gigabyte GTX 970 freezes during some game and also during stability test

justinf10000

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I'm really not sure what the problem is.

I have an i5 6600k and gtx 970.
The i5 is OC'd to 4.5 at 3.45v . The GPU is not OC'd,

I noticed my PC will randomly freeze while playing games such as smite (low gpu game, i have 150 FPS), but is fine during graphic intensive games like BDO.

When i run stability tests using CPUID the PC is fine if "stress GPU" is not checked. However once i check that off and run the test, the PC will freeze after about 8-10 seconds, the same as it does when im playing Smite. I have to hard reboot the PC to get it working again.

Any idea what is causing this?

Thanks in advance, i want to figure this out ;)
 

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PSU is EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

My CPU temps look fine, never go above 70.

My GPU temps look fine (as far as i can see until it crashes). I don't see any abnormalities.

Also, i do have the latest NVIDIA drivers.
 

justinf10000

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I didn't test before to be honest, but i'll check.
 

justinf10000

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OK. Just tested. with the CPU at stock, it doesn't crash.

What does this mean? I need more voltage to the mboard?