Lately my computer has been suddenly shutting down during games, by "shutting down" I mean powering off completely like someone hit the power switch. It's really bizarre and is starting to become incredibly frustrating. Sometimes I can play for 20-30 minutes, other times it happens within 5-10. This is only happening during games, it has never done this while just surfing the web or using media, etc.
The first thing that comes to mind of course is an overheating issue. However I have been checking my temperatures constantly and they are well within normal limits, my video card stays around 45-50 Celsius idle and 60-70 at full load. It's not a video driver issue either. I've upgraded my drivers several times with the same results. I also doubt that it has anything to do with my PSU. It's a fairly new 600 watt Cooler Master, and I don't have a lot of extra components in my system.
What would cause a computer to just completely shut down without any warning or error message?
The first thing that comes to mind of course is an overheating issue. However I have been checking my temperatures constantly and they are well within normal limits, my video card stays around 45-50 Celsius idle and 60-70 at full load. It's not a video driver issue either. I've upgraded my drivers several times with the same results. I also doubt that it has anything to do with my PSU. It's a fairly new 600 watt Cooler Master, and I don't have a lot of extra components in my system.
What would cause a computer to just completely shut down without any warning or error message?
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