PC Games Crashing

[phillpower2]

PSU = Tauro 600W 80 plus Bronze

This brand and model of PSU was junk when released some seven years ago and even with only the one storage device in the computer the PSU claiming that it is 600W even when new could not power the Radeon R9 FURY GPU as the PSU when independently tested could only produce 504W some 96W short of what is recommended for a system using a Radeon R9 FURY.

You need a good quality brand Gold efficiency rated PSU asap and due to you having multiple storage devices I suggest that nothing below 750W be used.

There is over 117GB of unallocated storage space on one of your drives so that mystery has been cleared up and it can be put right once you have a new PSU in place.

I would not risk powering up the computer until the PSU has been swapped out, the Tauro only had a two year warranty so that will have expired way back.

[COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]Can I ask that you do not quote every reply, it really does not help and just makes for unnecessary reading, thanks.[/COLOR]

[Spox5]

This brand and model of PSU was junk when released some seven years ago and even with only the one storage device in the computer the PSU claiming that it is 600W even when new could not power the Radeon R9 FURY GPU as the PSU when independently tested could only produce 504W some 96W short of what is recommended for a system using a Radeon R9 FURY.

You need a good quality brand Gold efficiency rated PSU asap and due to you having multiple storage devices I suggest that nothing below 750W be used.

There is over 117GB of unallocated storage space on one of your drives so that mystery has been cleared up and it can be put right once you have a new PSU in place.

I would not risk powering up the computer until the PSU has been swapped out, the Tauro only had a two year warranty so that will have expired way back.

[COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]Can I ask that you do not quote every reply, it really does not help and just makes for unnecessary reading, thanks.
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Do you think that there is a good chance that the PSU not giving enough power is the reason that it is crashing? I will definitely get a new power supply but want to also make sure that this is the problem.[/color]

[Spox5]

Sorry, didn’t know that replying to something quoted it all, I’ll stop doing that.

[phillpower2]

[COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)]I would not risk powering up the computer until the PSU has been swapped out, the Tauro only had a two year warranty so that will have expired way back.
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I explained this clearly above, trust me, I have been building and repairing computers for over thirty years and one sure fire way (sometimes literally) of ruining valuable hardware is by cheaping out on the PSU, prolonged use of a junk power supply even if it doesnt go bang will slowly but surely damage any hardware that it is intended to power.

[COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)]Polite reminder;
[COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]Can I ask that you do not quote every reply, it really does not help and just makes for unnecessary reading, thanks.[COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/color]

[Spox5]

Would a 750W Bronze PSU be okay? And I just want to make sure, you don’t see any other problems with my PC that could be causing the crashing?

[Spox5]

By the way, thanks for all the help, really appreciate it.

I was thinking this PSU: Amazon.ca

[phillpower2]

By the way, thanks for all the help, really appreciate it.

I was thinking this PSU: Amazon.ca

Not the PSU that you should go for, the brand is good but the model is the budget range and therefore not even Bronze efficiency rated, both are reflected in the rather short two year warranty period.

As I mentioned previously, due to you having the additional storage devices a 750W Gold efficiency rated PSU would be best, best I could find and covered by a seven year warranty Corsair CP-9020131-NA TX Series TX750M 750W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply

[Spox5]

Not the PSU that you should go for, the brand is good but the model is the budget range and therefore not even Bronze efficiency rated, both are reflected in the rather short two year warranty period.

I ended up getting a new PSU and set it up today, but the crashes are still happening. When I tried playing tonight I got a crash to the desktop, a full PC reset crash, and something weird happened for the second time now. My settings in my game got randomly reset. I have different games that I’ve been crashing on in multiple different SSD’s, so it can’t be that. Maybe it’s my RAM?

[Imr102030]

i am sorry for interupting with perhaps stupid message but did you try to update graphic drivers?

[Spox5]

i am sorry for interupting with perhaps stupid message but did you try to update graphic drivers?

I already have, but no idea’s stupid!

[phillpower2]

What PSU have you swapped in Spox5?

Can you post a new Speccy url and upload a fresh MTB log for us.

[Spox5]

What PSU have you swapped in Spox5?

Can you post a new Speccy url and upload a fresh MTB log for us.

I got an EVGA 650W N1 with a 2 year warranty because I only plan to have this PC for another year or 2. Sorry I didn’t get what you recommended, I’m kinda tight on cash right now and want to save as much as I can.

I’m busy all day today but I’ll get the speccy scan in tonight.

I also did a memtest and no errors showed up, another weird thing is that I’ve done a bunch of stress tests and it never crashes in those, but it crashes in games quite often now.

Thanks for all the help.

[phillpower2]

Fully understand but that is not a good PSU I`m afraid, eight out of eight failures at the reviews here

[COLOR=rgb(44, 130, 201)]NB: We only make recommendations so no need to apologise for not getting the Corsair at the link.

Do the MTB log and Speccy url whenever you can spare the time, being that we are on opposite sides of the world I will most likely have retired for the night when you are just getting home.[/COLOR]

[Spox5]

Do the MTB log and Speccy url whenever you can spare the time, being that we are on opposite sides of the world I will most likely have retired for the night when you are just getting home.

http://speccy.piriform.com/results/dmlfYNpB2JE7GpmmTvZuQcp

[phillpower2]

It may or may not be the cause of the issue but you are getting low on free storage space on partition C: where Windows lives and it needs addressing asap.

1 Drive c: () (Fixed) (Total:116.9 GB) [COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)](Free:24.76 GB) NTFS [COLOR=rgb(44, 130, 201)]You need to keep a constant 29GB free if you can,explanation as to why explained below.

For Windows to be able to run efficiently and to be able to update you need to have between 20 and 25% of the partition or drive available as free storage space at all times, if you don`t you risk Windows becoming corrupt or not being able to update which puts you at risk of malware attack.

Data only storage devices should not be allowed to get any lower than 10% of free storage space of the full capacity of the drive/partition on the drive.

Can I ask where the drivers came from for the GPU.[/COLOR][/COLOR]