computer shutting off when watching streams

#1

Justinisokay

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so for the past month or so my computer when watching streams just fucking completely shuts off. sometimes it takes hours of watching a stream for it to shut off, sometimes ill just load up a stream and after ten seconds it just shuts off. i thought it was my computer being under load and over heating (mind you the temperatures in my computer are obscenely high), but gaming has only shut my computer off a handful of times, where watching a stream its almost guaranteed. i'm getting a new job soon so i'll be getting a new computer within the coming months, but it'd be nice to see if anyone knows what may be wrong in the mean time. my computer parts (mind you this was a prebuilt, i added a new GPU and PSU) are here. thanks

so for the past month or so my computer when watching streams just fucking completely shuts off. sometimes it takes hours of watching a stream for it to shut off, sometimes ill just load up a stream and after ten seconds it just shuts off. i thought it was my computer being under load and over heating (mind you the temperatures in my computer are obscenely high), but gaming has only shut my computer off a handful of times, where watching a stream its almost guaranteed. i'm getting a new job soon so i'll be getting a new computer within the coming months, but it'd be nice to see if anyone knows what may be wrong in the mean time. my computer parts (mind you this was a prebuilt, i added a new GPU and PSU) are [url=http://pastebin.com/tbBQq6Up]here[/url]. thanks

#2

erkston

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what are your temps? it sounds like overheating, might want to get a new cpu cooler and add case fans if possible. if it's a prebuilt they probably skimped on cooling, and adding a new gpu that's probably bigger than the original one could restrict airflow even further

#3

Justinisokay

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erkstonwhat are your temps? it sounds like overheating, might want to get a new cpu cooler and add case fans if possible. if it's a prebuilt they probably skimped on cooling, and adding a new gpu that's probably bigger than the original one could restrict airflow even further

this case they built this computer into literally only has one 120mm fan spot. thats it. i'm about to drop 60 bucks into this getting a hyper 212 evo, some new thermal paste and a new case, but its strange. my computer will run tf2/rift/quake/garry's mod for hours and hours but when it comes to streams, it just shuts off almost randomly. and my temps are almost always around 50c, regardless of load

[quote=erkston]what are your temps? it sounds like overheating, might want to get a new cpu cooler and add case fans if possible. if it's a prebuilt they probably skimped on cooling, and adding a new gpu that's probably bigger than the original one could restrict airflow even further[/quote]
this case they built this computer into literally only has one 120mm fan spot. thats it. i'm about to drop 60 bucks into this getting a hyper 212 evo, some new thermal paste and a new case, but its strange. my computer will run tf2/rift/quake/garry's mod for hours and hours but when it comes to streams, it just shuts off almost randomly. and my temps are almost always around 50c, regardless of load

#4

Fog

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Justinisokayerkstonwhat are your temps? it sounds like overheating, might want to get a new cpu cooler and add case fans if possible. if it's a prebuilt they probably skimped on cooling, and adding a new gpu that's probably bigger than the original one could restrict airflow even furtherthis case they built this computer into literally only has one 120mm fan spot. thats it. i'm about to drop 60 bucks into this getting a hyper 212 evo, some new thermal paste and a new case, but its strange. my computer will run tf2/rift/quake/garry's mod for hours and hours but when it comes to streams, it just shuts off almost randomly. and my temps are almost always around 50c, regardless of load

Flash can be pretty resource intensive

[quote=Justinisokay][quote=erkston]what are your temps? it sounds like overheating, might want to get a new cpu cooler and add case fans if possible. if it's a prebuilt they probably skimped on cooling, and adding a new gpu that's probably bigger than the original one could restrict airflow even further[/quote]
this case they built this computer into literally only has one 120mm fan spot. thats it. i'm about to drop 60 bucks into this getting a hyper 212 evo, some new thermal paste and a new case, but its strange. my computer will run tf2/rift/quake/garry's mod for hours and hours but when it comes to streams, it just shuts off almost randomly. and my temps are almost always around 50c, regardless of load[/quote] Flash can be pretty resource intensive

#5

dummy

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this happened to me with streams and youtube for a while, and just like you it rarely happened with games. My motherboard eventually died.

#6

Oblivionage

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could also be a power supply issue or even a hard drive. my computer would shut off randomly because of my psu dying but if its only from streams then idk

#7

Justinisokay

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the days are getting hotter, and the frequency of shut downs are much higher, its shut off twice already today with just playing hearthstone on the lowest settings. im gonna chalk it up to just being overheated and just try and get some new parts to cool it. thanks everyone for helping