PC crashes when gaming? (Want to try and fix it myself)

That sounds like a hardware problem, but you may find our "How to" Section helpful: Crash and lockup debug 'How To' - Windows 7 Help Forums

Hi usernamehere, welcome to 7F! :)

If you do not have it, you will need to Download and Install Debugging Tools for Windows
It is the first link in H2SO4's Configuring the "Debugging Tools"

Once you have Debugger tools installed you can then run the tool you saw at Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) Posting Instructions on your machine. It will place a .zip file on your Desktop and when you extract that you will see something similar to this:
Attachment 258416

Click on the first .dmp file and the Debugger (DBG) will automatically open and start to analyze the information the .dmp file contains. When it stops you can click on !analyze -v
Attachment 258417to gather more information to help analyze the problem.

If you have more than one .dmp just work down the list and DBG will open them in new windows on top of the others.

You can also look through the remaining files to see if anything looks out of place like old drivers in the Drivers List.txt file.

As a last resort you could post your Folder here and we can help interpret the .dmp's with you.

Some places to start your search:

• Be sure all hardware connections are solid.
• Some, not all home-built machines will have conflicts with the GPU, and internet connection when playing games.
• Make sure all your drivers are up to date.
• There is a possibility your anti-virus/malware is part of the problem.
• I can't think of it now, but there can be a driver in Steam that can cause problems.
• This not only my opinion, but you don't even want to consider EA and Origins.

More to help get you started, all of these are located on page 1 and 2 of the link KoolKat provided:

BSOD Analysis - Getting Started

[Advanced] Principles of debugging

How I Debug Blue Screen Crashes

User-friendly: Analyzing your first BSoD!

BSOD Commands - WinDbg

System Error Codes

How about some of the system specs user:)

Plus run Speccy see what the temps are please.

Speccy - Download < download from piriform

ICit2lol, that's what I forgot to add to my post, posting system specs!

In wanting to help him/herself -User!<3 already knows the system specs, but, will feel the pain, and anguish we do when s/he starts helping other members that don't.

p.s. good point on the heat angle.

usernamehere, As has already been suggested, could you fill out your system specs. You can easily use the method here System Info - See Your System Specs or you can go to the bottom left of your last post and click on My System Specs and there will be a link to update system specs. You can look at mine to see what we are looking for. It will go a long way in us being able to help you resolve your problem.

We would not even know where to begin or hazard a "guess" unless you post Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) Posting Instructions and fill out your System Specs.