PC crashes when starting up certain games

FlyingV3152

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Hello all. This is my first PC that I have built. I am at a loss at what could be causing this problem. When I go to play Evil Dead or Dying Light on medium to low settings my PC will freeze before I get to start the game. When it freezes I have to restart it. I was able to play these games when i first got this pc running. I wasn't ever able to play on high setting but was able to get it at medium settings and have it run at an average of 30fps. I am able to play Fallout New Vegas on ultra high settings no problem. I know that fallout isn't a very demanding game as Evil Dead or Dying Light. I just wanted to see if it would start up. I have updated all my drivers, reinstalled games, and even unistalled drivers then reinstalled them. I have also ran registry fixers (legit ones) and virus scan. Everything was good on that part. It still freezes on me when I go to start those games. I'm going to take a guess that it is my memory but I'm not sure. I have done a benchmark test and I am currently doing a stress test. I haven't overclocked it because I don't have the proper cooling system in it yet. So as of now everything is stock and my memory is set to the xmp profile (1866). The specs to my computer are:
AMD A10-7850K APU
ASRock FM2A88M-HD+
8gb DDR3 1600 Patriot Memory
Powercolor Turboduo Radeon R9 280 3gb GDD5 GPU
1080 Watt PSU (I forgot what brand that is)
120gb SSD and a 1TB HDD

If anyone has an idea on what might be causing this orwhere I can start to fix this would be very appreciated. Thank you!
 

FlyingV3152

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really? I just completed the CPU stress test and it passed with no errors. I am running the GPU stress test now. The first time I ran the test, OCCT has a error check box and asks how much memory to use. I put 2gb the first time and it froze up on me. The second time I put 1gb and so far is doing good. How would the GPU be bottle necking the CPU?
 

11sphere92

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http://www.davescomputertips.com/how-to-determine-gpu-vs-cpu-bottlenecks-and-possible-solutions/

This going to solve you how to know.
Well stress test is only checking if CPU = not broken , same goes to GPU stress test.

How to know bottleneck are on link above :)