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Bububear

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Hey guys i just got a new pc and it keeps freezing once a day or so. It has and amd fx8320, corsair cx600m, with a dual kit (2x4gb) corsair vengence ddr3 1866mhz RAM, my gpu is kinda hot but i had it in another computer that had no vent and it worked fine (it's an nvidia gtx 750 ti) so i don't think that the temp is the problem... Any ideas ?
 
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First place I usually start with something similar is to make sure all voltages are correct in the BIOS, especially with overclocked RAM. DDR3 voltage spec is 1.5 volts, a lot of manufacturers cheat the overclock by increasing latency but also increasing their voltage spec to 1.6 or 1.65, ensure you're where you need to be. Then I would try something like Memtest to make sure the RAM throws no errors; just because it boots up and runs doesn't mean that the RAM is entirely good to go. Have you overclocked you CPU already? Lastly, that power supply isn't considered low-quality by any means, but check the voltages on the three rails (at load would be preferably if you get that far); you definitely have a large enough power supply for the job. That should get you started.

 
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Bububear

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Hmm yea did saw some things off in BIOS like RAM volts and the frequency even tho in the book they said the default was completely different than what i found and did tweak them a bit now it will just be a waiting game to see if it freezes again today/tomorrow or in the next days... I haven't overclocked the CPU yet cause i still have the stock cooler until the new one arrives so i doubt that it's a problem related to the CPU, I hope it's not a software problem (some drivers or something) tho everything works fine w/o errors.
 
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Bububear

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OK so after almost 2 weeks of testing i found the culprit. It was my USB webcam... for some yet unknown reason it gets into conflict with my PC and sometimes makes it freeze... Sometimes after rebooting i found that it was not detecting it and i had to plug it out and in again to work... Amazing the chances of that happening are very slim yet with my luck it had to happen. Thanks for your help guys.
 
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