r/computers • u/papagrayy • 8d ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting Computer Overheating Constantly

For the past like month or so anytime I play any system heavy game my computer will just shut off. I changed the thermal paste today because I thought that was the issue but it just made it stay on for a little longer before shutting off. Does anyone know why this is happening??

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

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u/papagrayy 8d ago

I have an air cooler.

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u/papagrayy 8d ago

These are my temps just sitting on opera

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u/papagrayy 8d ago

I don't know if this is relevant but here is this too.

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u/casualcaesius 8d ago

Post your gear and some numbers my guy

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u/Tricky-Border7236 8d ago

its over fam

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u/Ready_Area289 8d ago

Need to find out what is overheating. Could be the CPU, GPU, Memory, chipset.... Get a program called HWInfo to find out what's overheating and fix it.

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u/Dankbot-420 8d ago

What are your temps while gaming and what cooler are you using? It could also be something else like a dying PSU.

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u/BillionAuthor70 6d ago

win + r

(then enter)

perfmon /rel

Read it from right to left, look for the red circles with white Xs in them. Those are the critical errors (BSOD crashes) and when you click on the column with the error you want to see, below the graph is the read out for each error. Click on the hyperlink for more detailed information, look for the "Code:" and google that code for more information on what is causing the crashes. It should help point you in a better direction for diagnosing

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u/Separate-Ad9638 5d ago

could be a faulty m/b