Recently I upgraded my gaming computer, however, now whenever I try to play any of my games they will stop responding and I will get the typical "example.exe has stopped responding" message. The games run fine, i am able to play at ultra high settings for extended periods. But they will always give me a CTD after a while. If I tamper with the video settings and turn down the post processing effects, i am able to play for a bit longer, but the end result is always the same. To my suprise i am able to play a selesct few of my games without problems, except for a few graphic hiccups. For example i can play Fallout NV or Brink just fine, but some textures will flash diffeternt colors or they will turn into huge triangles that are quickly corrected. Last week I was able to play Far Cry 3 and Dishonored, but this week I cannot. But today i started to get Blue Screen Errors just out of the blue, even when im just browsing the web.
I think it might be the psu. My computer whines when I turn it on, and I read in some forum post that a whine coming from your computer can indicate a bad psu. I am ordering a new one this week, one that is 80 plus bronze certified. (my first one was part of a budjet build, and i really didnt know the importance of a good psu back then)
It also could be the RAM. The blue screen errors say that something may be wrong hardware wise, especially in the RAM department.
It possible could be the graphics card. When playing Fallout NV, i sometimes experience a CTD and a popup message appears saying that certain Nvidia drivers crashed, but have recovered. This only happens every so often and not right after one another.
It most likely is not the drivers. I wiped the OS clean and installed all the necesarry drivers and gave it to both Best Buy and a local computer repair shop when this started happening, and all they do is check for driver problems and nuke you OS from orbit.
Processor - AMD FX6300
Motherboard - ASUS M5A99X EVO
OS - Windows 7
SSD - Vertex 2 SATA 2.5" Solid State Drive
HD - Western Digital Caviar Green 2T Hard Drive
RAM - Kingston XMP 8Gb
Graphics - Geforce 560Ti 2GB
Disk Drive - ASUS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner
Case - Fractal Design R4
Power Supply - 850 Watt Intel AMD PC ATX Power Supply
What do you guys think? will the new psu help? Am I missing something obvious here?
Thank you very much for taking the time to read this, and hopefully repond.