Random Freezing, Can't figure out whats causing it

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My computer randomly freezes, it can freeze every 3-5hrs down to once a day. At first it didnt seem to bother me but lately it very frustrating. At first I thought it had something to due with my Video Card it seemed to freeze while Im playing games but then there is times im just browsing the internet and it will freeze (although it does seem to freeze more often while im playing games). I know some basic things like putting a computer together but there are a lot of stuff I don't know so If someone can help me figure this out it be greatly appreciated.

Here is what im using:

Crosshair V Formula
AMD FX 8150 Black Edition
Powercolor Radeon HD 6870 X2
2 Hard Drives (one SSD)
8gigs of DDR3 1866 Ram
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
1000 Watt Antec PSU
Havik 140 Heat Sink


 
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ImPrettyIrish

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This happened to my computer and it turns out that is had a virus so I did a scan and removed it and it stopped freezing. Try and do a scan with Microsoft Security Essentials or any other A-V and see if you have one.
 
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HDD usage, CPU usage? Without those information we can assume nothing.
Put some monitoring for the time being and when you get the freeze alt tab to the monitoring software.
If its type of freeze that you can't do absolutely nothing, even mouse cursor hangs than its very likely a hardware issue.
Bad sectors on HDD are best example of such behavior.
 
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Already did a scan and there was nothing
 
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What type of info you need because I don't really do much. I close down windows and programs when im not using them instead of leaving them running. Is there a recommended program you use to monitor the two? And yes it is the type of freeze where I can't do anything but restart my comp.
 
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Oh i thought its temporary freezes for few seconds so monitoring without making any log files is pointless. In that case its a typical stability issue. hardware that needs to be checked: CPU, RAM, PSU, MOBO, GPU which is generally most of the components.
Freezes are most common situation when some unit don't have enough power:

First of all i would check voltage settings for RAM and CPU in bios and try to uncheck any power saving bios options.
If still freezing then test the ram with memtest86 Screenfrom a boot cd or flash and leave it for few hours.
Then I'd use AIDA64 to monitor the temperatures while using build in (AIDA) stress tool Screen.
Until that point we should have some information already.
 
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