Computer runs fine on 1 stick of ram but randomly crashes with 2 sticks of ram. Crashes caused by ntoskrnl

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Slomy1

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Just built my first pc, here are the parts.
-Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
-Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
-Asus Z170M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
-G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
-Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
-Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
-EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card
-Thermaltake Core V21 MicroATX Mini Tower Case
-EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
-Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter
-Running windows 10

Here is the error and ram information. http://imgur.com/a/NeqyR
Once it crashes it will restart and crash again until I turn it off.

I've already updated my mobo chipset, bios, gpu drivers through geforce experience, and any other drivers through the device manager.
I've also ran memtest86. With both sticks of ram in I got over a million errors and the test crashed on pass 4/4. I then removed one stick and tested them individually and they both passed with 0 errors, so I'm pretty sure the ram isn't faulty.
I've also tried reinstalling windows and moving the ram into the secondary slots with no luck.
 
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If its faulty, then when running individually, there should be one that has error. If its new, then you should claim the warranty.

I am more concerned with your psu. I know its a good psu. The main problem is 550W against those set up. GTX 1080 + i7 +wifi + liquid cooler. Did you by chance doing overclock? It is not possible the psu at its workload limit, and using 1 stick of ram made it hit the spot, have you tried to turn off all overclock (i7 k series and z170 says it all), and test it?

Do inform any progress
 
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One of the most common causes of a Kernel crash is RAM.
You may have contamination in your MB DIMM slots as the Memtest86 errors are occurring when 2 slots used.
Use compressed air from a canister and clean the DIMM terminals with Isopropyl Alcohol 95%.
Ensure the modules are seated properly and if that don't fix it then you may have a dead slot on the MB.

You system will have created a dump file when the crash occurred. This can be an analysed to determine the error if the above does not fix your problem. The dump file is located in your Windows root directory with a .DMP extension.
I also agree with schaft regarding the PSU as it is borderline Wattage wise.
 
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Slomy1

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I'm not overclocking and according to this https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3rcghq, I should have extra power.
 
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Well I didn't have anything to clean it but I changed the single stick of ram from slot a2 to slot b2, (a2 and b2 are the recommended slots for 2 sticks of ram for my mobo) and ran memtest. It came back with 0 errors so both of those slots are working.
 
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The ram is from a matched set.
I haven't tried any of those, everything in the bios is default or auto. What would you recommend changing things to?
 
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