My Computer Crashes While Playing Games

ImmanuelReynolds

Hello everyone, I am encountering a problem with my computer recently. While gaming, after every 10-15 minutes, it starts crashing my computer every time. I could not find out the reason behind it. Can anyone help me to solve the issue?

JJ_Egan

Not up to the spec for the game or not enough RAM .

JamoLew

Overheating
Drivers not up to date
PSU on its way out


literally hundreds of potential reasons

Carrot007

Possible reasons are.

1. PSU is not good. No wattage mentioned is not enough, refer to the tiier list on linus tech tips.

2. AMD CPU of earlier generations do not go good with DDR4 at XMP speeds over 2997 (I have one I used 2800), The XMP was designed for itels back then. (you are not losing anything by underclocking unless you went for some mad specced ram).

But beyond more info likle the machine specs and the game you are playing. Who knows!

vacheron

Concur with the other comments.

Whenever I see computers with problems under high stress loads there is a 95% chance that it is either a struggling power supply or dodgy RAM. 

ian1246

Try the RAM. If you have 2 slots, take 1 out & do a RAM test/ and/or gaming. If it stops crashing it means the removed RAM is faulty. Also check they are both the same type/model of RAM, since if different can cause crashing. Make sure you run a RAM test.  When removing the RAM make sure to ground yourself at the time to avoid static discharge.

On top of the above - check drivers/GPU are all up-to-date etc...

getmore4less

What spec and age.

Overheating?
Check it's not filled with dust

gavinaw

More often than not, overheating is the cause of computer crashes. It can be due to several causes, like faulty hardware, RAM overload, or dust buildup. If you can't have your hardware checked right away, just make sure to keep an eye on the temperature of your computer. Softwares like Speed Fan or Core Temp can definitely help you on a short run.

johnman4567

Computer crash due to overheating. keep an eye on your cpu temperature . other cause like dust in your cpu keept it clean

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ImmanuelReynolds said:

Hello everyone, I am encountering a problem with my computer recently. While gaming, after every 10-15 minutes, it starts crashing my computer every time. I could not find out the reason behind it. Can anyone help me to solve the issue?

"Crash" can mean so many things to different people - have you got more information about what you mean by crash, for example it could be any of the following:

1. Game freezes, totally unresponsive to keyboard / mouse no matter how long waited
2. As above but for a short period of time and game resumes
3. Game closes returning to normal desktop
4. Blue screen of death - if so what is the error message
5. An error message of some kind - be specific
5. Computer reboots / shuts down
6. Something else?

Without more information you are going to just get random guesses in the replies, no true techie would even start to give an answer without knowing what the exact symptoms of the crash are and running some diagnostics.

Additionally it would be really useful to give a full spec and age of the PC that you are using.

kylieeeeq

Mine is too, that's why I prefer ordinary games like card ones