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Computer freezes randomly
Hi. I have visited this forum many times in the past while trying to solve my pc problems, but now Im making an account because theres a problem I have been trying to get answers for long time.
As the title says, my computer freezes. It doesnt really matter what Im doing, it just freezes. I have sought help from similar threads made here before, but those threads havent helped my situation so Id like to have my case as individual one. About the problem, my computer is custom build, I ordered it from internet 2 years ago. I didnt build it, but I chose the parts for it. At home I installed the OS myself, the guys at the store didnt touch the bios, they simply built it. When I first tried a game on my pc, after a while it crashed. Screen froze and the speakers let out steady loud broken noise, then I was at the desktop again. Ok so this happened sometimes only while playing. After a while it didnt get back to desktop after a crash, the whole computer froze, I couldnt do anything but to shut it down manually. It was like this for the longest time, and I tried to "fix" it by trying to mess with the ram voltages and cpu ratios in AsRock extreme tuner. Didnt help obviously, but I kept doing it for a long time because I noticed if the settings are in certain values the computer lasts longer without crashing. The freezes started to annoy me so I didnt play that much anymore, but then I discovered my pc can freeze even while browsing internet. Thats when I started to look for the fix more seriously.
Things I have tried:
Resetting bios
Re-install OS
Tested RAM with memtest (passed 1 hour without errors)
Tested video card with MSI Kombustor
Checking for viruses
Cleaned pc with regcure pro
Im not even sure if thats all. I have also HWiNFO32 in use now. Its been logging for 9 hours now. My pc crashed a few times yesterday. Ive noticed that certain way to freeze it is to run Speccy. But it does it only sometimes, I checked Speccy few times yesterday without problem but it also froze once while doing it. Temperatures are always normal. I dont know how they look while playing, but Im pretty sure its nothing relevantly important since my pc freezes also while browsing net or random stuff like that. It can also freeze while being idle. My computer has seen BSOD two times as far as I can remember, but crashes are very rare, its only freezes Im having
My sets
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 3.30GHz
ASRock P67 Pro3
8,00Gt Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 532MHz
1024MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
932GB SAMSUNG HD103SJ ATA Device
Id love to hear suggestions what to try fitting for my situation and what I have tried already. I'm starting to be clueless whats causing the freezes that have been happening more than a year. Id hate to think its hardware problem, because its been happening for so long, very soon after buying the parts.
Thanks for any advises