Computer freezing on playing games, watching youtube

Master Bombastic

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So recently I got GTA5 on my PC. It required that I have to update my driver to play the game. So I updated my driver for my graphics card and all was running well. Then for some reason my computer decided to not work whenever I played games and watched youtube. It started out with making my screen go completely black every time I played a game but my friend said I could fix that by updating all my other drivers so they can work with the new graphics driver software. I ended up doing that and now instead of it going fully black, it just freezes but I can still hear the music of a youtube video playing. I am 100% certain it is a graphics card issue because if I uninstall and reinstall the driver. It provides a temporary fix and allows me to watch youtube and play games until I shut down. I really need some help this has been bugging me for ages thanks.
Specs:
CPU: Intel® 3rd Generation CoreTM i7-3770 Processor
GPU: 1.5GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660
RAM: 16GB DDR3 1600 MHz (2 x 8GB) System Memory
HARD DRIVE: 1TB SATA 3Gb/s (7,200RPM) 32MB Cache
 

Master Bombastic

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Not a overheating issue I believe, I monitored the gpu heat and fan and all was fine
 

maxalge

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run memtest


make and model of power supply?