PC or Games Keep Crashing Under Load

[Nick Carlson1]

So when playing even just mildly intensive games I will regularly crash after ~1 hour. At first, I logged this happening when under heavy load (80%+ GPU, 60%+ CPU in Ultra Settings, 4K res) and thought it might just be a thermal issue so I reconfigured fans, changed curves, and lowered settings. Now, even in games where my temps are hovering around 50-60deg for both CPU and GPU and util is around or below 50% for GPU/CPU, the game will regularly crash after ~1 hour of play. I've made sure my cables are seated correctly. When I run games that are not intensive there doesn't seem to be any issu

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