PC Crashing/Freezing After Upgrading RAM/Graphic card (and cabinet)

ThiaSCSGOSkins

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Hi!
I just got my new PC parts, the parts are:
-Gigabyte Windforce GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4gb
-Cooler master CM690 III
- Hyper x Furi 16gb (ram) (2x8gb)

I removed all of my parts from the old cabinet, and started putting it in the new one, i changed the Graphics card (from an MSI GTX 760 2gb) to the new GTX 970, and changed the ram from 2x4gb sticks to the new 2x8gb Hyper x sticks.

The computer started up and everything seemed fine untill steam auto updated CSGO, it said that some filed were missing, so i fixed it from steam. i played CSGO for about an hour and then it just froze, i could hear the sond scarring. i tryed to close CSGO but it would not let me do that, not even from my CTRL, ALT, DELETE thingy, so i forced the pc to restart. i played an solid 15 minutes more of CSGO untill the same happened again, i started playing some Just Cause 3 and the same thing happened again after 2 minutes of playing it, i restarted the computer again, and launched Just Cause 3 again, i turned down the Graphic's from Verry High to some of it Verri High and some of it High, i then could play for a solid 20 minutes before the same thing happened again and the computer crashed and showed a blue screen with some text on it.

if anyone has an answer to why this is happening, or an solution on how i can fix it, please write to me! :)

(btw, i also noticed that my pc says that i have 12gb of RAM installed, even tho i have 16... it says that 5 or 7gb (cant remember) is dedicated to the BIOS and Windows and only 4 is left for usage, some of the programs only detect 7,98GB and others 12GB of RAM, wath do i do to make all off
the 16Gb useable?)

Thanks for all help, or for trying to help me! and sorry for my bad english :p

-ThiaS
 

Xuebao61

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The missing RAM may be being used up/reserved for the OS. Try running with only one stick at a time, and see if one of them in particularly is causing your system to crash. Usually, POST should catch any bad sticks, but you never know if it got past there some how. Another thing I can think of is possibly your CPU over heating. I'd try checking your temps and making sure your CPU fan is still doing it for your CPU. A third thing it could be is power. Make sure that your PSU has enough wattage to comfortably run everything on high load, usually a leeway of 100W is sufficient, as well as meeting the recommended power specs for your GPU.
 

ThiaSCSGOSkins

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I changed the ram slots, and now i dont crash atleast :p
 

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the white ones, the one to the left, closest to the CPU, and the middle right, changed to the blue ones, the one to the righ and the one in the middle left

 

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Hmm, that's odd. I'd say that one or more of your RAM slots has issues, but I assume you had your other sticks in the previous configuration and they worked fine.