Hi Guys, just upgraded my rig to Win 8.1 Pro WMC few days ago, installation went fine, everything was fine until the PC started to shut off totally(like the power was cut off and will only turn on after 3-5 mins) while playing games like Sniper Ghost Warrior 2 & Dota 2 for around 20min, but this situation doesn't occur while playing games like Dishonoured & LOL( funny though). CPU temps are around 48 degrees while playing games and the GPU peaked at 87 degrees so it shouldn't be a prob with these 2 chips. All latest drivers are installed for my rig. Specs are below Intel core i5 2500k Asus p8z68-v pro Nvidia geforce gtx 570 Corsair xms3 1600mhz 2gbx4 Coolermaster silent pro 700w So guys, I'm starting to suspect that my 4 year old psu is failing on me? Any comments guy? or is it some other issues that I missed out on...hope for a reply asap^^ Thanks in advanced
Try this before you buy new hardware: do a full back up and then try: Full complete reset then install win 8.1 GPU drivers.
sort of, it cleans the install so its the same as formate and full install. There are lots of hidden issue if you use the upgrade path.
alright, did a reinstall of windows and installed the latest 331.83 drivers, will post an update after restoring my games =)
Alright...have been gaming for 4hrs continuously without any problems right now...looks like its a software issue..thanks for the advice =)
Those Cooler Master PSUs are nothing spectacular. If that is the old/first cersion Silent Pro M as just Silent Pro does not exist, I would replace output capacitors, they are likely going to hole.