recently (up to 2024) before name change to Armaggedon, source: https://forums. And back then, they faked the 80+ Gold rating. Did look for PSU reviews and did find non-English (Indonesian) preview of their Voltron Gold 600 RGB PSU, link: https://dbklik.co.id/blog/review-armagge...da-rgb-nya Now, you have non-RGB unit, but that RGB unit there is true crap quality unit. Label shows PSU to be 608W while +12V rail has 40A, making it only 480W unit. And 80+ Gold badge and 10 year warranty badge are glued on as afterthought stickers, where both are actually fake. Did find the same Voltron Gold 600 RGB PSU original label as well, click for image and it does not have any 80+ Gold rating while the warranty is only 1 year. So, a brand that produces cheap, crap quality PSUs. And since there are 0 reviews of the non-RGB Voltron Gold 600 units, the PSU you have, is considered crap quality unit. Since i don't think it is any different from the RGB version of the same series, only not having RGB fan in it and label on it that makes a bit more sense. But i believe the innards to be the same crap. Unless, there is proper review with teardown to state otherwise. Replace the PSU. If your Voltron Gold 600 does actually last it's warranty period, then it isn't complete crap, but low quality unit. Still, PSU has surpassed it's expected lifespan and it producing issues would be common. Good PSUs to go for, are: Seasonic Focus/Vertex/PRIME, Corsair RMx/RMi/HXi/AXi, Super Flower Leadex Gold/Platinum/Titanium. Most of them have 10 year warranty, except Vertex and PRIME, which have 12 year warranty. While all of them are either good or great quality PSUs (proven by reputable reviews). (My 3x PCs are also powered by Seasonic. I have 2x PRIME TX-650 units and one Focus PX-550 unit. Full specs with pics in my sig.)
When your graphics card gets busy or runs at high settings, it uses more power. Maybe your power supply unit isn't strong enough. Over time, cheap PSU parts break down. To check this, try using a good quality PSU that has enough power (at least 750 watts). If you don't have one, buy a new one from a shop with a good return policy. You can expect to pay an extra 15% if the replacement isn't better than your old one.
First thing that comes to mind when I think about it is a power supply unit.