Why does my computer freeze?

Conordh

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Jul 7, 2013
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My computer freezes completely forcing me to hold down the power button to restart it also makes a sound loop noise which sounds like a buzzing noise when it freezes, this only happens when I play certain games and I'm not sure why.
The main games that freeze the computer are DayZ (Arma 2 mod), Battlefield and for some reason Candy Crush on Facebook, however it doesnt seem to happen when I play Minecraft or World of Warcraft.

The temperature seems to be fine whilst playing, I have done multiple virus scans and nothing has come up. I have an overclocked CPU but I've seen that fixing that still doesn't work for other people. My graphics drivers are also up to date and I have tried installing older versions back to when it didn't freeze and that didn't solve it either.

Here is my system spec and temperature with just this page open:
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 3.30GHz 40 °C
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z68AP-D3 (Socket 1155) 39 °C
Graphics
VP2365 SERIES (1920x1080@60Hz)
Intel HD Graphics 3000 (Gigabyte)
1024MB GeForce GTX 560 Ti (ASUStek Computer Inc) 35 °C
Hard Drives
466GB Hitachi HDP725050GLA360 ATA Device (SATA) 34 °C
Optical Drives
DiscSoft Virtual SCSI CdRom Device
DiscSoft Virtual SCSI CdRom Device
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS70 ATA Device
DiscSoft Virtual SCSI CdRom Device
DiscSoft Virtual SCSI CdRom Device
Audio
High Definition Audio Device

Help would be much appreciated, thanks.
 

Conordh

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Jul 7, 2013
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The CPU is overclocked and possibly the graphics card, the computer is a custom built one and I bought it from a family member already overclocked.

The problem started about a year ago, I have done a fresh re install of everything on my computer and it allowed me to play games for a bit longer, still not DayZ though, the the problem has gotten worse again so it wasn't really sorted.

The PSU I am using is a 650W corsair, not sure how old it is sorry.

Thank you.