What else could be wrong?

Ronarch

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I have been encountering BSOD occasionally.
It happens once or twice in a week.
Usually the screen freezes for 5-10 sec, or the system responds very very slowly, or even becomes unresponsive for 5-10 sec. Then turns BSOD.
It autoboots my PC but then unable to boot the window because the SDD become undetectable, even in BIOS.
Everytime I need to shut down the power, wait for half or one minute and turn the power back on and it resume normal.

Sometimes I am gaming. Sometimes I am not, maybe just watching movie or browsing with Chrome. That's why I believe this is not a overheat problem. (Though I overclock my 6700k to 4.5 Ghz)

Also probably not GPU problem. The problem exists before and after my upgrade from GTX 780 to GTX 1070.

HDD? Used HDDscan to scan all 3 HDD and SDD. No bad sector found.
Ram? Used Memtest86 to test for a few hours and had 3 passes with no error.

I have no clue what causes the problem.
Maybe PSU? But it's hard to confirm.
Maybe software problem? I have all my drivers updated. Just tried a new antimalware software beside Avast to scan the system, and it found and quaranteed some threats. Hope it helps.

I appreicate very much if any suggestion or experience here could offer some help. Thank you.
 
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It'd help if you have the BSOD codes.
If you're not used to looking through log files, go download BlueScreen View. Its a nice little utility that will give you a more understandable view of your error log files.
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html

As for antimalware and antivirus. Avast isn't bad but for a free one I'd really suggest Avira or Bitdefender. They're two of the top 3 antivirus providers. Also pick up Malwarebytes, its free version is an on demand scanner but its a good one.
It'd help if you have the BSOD codes.
If you're not used to looking through log files, go download BlueScreen View. Its a nice little utility that will give you a more understandable view of your error log files.
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html

As for antimalware and antivirus. Avast isn't bad but for a free one I'd really suggest Avira or Bitdefender. They're two of the top 3 antivirus providers. Also pick up Malwarebytes, its free version is an on demand scanner but its a good one.
 
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