Hi there, i've had my Pcspecialist rig for little over a year now. Recently, whenever i play a game (and only when playing games) my pc will randomly hang and freeze for a couple of seconds (and make a glitchy sound effect in my headphones) then it will shut down and automatically restart. No BSOD.
I've checked the logs, and it is always a Kernal power 41 error. This leads me to believe that it might be my PSU. I have a fairly decent powered Rig however my PSU is a Corsair VS 550. I did a bit of research and found out that this PSU is one tier above junk.
I'm thinking of sending my PC back in to pcspecialist to get the PSU upgraded to a Corsair TXM or RMX (these are the only ones that are options to me on the upgrade page) As i don't feel confident enough to change it myself.
Within the year i have had the PC, its done this very similar crash but VERY rarely. However now it is doing it quite often. It can happen anywhere from 30 minutes playing a game or after 1 hour 30 mins. Its random. I've just tried turning off the "faster start up" setting in power settings as i read this might help, but i have a feeling its my PSU.
Am i right in thinking this will solve my problems?
I've checked the logs, and it is always a Kernal power 41 error. This leads me to believe that it might be my PSU. I have a fairly decent powered Rig however my PSU is a Corsair VS 550. I did a bit of research and found out that this PSU is one tier above junk.
I'm thinking of sending my PC back in to pcspecialist to get the PSU upgraded to a Corsair TXM or RMX (these are the only ones that are options to me on the upgrade page) As i don't feel confident enough to change it myself.
Within the year i have had the PC, its done this very similar crash but VERY rarely. However now it is doing it quite often. It can happen anywhere from 30 minutes playing a game or after 1 hour 30 mins. Its random. I've just tried turning off the "faster start up" setting in power settings as i read this might help, but i have a feeling its my PSU.
Am i right in thinking this will solve my problems?