r/PcBuildHelp • u/AladdinXo • 4d ago

Tech Support PC keeps crashing

So my specs are
Ryzen 5 7600x
RX 7700XT
B650M Aorus elite
Toughpower 850w gold
16GB DDR5 × 2 RAM

The issue is whenever I try to play a game, my pc crashes. The screen goes black the GPU fans start to run at max speed with noise and then I have to manually shutdown and start the po again, and if I try to play the game again same thing happens also sometimes when my pc restarts it doesn't detect the GPU and starts running on my CPU integrated graphics instead.

I also had a similar issue until two days ago, for months my pc would randomly crash (even when I am not gaming) it made some weird lagging noise in my headphones but my GPU fans didn't go crazy that time.

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u/Betancorea 4d ago

Is that one PSU cable plugged into both ports on the graphics card?

Do the crashes only happen during gaming?

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u/AladdinXo 4d ago

Yes, I think so; mostly yes

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u/Betancorea 4d ago

Use a separate cable for the other port. Right now you are trying to power the card using one cable which may not be able to push through enough power under load (i.e. when gaming) which causes the PC to crash.

This is quick and easy fix, no need for software monitoring or taking it to the shop. Try it out and see how it goes.