BSOD under high power usage/load "Critical Process Died"

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H31K4L

H31K4L

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Good evening!

I have an issue with my PC. At the moment, whenever I try to run an application or a game that requires more power/more resources, after a couple of minutes the PC BSODs giving the error code "CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED" every single time. I tried reinstalling windows multiple times and also on another drive, I tried undervolting the GPU with Afterburner, I tried running 1x16GB of RAM, I tried playing the same game(s) without the GPU using the integrated graphics (it still BSODs however it would take a little longer). Nothing seems to be working and now I seek help with people who have more knowledge than me when it comes to finding a solution to this. Below is my specifications of the PC using Speccy:

http://speccy.piriform.com/results/VOAHQDJc7x4cI2hvQ3KhwEk

I don't know what make/model the PSU is however I do know that its 650W (I bought this PC used back in November and I have had that problem since February).
Thank you for your time

Edit: I can confirm that heat is not the cause of the BSOD (at least not from the GPU/what I know of), I am able to boot the PC fine with no issues and the PC works fine only with minimal usage I am able to do tasks such as watch youtube on opera GX, work on some projects using Word etc etc. The only game that does work on the PC with almost no BSOD is League of Legends, whilst monitoring the power usage today I noticed it was only taking between 35W-45W and 0.7 Volts from the GPU.
 
To find the make/model of the PSU, you'll have to get to the sticker on the PSU, so remove the side cover of the tower to find that.

From the Speccy report, you have RAM sticks from different brands at different speeds.
When you ran the rig on only one stick, and it still had issues, did you swap the sticks and retest on the other stick?
The Intel i7 9700K only likes DDR4-2666 RAM by the way. See here.

Also try disconnecting the other two drives - the Force SSD and the Western Digital HDD.
 
Yes I have tested the rig with only one stick and swapped and tried the other stick, still BSODs. Tomorrow morning ill try disconnecting the other 2 drives as well as give you the make and model of the PSU.
 
Apologies for the delay, the make and model of the PSU is a AeroCool VX PLUS 600W. I've just cleaned the air filters and blew compressed air into the PSU to get rid of dust build up. The fan orientation was facing up so I also flipped it over and now its facing down and will test the PC to see if it still BSOD due to high PSU temperatures.
 
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