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New Build: PC freezes, hard shutdown and then restart.
I am not sure if this is the correct place for posting the problem I have. I recently built a brand new rig earlier this year in April and I have been having issues with freezes and hard shutdowns every so often until it began to happen frequently the past two months.
Below is setup
MOBO: ASUS P8H61-M LE/CSM R2.0
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K Processor
CPU Cooler:Noctua NH-D14
RAM: Corsair XMS3 8GB PC10666 DDR3 1333MHz
PSU: Corsair Professional Series HX 850 Watt Modular
GPU: EVGA NVIDIA Superclocked 760GTX
OS: Windows 7 Professional X64 & Linux Mint 14 (Dual Boot)
Case: Cooler Master CM Storm (front fan, rear fan, and added 2 120mm fans on the top)
Hard Drives: Western Digital SATA 500 GB(OS Drive), Western Digital SATA 200 GB, Western Digital USB 2.0 External 1 TB
Audio: Onkyo HT-S3500 5.1-Channel Home Theater
When I first built this rig it had an Intel i3 CPU inside of it, my old EVGA 8800GT and a Corsair 500 watt Enthusiast PSU, and 8 GB stick of Corsair ram. Two days after setting it all up the PC froze, did a hard shutdown, and then rebooted itself. That happened a few more times between April and May. The issue with the freezes and hard shutdowns stopped late June and didn't happen again until 7/25/13. At that time I proceeded to replace my PSU with the Corsair Professional Series 850 watt. PC ran fine for a few days without issue then froze again. At that time I decided to buy a new graphics card and replaced my old one with the EVGA 760 GTX. I replaced my i3 with the i7 3770K in December. Since 7/25/13 I have had a total of 18 freezes then hard shutdowns. Now the freezes occur at any time, during heavy load or just idling.
I proceeded to use memtest86+ to test my memory yesterday and today. I left both sticks in and let it run for 14 hours while I was at work. It did a total of 12 passes without any errors or failures. I then proceeded to do a full test on my Western Digital 500 GB SATA OS drive. It passed both the SMART test and also the in depth test. Didn't find any errors. I did an hour ago remove everything and reseatted it all.
I am wondering if my motherboard may have been damaged from the beginning and is causing the intermittent freezes. What it will do is freeze, stay frozen for a good 2-3 minutes and then suddenly do a hard shutdown and reboot. I have gotten zero BSOD's. Could there be an issue with the motherboard losing connection with the hard drive thus causing the freeze and shutdown?
I don't believe my PSU, CPU. or memory is bad at all. Should I bite the bullet and just buy a new motherboard and see what happens. After all I replaced almost everything save for the motherboard and memory with new parts