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Solve : Self-Built Computer - Freezing when gaming?

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Specs:

AMD Athlon X4 860K Quad-Core 3.7GHz Socket FM2+ 95W Desktop Processor (BLACK EDITION) AD860KXBJABOX \

ASRock FM2A88X+ BTC FM2+ AMD A88X (Bolton D4) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Gaming Motherboard

EVGA 02G-P4-3751-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Video Card
 
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model BLS8G3D1609DS1S00

Western Digital Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Rosewill CAPSTONE-450 450W Continuous 50°C, Intel Haswell Ready, 80 PLUS GOLD, ATX12V v2.31 & EPS12V v2.92, SLI/CrossFire Ready, Active PFC Power Supply

OS: Windows 10 Tech Preview 9879

Hi, I included my specs above. I was just wondering if ANYONE could HELP, or point me somewhere where help may be gained.

When I try to play games, at random points the COMPUTER freezes. I can't even move the mouse, use the keyboard, or Ctrl-Alt-Delete to desktop. Nothing can help besides a reset. I built this computer with gaming in mind, so the fact that it isn't working for the sole purpose it was built is rather frustrating. I only play older games on it though, EX. (Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, Skyrim, ect...) They don't have any perfomance issues at all, and the temperature for the GPU and CPU average 75C and 67C respectively. Any help is much appreciated.

P.S. I don't know if it matters, but when playing Minecraft the HDMI moniter shut off for about thirty seconds before RETURNING with Error Code: 3 from the GPU.
What driver version is installed on your Nvidia video card? Quote from: jason2074 on February 09, 2015, 10:48:11 PM

What driver version is installed on your Nvidia video card?

I figured out the issue, I don't have a good enough power supply. After unplugging some stuff, the stability is way better now. Thanks though.Glad to know you solved the issue. Yes many people forget the MSU which is really important too


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