Hi, I built a PC back in October that had been running fine (buggy BF4 not withstanding) up until a week before Christmas. That day I was watching a stream that crashed and my PC froze with it. I have been ignoring it for a while now but it is just too annoying now.
The last 2 days it has been less random freezing and more immediate freezing whenever a video/game is opened. Something else to note is that I've gotten a few rendering errors in Civ 5 although I'm not sure if that is the same issue.
Troubleshooting wise I've tried updating video/sound drivers, ran memtestx86/windows memory diag, error checked my HDD a few times, downclocked my GPU, am constantly checking to see if my temps are bad but I have yet to see something bad or out of the ordinary (to my knowledge). Admittedly voltages go over my head a little so I don't know if my CPU/GPU is over/underpowered or what.
I'd appreciate any sort of help to point me in the right direction. I really don't want to go and blindly RMA components if it is a software issue for example. Thanks in advance.
Specs:
AMD FX-6300
ASRock 970 EXTREME4
PowerColor 7870 MYST (7870 xt)
Western Digital 1TB blue
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4x4GB DDR3 1600
Corsair CX500 500W
Windows 7 SP1
I originally posted the above in another forum. Since that post I've ran prime95 both normally and in safe mode which both freezes me consistently.
I've tested each stick of ram individually in memtest86 as I was told it was possibly a memory issue. Yet nothing. I still have no idea what exactly is the issue except that it likely isn't my GPU/RAM as they run fine in many benchmarks. Whoever can help me out to figure the issue will earn my eternal love.
The last 2 days it has been less random freezing and more immediate freezing whenever a video/game is opened. Something else to note is that I've gotten a few rendering errors in Civ 5 although I'm not sure if that is the same issue.
Troubleshooting wise I've tried updating video/sound drivers, ran memtestx86/windows memory diag, error checked my HDD a few times, downclocked my GPU, am constantly checking to see if my temps are bad but I have yet to see something bad or out of the ordinary (to my knowledge). Admittedly voltages go over my head a little so I don't know if my CPU/GPU is over/underpowered or what.
I'd appreciate any sort of help to point me in the right direction. I really don't want to go and blindly RMA components if it is a software issue for example. Thanks in advance.
Specs:
AMD FX-6300
ASRock 970 EXTREME4
PowerColor 7870 MYST (7870 xt)
Western Digital 1TB blue
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4x4GB DDR3 1600
Corsair CX500 500W
Windows 7 SP1
I originally posted the above in another forum. Since that post I've ran prime95 both normally and in safe mode which both freezes me consistently.
I've tested each stick of ram individually in memtest86 as I was told it was possibly a memory issue. Yet nothing. I still have no idea what exactly is the issue except that it likely isn't my GPU/RAM as they run fine in many benchmarks. Whoever can help me out to figure the issue will earn my eternal love.
something must be unstable
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