Possibility of RAM compatibility causing random reboots?

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mumbomum

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This is a new upgrade from

ASUS M4A88TD-M EVO
AMD Phenom x4 840
GeForce GTX660oc
G-Skill RipJaws 8gb (4x2gb) 1600Mhz
tx650 corsair

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Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3
AMD FX6300
GeForce GTX660oc
G-Skill RipJaws 8gb (4x2gb) 1600Mhz
tx650 corsair

I have been getting random reboots (gaming, trasnsferring files, windows updates etc) ever since upgrading my build.

I have tested everything and nothing is faulty, the only possibility is a faulty motherboard. I suspect that my RAM may not be compatible, or its reading wrong? halp

 
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Make sure your mb bios is up to date. With the new parts did you format and reinstall windows or did you boot with old windows still on your hard drive. If it old copy boot into safe mode and remove all the devices under windows system. Could be old mb driver causing the issue. With the new mb run Cpuz and read your ram info. The last issue could be your power supply not holding up under load. Try running hardware monitor and watch your power supply outputs.
 
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One of the possibilities could be that as you have upgraded to different components that use more power. So when your system begins using more power (such as in the scenarios you have stated) it cannot provide enough power. If you could borrow someones power supply that has more wattage you could test and see if it still reboots under load.
 
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That's all been done, the people at the shop i bought it from said that 650w would easily take on that hardware, and its not a faulty psu because i have tried another one. I'll try watching over the voltages, but seeing as it reboots or freezes on a simple task of transferring a file i cant see that being a problem when i can play bf3 at 60+ fps for 30 mins before it reboots

 
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