Why is my Computer Freezing?

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Hello!
For a while I haven’t been able to play most games without my computer freezing and never recovering forcing me to hold the power button and turn it back on. This started happening after a Windows 10 update.

I assumed it was an OS or HDD issue so I booted Linux from a USB. I opened a game and a few seconds later it froze. Oddly enough, this time my monitor said “no signal” after this happened. I then tested to see if it was my graphics card. I turned off the graphics driver and opened a game on Windows. Left it idle for a bit and eventually it froze. I’ve looked at the GPU, CPU, and motherboard temperature and they are all normal while playing games.

I’ve gone back to a system restore point before the Windows update. Graphics driver is up to date. I’ve searched online and have found nothing that works. I’ve yet to reinstall Windows but may do soon. Does anybody know how to fix this problem?
Thanks in advance!

Some specs:
CPU: AMD FX-6100 Six-Core Processor
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7770
OS: Windows 10 Pro
 
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First thing I'd suspect is a bad video card of power supply. Test your card in another system with a known good power supply model and see if it runs OK there. Don't just plug it in and see an image call it a day, run a few games or video benchmarks on it. Pretty much 0 change it's not a hardware issue and about 90% chance it's either video card or power supply. If anything is overclocked make sure you are testing at stock speeds.

jesse13williamson

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It sounds like it may be your RAM but it's hard to be sure. Please run this test if possible and post the results as if it is an individual part it will tell us. http://www.userbenchmark.com/
If you have any more questions then I'd be happy to help.
 
May 20, 2018
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I tried the “sfc /scannow” console command and everything turned out fine (computer froze the first time I tried which was odd considering that I wasn’t running a game...). Will try userbenchmark.com later when I’ve got the time.

Thanks for the responses!
 
First thing I'd suspect is a bad video card of power supply. Test your card in another system with a known good power supply model and see if it runs OK there. Don't just plug it in and see an image call it a day, run a few games or video benchmarks on it. Pretty much 0 change it's not a hardware issue and about 90% chance it's either video card or power supply. If anything is overclocked make sure you are testing at stock speeds.
 
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