Windows 10 crashes while playing Games

Morbad

Morbad
Well, that's a real lemon of PSU you have. Even if it were new and in perfect condition ~300w would be a more realistic rating for it.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aufZC7KIjhU


Anyway, it's listed as ATX form factor and has the same dimensions as the PSU I originally listed. So, if your current PSU fits, the FOCUS GX-550 should fit.

You could use the SGX-500 (which is way better than your current PSU) which is an SFX-L form factor and comes with an ATX adapter plate, but you shouldn't need to. If the standard ATX sized PSU fits, that's what you should go with.
 

Firestar97

Firestar97
Morbad said:
Anyway, it's listed as ATX form factor and has the same dimensions as the PSU I originally listed. So, if your current PSU fits, the FOCUS GX-550 should fit.
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I've measured it and it wouldn't fit (except they've accidentally wrote false Information about the Size on Amazon)
That's why I've asked if the other one would also work good enough after that
 

Firestar97

Firestar97
Why should they write the Size of the Box instead of the one of the PSU? Now I'm confused. I'll look what it says about the Size on other Websites
 

Firestar97

Firestar97
Morbad said:
It's a typo.

The GX-550 is a stanard ATX PSU, all of which are ~140x150x86mm.
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I've also just looked it up on a few other Sites and it showed a completely different Size than it shows on Amazon, so thanks a lot for telling me about it. I'll order it now :)
Can't wait for it to arrive on the 08. because then I would have 2 Things to be really excited about (if it solves the Problem which I think it will do)
 
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Morbad

Morbad
Keep in mind that there is no guarantee this will resolve the issues you've been experiencing. It very well may, and your current PSU is something that should be replaced anyway, but something else could still be the culprit.

All we can really infer from what you've tested so far is that there is probably a hardware issue somewhere.
 

Firestar97

Firestar97
Of course I'm aware that it could be something else. If it doesn't help I'll just need to do more Tests to hopefully find it out
 

Chris Simon

Chris Simon
Morbad said:
Keep in mind that there is no guarantee this will resolve the issues you've been experiencing. It very well may, and your current PSU is something that should be replaced anyway, but something else could still be the culprit.

All we can really infer from what you've tested so far is that there is probably a hardware issue somewhere.
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This is the frustrating thing about PCs and especially troubleshooting at distance.

I remember one time I helped to troubleshoot a friend's PC and it took DAYS. We tried everything and eventually ended up at my place with an all-nighter where we literally took it to bits and tried replacing everything and testing every individual part on its own. Everything was fine. Except it kept bluescreening and resetting itself.

At 4am we finally figured it out. His ethernet card had a somewhat weirdly crooked board and was shorting a 5V rail. But in a way that was impossible to find. The board connector was fine and the card was also fine when plugged to another MB. but here in this particular combination of the card and the MB, some kind of manufacturing tolerances lined up in a way that one of the power pins was able to just barely scrape one of the signal rails and through some weird path short to the ground. Not always, only when the board flexed in a certain way, for example when you bumped into the case slightly.

Anyway. Sorry for not contributing anything useful to this thread, but I just thought I'd share this to show that one has to keep digging, because if you don't succeed at first, you have to start thinking outside the box, because it can literally be ANYTHING.
...including dog hair stuck in the reset button. Yes, I've had that one as well...
 

Morbad

Morbad
Urufu1997 said:
Thanks, I'll install it. But most likely only after the new Power Supply Unit is installed because I fear that it maybe could damage the other Hardware if I start the PC with a most likely damaged PSU
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HWiNFO that you've been using should tell you the same stuff on it's sensor page, but HWMonitor is more straight forward and some people prefer it.

Probably wise to avoid using the system until you have the new PSU installed.
 

Jezzah

Jezzah
I recently bought a corsair 850 watt, it was pricey but mostly because I dont think being cheap on the PSU is worth problems down the line, also it gives me power head room for when the 3080 actually becomes properly available. Anything less than 850 doesn't seem sensible.
 

Gully Foyle

Gully Foyle
It is the one component of your computer you should never compromise on and always over bracket.
I love corsairs and privateers too, saw a loverly razed galleon yesterday!
Aarghh☠️

Long live Drake
 
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Mole HD

Mole HD
Jezzah said:
I recently bought a corsair 850 watt, it was pricey but mostly because I dont think being cheap on the PSU is worth problems down the line, also it gives me power head room for when the 3080 actually becomes properly available. Anything less than 850 doesn't seem sensible.
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I fitted the same 850w Corsair PSU into this Corsair 600-T ATX case when I built it nearly 4 years ago. I've upgraded and fired new stuff in regularly but I bought the PSU for future proofing...and because I'm a Corsair fanboi, it all matched...Corsair case, PSU, RAM, liquid CPU cooler...and a couple of 200mm Corsair case fans too :D

I just got hold of my current case's big brother from a mate for 30 quid as he just bought one of the fancy Corsair 500D Obsidian cases... it's a 780-T. I'll get around to shoving all my stuff in it eventually....

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COOPER TTE

COOPER TTE
Maybe I missed a post that suggested this, apologies if I did... at this point why are you not considering buying a new, clean rig? Don't get me wrong, I update my own hardware when needed and have built from scratch several times. But in this situation, with so many unknowns, some of which are dangerous too (a deficient PSU could potentially kill brand new parts) I'd be thinking of buying a new, compatible unit.

If you're happy with your GPU, you could buy a very decent rig pre-approved as compatible for £700 or so, less if you're also happy with your RAM, and eliminate multiple possibilities like CPU, motherboard, PSU, paste or connection failures, motherboard etc.

If you think how much time your spending on working this out, and parts you could buy that might or might not work, take a view on which option is most cost and time effective for you.
 

Firestar97

Firestar97
COOPER TTE said:
Maybe I missed a post that suggested this, apologies if I did... at this point why are you not considering buying a new, clean rig? Don't get me wrong, I update my own hardware when needed and have built from scratch several times. But in this situation, with so many unknowns, some of which are dangerous too (a deficient PSU could potentially kill brand new parts) I'd be thinking of buying a new, compatible unit.

If you're happy with your GPU, you could buy a very decent rig pre-approved as compatible for £700 or so, less if you're also happy with your RAM, and eliminate multiple possibilities like CPU, motherboard, PSU, paste or connection failures, motherboard etc.

If you think how much time your spending on working this out, and parts you could buy that might or might not work, take a view on which option is most cost and time effective for you.
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I've already bought a new SSD some Time ago which is one of the Reasons why I don't want to buy a completely new Computer because I would also pay lots of Money for the SSD/HDD that's in the new Computer (I think I can't give the SSD back anymore). Also this is a good Possibility to learn about Hardware. It's also more customizable than just buying a pre-built PC. Also buying a complete Computer would be most likely more expensive than just replacing one or a few Parts. The new Power Supply Unit is arriving either tomorrow or the Day after, so we'll see soon if it works
 
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