@Zee
I'm reluctant to think this is a software problem, since it only happens when gaming and the freezes don't show up any errors, just stop everything and the auido loops really fast making it look like some static noise. If nothing works tough I will do a fresh windows install.
Thanks for the cooling paste tip, I didn't think of that. I'm gonna do just that, because I was already planning on getting a better case, this one was very cheap (about 30 dollars), now I'm gonna buy a decent one. That alone should lower the temps a bit, things are too close to each other in this one.
What really annoys me is that the freezing started to happen on that night I brought the PC back home, after the x ray lady bumping it against the balcony.
But that could be just a coincidence, since it only freezes after an hour or more of gaming. The PC can stay on all day if I don't enter a hardware heavy game it won't freeze. Another funny thing is that when it isn't under load it stays really cool, which means my air flow is actually working. The GPU stays on 40 degrees, and the CPU falls all the way down to 30-35. As soon as I start playing it goes up to the numbers I said before in about 7-8 seconds.
I'm reluctant to think this is a software problem, since it only happens when gaming and the freezes don't show up any errors, just stop everything and the auido loops really fast making it look like some static noise. If nothing works tough I will do a fresh windows install.
(03-25-2012, 05:26 PM)Gabriel Belmont Wrote: If it were my rig I would have disassembled it, clean the parts and assembled it back again with new cooling paste for the CPU and maybe try to find a good cooling solution for the GPU and the rest of the case.
Thanks for the cooling paste tip, I didn't think of that. I'm gonna do just that, because I was already planning on getting a better case, this one was very cheap (about 30 dollars), now I'm gonna buy a decent one. That alone should lower the temps a bit, things are too close to each other in this one.
What really annoys me is that the freezing started to happen on that night I brought the PC back home, after the x ray lady bumping it against the balcony.
But that could be just a coincidence, since it only freezes after an hour or more of gaming. The PC can stay on all day if I don't enter a hardware heavy game it won't freeze. Another funny thing is that when it isn't under load it stays really cool, which means my air flow is actually working. The GPU stays on 40 degrees, and the CPU falls all the way down to 30-35. As soon as I start playing it goes up to the numbers I said before in about 7-8 seconds.
OS: Windows 10 Pro 64bit Creators Update
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 960 @ 3.6 GHz
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 2GB GDDR5
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-870A-USB3 AM3+ Revision
RAM: HyperX 8GB Dual Channel @ 1600Mhz
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 960 @ 3.6 GHz
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 2GB GDDR5
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-870A-USB3 AM3+ Revision
RAM: HyperX 8GB Dual Channel @ 1600Mhz