My computer freezes during Games. HELP!!

[Moped]

Everytime I play a computer game, such as knight online or any game that requires full screen 10 mins later the entire thing freezes i try to click my mouse and all I hear is one beep and the mouse is frozen, I thought it was overheating so I bought an 18 inch high velocity fan and I put it right behind my computer, first of all I noticed an improvement but after about an hour of playing it still freezes I downloaded speedfan and the reading is this while im browsing the internet with the fan behind it on the 2nd button
CPU:30C
MOBO:43C
Temp3:52C
Harddrive:43C
Temp1:32C
What should I do?

Thanks in advance.

[jackvdbuk]

try running memtest, RAM was my problem and its sort of the same scenario, atleast get the RAM out of the way so you know its not that!

[tigerboyce]

well your temps look fine, i would also suggest running memtest to find any errors

[VVrath]

I third the suggestion to run MemTest - MemTest86+ is probably the best version to try.

If your memory checks out without problems, I'd suggest looking at your PSU next.

PSUs get less efficient as they get hot, meaning that if your PSU is only just up to the job as it is, an extensive gaming session could be causing your voltages to drop out of tolerance as the PSU slowly heats up. The evidence of the fan allowing you to game for longer would support that possibility.

Anyone know if there's any software out there that can be used to log voltages? I know MBM can be used to log things like temps and voltages, but that is no longer updated, and may not work with modern motherboards.

[Mithrandir]

Anyone know if there's any software out there that can be used to log voltages? I know MBM can be used to log things like temps and voltages, but that is no longer updated, and may not work with modern motherboards.

Well not technically a specific piece of software to log the voltages, but within ATI tray tools (for graphics card) there are options to add any of the PSU info, GPU info and temps. This is a real time graph and you can scroll along to view the movements. You can even export the data to as a CSV or text file.