Windows 10 Display/Graphics Driver Failure

Sunkin351

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System Specs:
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz (OC'ed to 3.4 GHZ)
Memory: http://www.gskill.com/en/product/f3-12800cl8q-8gbzh
MotherBoard: EVGA nForce 790i Ultra SLI (Exact model: 132-CK-NF79)(As read by CPU-Z)
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti
Power supply capacity: 750W
OS: Windows 10

All too often when I am in the middle of playing a game or watching youtube, my monitor goes blank after everything freezes for a moment, and then my monitor displays the message that its not receiving a signal, and yet sound plays on normally, which leads me to believe my graphics drivers have failed for reasons unknown to me, and not my OS.

Yes, I am OC'ed, however, it happens whether or not I am Overclocking my processor... I have tested this at its factory default speed of 2.4 GHz... My graphics card is supposedly brand new, and in good condition. I have tried everything from messing with voltages to completely resetting and reinstalling Windows 10.

Can someone tell me what could be causing this?

(Note: I look into my system event log and find that Event ID 4101 happens several times before I restart my machine. The event reports that my display drivers stopped responding and (Supposedly) recovered, pointing to "nvlddmkm" as the driver.)
 

Sunkin351

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Ya, About that... Im currently stuck in 350.12 because my internet is being unreliable and GeForce Experience cant connect to Nvidia... Its not just the latest driver. That I am sure of.

Edit: To be absolutely clear, before I reinstalled windows, I had the latest GeForce driver available... (I believe... Could be wrong on that one...)
 

Sunkin351

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So, it does turn out it is an OC instability problem, but taking into account that it was stable before at the settings I had it running on, I think my hardware is just getting old, specifically, my Motherboard. I have since found new settings that keep me more stable than what I was dealing with, but I fear that I may have to replace all the important parts of my system to make sure it runs at its best. (The motherboard, yes, but also my processor because I cant find another board capable of using the Core2 Quad.)