computer freezing could it be RAM or Power supply

DLove227

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1 x AMD FX-8350 Vishera 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor FD8350FRHKBOX
1 x ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
SAPPHIRE 100289L Radeon HD 5670 (Redwood) 1GB 128-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card w/ATI Eyefinity
1 x Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model 996778
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM
1 x LOGISYS Computer Area 51 CS51WBK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 480W Power Supply
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500620AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive


I build my computer 3 years or more ago and just 2 or 3 days ago upgraded my cpu and motherboard to the listed above... I had to reinstall windows after i upgraded and downloaded all the drivers and everything seemed good until last night when i was just about to get into a game and it blue screened and then when rebooted it got stuck at the starting windows... i thought it could be my RAM so i unplugged it... it now boots but after 5 to 10 minutes after booting it freezes...my theory is RAM but im also concerned about my Power supply... what u see listed it the only thing running at the moment my side fan isnt connected...and i never had a back fan just the cpu fan, side(which is not on), and the gpu fan... so i didnt think power consumption would be a factor but i need more than just my gut... could someone please help... THANK YOU
 
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If you're looking at something like CPU -Z for your memory speed 800 mhz = 1600 MHz you have to double it.

DLove227

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... well its about finished and no erors but i didnt see that when it was running it was only running at 800MHz which seems odd seein last time i checked it was a 1600Mhz ram soo maybe i need to just go into bios and change it to 800 caus its default is on 1333.???
 

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If you're looking at something like CPU -Z for your memory speed 800 mhz = 1600 MHz you have to double it.
 
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DLove227

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Name it was the memtest was what I was looking at but makes sense.... yea Ill try turning the voltage up.05 see what that does... see it didn't happen until after I went into bios and turned up my ram to 1600 cause the default is 1333 then worked fine for about an hour then crashed (forgot to add that part in the first time if that helps any)...
 

DLove227

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awesome well i think i figured it out... i reinstalled windows and come to find out my harddrive had disc errors and is wrecked so instead of trying to fix.. just went and bought a kingston hyperx 3k ssd 120GB and working fine.. im sure ill gotta update both powersupply and ram here soon but so far its running good appreciate the help.