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I certainly don't claim to be any kind of expert, but in my experiences, anytime a computer randomly shuts down in the way you've described, it's almost always hardware related. When it happens, are there any artifacts visible on screen? Do your speakers sput out random sounds? And, it is always 10 minutes pretty much on the dot?
I was going to say RAM until I saw that you had it changed, as my computer was doing this a few months ago and new RAM fixed it. May be worth checking out the hardware.
Even though you have new RAM get Memtest and use it. Let it run through an entire pass. After that I would swap out the PSU with a suitable replacement for evaluation purposes. I'm willing to bet it's either RAM or PSU.
PSU. Power supplies are notoriously shitty. like... REALLY bad. If your case came with one, it could very well be the culprit. People laugh when they see an $80 or $100 power supply when "their case came with one free LOL!". There's a reason. Corsair sounds like a good brand. Try a diff one and see if it's still happening.
Temperature. How are your temps? This could be the issue if they're getting high.
IF you have more than one stick of ram, try taking one out, see if it happens, swap the other one in, see if it happens, change the slots etc. That can cause it too. Memtest is a good idea as well.
I'll have to agree with the above posters and say it's either the RAM or PSU. One machine recently would even run fine in safe mode, but lock up in normal mode. It was the PSU. If you're going to run memtest, let it run for several passes. It hasn't happened to me, but I've heard of cases where one pass would be fine, but the third one would show errors.
If that doesn't work, try swapping out cards as your next step.
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PSU. Power supplies are notoriously shitty. like... REALLY bad. If your case came with one, it could very well be the culprit. People laugh when they see an $80 or $100 power supply when "their case came with one free LOL!". There's a reason. Corsair sounds like a good brand. Try a diff one and see if it's still happening.
Temperature. How are your temps? This could be the issue if they're getting high.
IF you have more than one stick of ram, try taking one out, see if it happens, swap the other one in, see if it happens, change the slots etc. That can cause it too. Memtest is a good idea as well.
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I'll have to agree with the above posters and say it's either the RAM or PSU. One machine recently would even run fine in safe mode, but lock up in normal mode. It was the PSU. If you're going to run memtest, let it run for several passes. It hasn't happened to me, but I've heard of cases where one pass would be fine, but the third one would show errors.
If that doesn't work, try swapping out cards as your next step.
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