Multiple random BSOD on new PC build

Aug 8, 2018
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Recently I put together a brand new PC with the following parts:

CPU: Ryzen 2600X (paired with Noctua NH-U12s cooler)
Mobo: Gigabyte Aorus Ultra Gaming X470
RAM: 2x8gb G.Skill Flare X @ 3200 (using XMP profile in bios)
GPU: MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X
PSU: Seasonic Focus plus Gold 650W
SSD: Samsung 970 EVO M.2 500GB

I have been having almost daily BSOD's of death since the beginning with a variety of different error codes. These errors came up seemingly at random times. Not always during heavy load. In fact the system seemed very stable up to the errors and was able to stresstest with Prime95 and AIDA64 for 2 hours and gaming sessions were stable as well.

At first I usually got the following erros:
SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED, SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION, IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
all of them usually pointed to ntoskrnl.exe as the culprit.

I tried:
- Reinstalling windows
- Reseating the entire PC including CPU with new thermal paste
- Running Memtest86 overnight (no errors with 6 passes)
- Reinstalling drivers

Eventually I had reached a week and a half without a BSOD (no clue why). However now they are back but with different error codes:
BAD_POOL_HEADER, PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA and DRIVER_OVERRAN_STACK_BUFFER are the new error codes I see still pointing to ntoskrnl.exe.

Is there a chance of CPU or motherboard problems here or is there something else I can try. Any help is appreciated as I no longer know how to go about fixing this.

Thanks
 
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Are you getting these BSOD with stock memory speeds? You may need to do some more tinkering with the memory timings as XMP is not perfect. I would reset your bios to factory defaults and run with everything on stock for a couple days and see if you get another BSOD to rule out an unstable OC.
Are you getting these BSOD with stock memory speeds? You may need to do some more tinkering with the memory timings as XMP is not perfect. I would reset your bios to factory defaults and run with everything on stock for a couple days and see if you get another BSOD to rule out an unstable OC.
 
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