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    PCSPECIALIST Locking up whilst gaming

    Reinstalling didn't work still only happens in a game when plugged in. So could be a PSU issue or maybe somethings happening to the gpu under full load I can't see it being temps as its not getting that hot.
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    PCSPECIALIST Locking up whilst gaming

    Yes that's my next step. Something I didn't want to do 😭😭
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    PCSPECIALIST Locking up whilst gaming

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    PCSPECIALIST Locking up whilst gaming

    My mate just connected via team viewer he could still see my desktop. It came up with display driver stopped working. Gfx card temp only got to 80c on the stress test
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    PCSPECIALIST Locking up whilst gaming

    Our of warranty now two years old only got labour left
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    PCSPECIALIST Locking up whilst gaming

    IT must be something to do with the graphics card as powermizer forces it to run on medium settings with no crashes. If I run powermizer on high it crashes any ideas I've never over clocked it
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    PCSPECIALIST Locking up whilst gaming

    Yes I've repasted the cpu now. When on battery power it works with no crashes I've now downloaded nvidia powermizer and ran that. The first few tests look good.
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    PCSPECIALIST Locking up whilst gaming

    I had some akasa 450 in the loft just used that on gpu. It was a mess hardly any left on the heat sink. Temps dropped by about 10c. But that's not the issue just tried on battery and it works no crashes. But when I plug it in the screen goes black I've checked power saving options and there's...
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    PCSPECIALIST Locking up whilst gaming

    Thanks m8 I'll order some online just done some more testing it seems the pc isn't locking up its just going black, can still here the game in background when I move around.
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    PCSPECIALIST Locking up whilst gaming

    Cpu's are idling now between 47-51 noticed max value 100c on two cores. Gpu is idling at 40c
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    PCSPECIALIST Locking up whilst gaming

    Hi yes I've been running HW monitor but when I alt tab out of a game to check temps the system locks up. I've regularly took the bottom cover off and blew the dust off. What about repasting. I've built a few desk tops but never looked at taking the heat sink off the gpu, cpu is it quite straight...
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    PCSPECIALIST Locking up whilst gaming

    Evening all. My laptop has recently started locking up whilst gaming sometimes the game will freeze (no response from laptop) or screen will go black other times the screen starts flashing and goes off. Then sometimes when I restart it will be black with no response. This all happens within a...
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    PCSPECIALIST A video I've made on the octane IV running escape from tarkov.

    The specs are on the video, it's the i7-8700k with 1080gtx. Basically just a quick run through on escape from tarkov to show temps and fps. Really happy with the laptop its what I expected. temps seem good and performance is amazing. if you want to see any videos just ask and ill see what I can...
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    PCSPECIALIST Octane iv 17" I7-8700k OC software crashing

    Received my laptop today. I've updated windows and started installing my games. I clicked on the CPU oc software to check the temps, I'm never going to overclock it, but it keeps crashing when I try to start it up. The GPU one works fine, any ideas please ?? I7-8700k GTX 1080 16 GB ram.
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    PCSPECIALIST just orderd the ocatane gaming lptop

    Hi I've been gaming for about 20 years on pc now and have allway's wanted a gaming laptop plus I do a lot of video editing for my drone footage and the portability will come in handy. Currently running a desktop with: I7-6700k closed loop water cooled. R9290x 2GB Windows 10 64GB 16GB ram...
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    PCSPECIALIST New chassis similar to kobalt G180 18"

    Hi I'm looking to order a custom notebook from pcspecialist and was wondering if they would be getting the new chassis which kobalt will be getting in September (G180 18") thx.
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