XGC Forsakend
Student & Lover of Games
- Messages
- 1,412
- Location
- USA
Hey guys, been a while.
Over the last couple of days, my PC has been freezing and needing a hard reboot, gave me one BSOD. Today it froze and upon doing a hard reboot, has started up, stopped before or at bios (Monitor didn't kick on) and then shutdown only to turn back on by its self 5 seconds later and shut down 5 seconds later in a repeating pattern. I had to flip the i/o switch in the back to get it to stop.
The BSOD gave me the Drv_IRQL_Not_Equal_To or something along those lines, which I took as a driver issue and reinstalled my GPU drivers as a clean install. The last thing I did before the issues started was update PUBG so I instinctively verified those files although I am sure that doesn't have anything to do with it specifically. But doing these things allowed me to play two games without issues strangely enough.
I will mention that it seems to happen while playing PUBG. After the game launches and I am in a match, it will freeze between 5 to 7 minutes into the game. Today it froze while I had the game in the background while I was waiting for some friends to finish their game, which means it can't be just the game anymore.
Is this a sign for a new pc?
Current PC was built new years of 2012
SPECS
i5 3570k
ASRock Z75
16 GB Ram
GTX 970 ACX 2.0 or along those lines
Corsair TX650
Windows 10 64 bit
Currently have a SSD for OS and a few programs as well as 2 HDD's. Will mention the only game on the SSD is PUBG.
I have tried checking my task manager and looking at cpu usage while PUBG is up and it seems to hover around 40-50% while PUBG is in the background. It goes and stays at 90-100% while game is being played.
I am currently looking at software to keep an eye on temp but I really don't think that is it as I know it would just shut off if it was overheating.
Any suggestions or should I just start ordering new parts to build a new one?
I currently have $1000 available if I go that route and was planning on rebuilding in June 2018. Could possibly go to $1300 if I push it but was hoping to have more saved up by then just to buy fancy unneeded lights and other dumb stuff.
Thanks for any replies or suggestions. I don't have time to game much as it is anymore but not being able to game is a hell all on it's own.
Over the last couple of days, my PC has been freezing and needing a hard reboot, gave me one BSOD. Today it froze and upon doing a hard reboot, has started up, stopped before or at bios (Monitor didn't kick on) and then shutdown only to turn back on by its self 5 seconds later and shut down 5 seconds later in a repeating pattern. I had to flip the i/o switch in the back to get it to stop.
The BSOD gave me the Drv_IRQL_Not_Equal_To or something along those lines, which I took as a driver issue and reinstalled my GPU drivers as a clean install. The last thing I did before the issues started was update PUBG so I instinctively verified those files although I am sure that doesn't have anything to do with it specifically. But doing these things allowed me to play two games without issues strangely enough.
I will mention that it seems to happen while playing PUBG. After the game launches and I am in a match, it will freeze between 5 to 7 minutes into the game. Today it froze while I had the game in the background while I was waiting for some friends to finish their game, which means it can't be just the game anymore.
Is this a sign for a new pc?
Current PC was built new years of 2012
SPECS
i5 3570k
ASRock Z75
16 GB Ram
GTX 970 ACX 2.0 or along those lines
Corsair TX650
Windows 10 64 bit
Currently have a SSD for OS and a few programs as well as 2 HDD's. Will mention the only game on the SSD is PUBG.
I have tried checking my task manager and looking at cpu usage while PUBG is up and it seems to hover around 40-50% while PUBG is in the background. It goes and stays at 90-100% while game is being played.
I am currently looking at software to keep an eye on temp but I really don't think that is it as I know it would just shut off if it was overheating.
Any suggestions or should I just start ordering new parts to build a new one?
I currently have $1000 available if I go that route and was planning on rebuilding in June 2018. Could possibly go to $1300 if I push it but was hoping to have more saved up by then just to buy fancy unneeded lights and other dumb stuff.
Thanks for any replies or suggestions. I don't have time to game much as it is anymore but not being able to game is a hell all on it's own.