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Annoying, weird crashes, CPU or GPU, need advice
Hello guys, I'll go straight to the point: for like 6 months, I am getting some systeam freezes/lockups, only hard reset helps. It means the screen will freeze with the last frame and the sound is buzzing, like BRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. That's the easiest way to describe it. 2 weeks ago, i made a post here: Comp freezes and some BSOD, seems random, please give advice
(read it for more info if you need)
So far, I did like 3-4 clean windows installs with original win7 x64, and swapped the motherboard and the RAM, so they are not faulty for sure. Also, due to the numerous reinstalls and driver/BIOS updates I doubt it's a software-related issue. To be honest, the two remaining componets are the CPU and the GPU which could be faulty, the only problem is, no matter how long i run CPU/GPU stress test, there will be no errors...
Please tell me in comment what would you do, and also which test programS shouild I try again?
These freezes are random btw, happens 1-2 times a week, sometimes 2 times a day, and sometimes happens watching youtube, sometimes playing battlefield 3.
CPU: Intel i7 3770K 3.5GHz
GPU: ATI HD 7870
mobo: P8H77-M
I have 8 GB RAM at 1333 Hz
I have an SSD and 1 HDD, OS on SSD
The PSU is in good condition, the whole system is 1.5 years old, and worked fine before the crashes.
ANY advice will be appreciated, please help me fix this annoying problem, I don't really have the money or time to play with CPU/GPU random swaps.