Built my PC but i need serious help

Wallapls · Mar 20, 2016

Hello,
First off id like to apologize if this was posted in the wrong section, im brand knew to the site(making acc and posting). I cant thank this site and its community enough for all the help its given me. This is my first ever post.. here is my problem.

Yesterday i built my PC, here are some specs;

Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
ASRock Z97 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Corsair Vengence 16GB DDR3-1600 Memory
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD
AsusGeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card
Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronzw Certified PSU

My issue is that randomly when im using my pc it suddenly freezes and a buzzing sound plays through my speakers. I did some troubleshooting like turning off turbo speeds in BIOS, disabling all but one sound driver.

I did more research and I possibly thought it was the PSU or RAM. Ive looked a lot online and Ive seen nothing but bad reviews on my PSU but alsi I decided to use Memtest v5.01 to test RAM but as of now it has encountered 1080 errors. Another thing about Memtest that it looks like its frozen. It also did reboot a few times as well.

Any tips will be greatly appreciated. I hope i will be any to fix this PC soon because i need it for work/school so im a bit desperate.

Szaki · Mar 20, 2016

after the buzzing sound does the pc restart itself ?
Are you using the most current nvidia drivers ?

Tradesman1 · Mar 20, 2016

Do you have or could you borrow different DRAM and or PSU to test with?

Wallapls · Mar 20, 2016

Szaki :

Yes the PC stays frozen and makes the sound for about a minute until it restarts. I am using the most updated nvidia drives, i updated them last night

sizzling · Mar 20, 2016

Test one stick of RAM at a time and let us know the results

X79 · Mar 20, 2016

It's unusual you only have one storage medium. Remember to keep 20% of your SSD clear.

Wallapls · Mar 20, 2016

X79 :

Forgot to add that i have a 2TB Seagate SSHD

Wallapls · Mar 20, 2016

Tradesman1 :

Yes i have 2x4GB sticks of RAM from my old PC as well as a 520W PSU from Insigna.... not sure how good this PSU is though.

Szaki · Mar 20, 2016

Wallapls :

Did the freezing start afterwards ?

Wallapls · Mar 20, 2016

Szaki :

Yes, it freezes then restarts then freezes again. Its like a continuous loop. It freezes randomly. The first time it froze in ~20min and the second time it froze in ~1hr.

superninja12 · Mar 20, 2016

off topic.
bring that psu back and get a new one BECAUSE IT IS NOT MADE FOR GAMING AND ESPECIALLY NOT HIGH LOAD SITUATIONS LET STAND OFF OCING

Wallapls · Mar 20, 2016

superninja12 :

The Corshair or Insigna one (probably both)? Which PSU would you recommend? I'm so new at this.

superninja12 · Mar 20, 2016

both, from where are u from?

Wallapls · Mar 20, 2016

superninja12 :

Will do! Do you have any PSU suggestions that will satisfy my parts? Im from East Coast of US, why?

superninja12 · Mar 20, 2016

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($85.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $85.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-20 19:19 EDT-0400

u can pair this psu up with EVERY graphics card (except the extremely power hungry amd ones) and oc the hell out of it.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=446

Szaki · Mar 20, 2016

Wallapls :

Ok. I might think there's no biggie there

Lots of guys reported crashes after they've installed the latest nvidia drivers. Go back to a previous driver version. After that do a stress test. Let's see what happens. Don't disassemble your system just yet

Oh I just noticed you said that your computer freezes and stays that way for a minute or so. In my experience if there's a psu related issue that usually restarts the system immediately.

Wallapls · Mar 20, 2016

Szaki :

Wallapls :

Ok. I might think there's no biggie there

Lots of guys reported crashes after they've installed the latest nvidia drivers. Go back to a previous driver version. After that do a stress test. Let's see what happens. Don't disassemble your system just yet

Oh I just noticed you said that your computer freezes and stays that way for a minute or so. In my experience if there's a psu related issue that usually restarts the system immediately.

I used Cinebench to test my CPU and GPU. The GPU worked fine with updated drivers but my pc crashed when I installed the older drivers. My CPU at first crashed this test but passed the second one.

Wallapls · Mar 20, 2016

superninja12 :

Thanks!

Szaki · Mar 20, 2016

You might want to check this out> https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/4b6ok7/psa_fix_for_all_recent_march_2016_driver_issues/

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