Need Help, PC crashes whenever I play games

[I_am_unbelievable]

Hi all,

Need your expertise. I have been experiencing numerous crashes lately everytime I try to play some games on my PC (Dota, Tomb Raider etc) But my PC runs fine when I am not playing games (surfing, watching videos etc)

Most of the time the screen will freeze and the sound goes out of whack, sometimes it will crash into the blue screen of death. There are times when the PC doesn't start back up again even when I reboot it.

I believe this most likely to be the vid card problem? I am prepared to buy a new one, but based on my current set up, can anyone advice me what vid card should I buy? A mid range and affordable one will do.

This pc of mine is pretty old, 3-4 years if I remember correctly and the hardware are below.

Mobo+CPU: Asrock H897M Pro4 + i5-4570
GFS: MSI GTX 770 2GB Twin Frozr
Ram: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB)
SSD: Plextor M5S 128GB
HDD: WD Caviar Blue (1TB)
Casing+PSU Bundle: NZXT Phantom 410 / Seasonic M12II 650W

Many thanks!

 

[Koenig168]

Your rig is still fine for gaming. You can consider GTX 1060 6GB at 300+.

 

[singupingu]

Gtx 1060 or rx480. Any variant of them is okay. Best get the higher vram version. Tomb raider uses quite a bit vram at higher settings if I remember correctly.

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[tigerwoods]

Hi all,

Need your expertise. I have been experiencing numerous crashes lately everytime I try to play some games on my PC (Dota, Tomb Raider etc) But my PC runs fine when I am not playing games (surfing, watching videos etc)

Most of the time the screen will freeze and the sound goes out of whack, sometimes it will crash into the blue screen of death. There are times when the PC doesn't start back up again even when I reboot it.

I believe this most likely to be the vid card problem? I am prepared to buy a new one, but based on my current set up, can anyone advice me what vid card should I buy? A mid range and affordable one will do.

This pc of mine is pretty old, 3-4 years if I remember correctly and the hardware are below.

Mobo+CPU: Asrock H897M Pro4 + i5-4570
GFS: MSI GTX 770 2GB Twin Frozr
Ram: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB)
SSD: Plextor M5S 128GB
HDD: WD Caviar Blue (1TB)
Casing+PSU Bundle: NZXT Phantom 410 / Seasonic M12II 650W

Many thanks!

check your cpu temp when playing games, is it very high?

 

[simple_n_eazi]

Don't buy a new video card yet. I have the same problems previously and I nearly bought a new card. The problem was actually with my ram. I changed my ram and everything works perfectly. Try that first.

 

[I_am_unbelievable]

Oh man, so i came back home from work and my pc just didnt work anymore. It started up but nothing shows up on the monitor(it says power saving mode) no lights on my mouse as well(it has lights on it when the pc is turned on) since i had an emergency assignment i needed to rush, i went to borrow rams (same) and an old video card(gtx 780 twin frozr) from a friend. I pluck both hardwares in but still the same scenerio.

Seriously! Anyone has any idea whats going on and what should I do now?

 

[I_am_unbelievable]

One more thing. The pc started up fine. Lights and all, fans are all spinning and my friend told me his old video card worked fine he just upgraded tts all. Both fans on the video card is spinning. I am at wits end.

 

[tigerwoods]

One more thing. The pc started up fine. Lights and all, fans are all spinning and my friend told me his old video card worked fine he just upgraded tts all. Both fans on the video card is spinning. I am at wits end.

so now the pc is working fine?

 

[I_am_unbelievable]

Pc seems to be working. But nothing shows up on the monitor, says power saving like its not connected to a pc. Same with my keyboard n mouse, no lights on both.

 

[tigerwoods]

Pc seems to be working. But nothing shows up on the monitor, says power saving like its not connected to a pc. Same with my keyboard n mouse, no lights on both.

Try clear the cmos by removing the cmos battery from motherboard, put it back after 1 min.

 

[I_am_unbelievable]

Didnt work. Same thing happened though my pc actually turned itself off in the middle of one start up(no lights no humming) and than turned itself back on again. Wierd. But same thing happened, monitor shows as safe mode n no lights on both my mouse n keyboard.

 

[singupingu]

Remove everything and plug in one thing at a time. Psu seem fine from your description. Possibly ram or mobo caput.

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[Encrypted11]

Louis Rossman (mac repair business owner) say bukeyi

 

[I_am_unbelievable]

Okay, I'm going to have to change the motherboard as well I guess.

Anyone have any recommendation for a new mother board based on my current specs? (with new vid card which is the GTX 1060 6GB as recommended by Kroenig)

 

[zaapiez]

does it becomes like that after u get bsod ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLR6WV4_rnI&feature=youtu.be

 

[I_am_unbelievable]

Yah, sometimes it does that.

But most of the time, it boots up, lights up, with all the humming sounds but nothing shows up on my monitor, as if nothing is connected to it. No lights on my keyboard nor mouse as well. Normally when my PC starts up, the mouse and keyboard lights up automatically immediately.

Nothing on the audio too, I assume if it was the monitor being the problem, I would at least hear the windows starting sound from my audio when I switch on my PC.

 

[zaapiez]

sad to say i think this is quite a common issue with Asrock mobo..

 

[I_am_unbelievable]

sad to say i think this is quite a common issue with Asrock mobo..

Haiz.... In this case any reliable motherboards to recommend based on my current specs?

 

[zaapiez]

Haiz.... In this case any reliable motherboards to recommend based on my current specs?

well can't really recommend much .. i went ard sls and ask they also have limited stock for that chipset already..