BSOD after changing video card and adding ram

SpiritBob

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After I added 2x4GB DDR2 800 mhz ram to my PC and this beastly video card (Nvidia GTX 960 4GB), i started getting BSOD with messages IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, MEMORY_MANAGEMENT, an attempt was made to write to read only memory BSOD and probably others.
I found that 1 of the ram's was corrupted, so I replaced both of the ones i had with 2 others, which were tested in memtest and by windows - all fine. So Ram is not the case anymore. I'm guessing either my PSU cannot feed the GPU (I'm said I have a 450 W PSU, but I believe it to be 500, still not sure), mainly because 1 of the fans for the PSU is broken since like 3 years, and I think the new GPU is making the PSU overheat too much. Other cause would be the hard drive, but I ran window's disk error checking thingy, with a tick on to fix bad sectors - still experiencing issues.
Please give me an insight on what the problem might be - overheating issue (PSU related) or Wattage issue (again PSU related) or something entirely different?

I'm getting the BSOD only when playing video games. Normal PC activity does not cause BSOD.

Thank you!
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
unknown
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
CPU
AMD Phenom X4 9550
Motherboard
GA-MA78GPM-DS2H
Memory
2X4GB DDR2 800 mhz
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GTX 960
Hard Drives
1TB 10k RPM
Antivirus
MSE
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Waterfox
Hi SpiritBob,

What memtest did you use?

Please upload the chkdsk logs :ar: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/96938-check-disk-chkdsk-read-event-viewer-log.html

Please run the DM Log Collector again and upload a new zip, the current uploaded one misses several logs.
You could check if there are
  1. 18 .txt,
  2. 1 .nfo,
  3. 1 or more .dmp,
files present, if this is the case then all logs are present :)
If there are a few missing, no problem as we can get them manually if required :)
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom build
OS
Windows 10 Pro
CPU
i5-6500
Motherboard
Gigabyte B150-HD3P-CF
Memory
16GB DDR4 2133 Crucial Ballistix Sport LT
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
Sound Card
Intel Display Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Liyama ProLite XB2483HSU-B2
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
Crucial MX200 500GB & Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB
PSU
Corsair RM550x
Case
Fractal Design Define S
Cooling
Cooler Master TX3 i
Keyboard
Func KB-460 (MX Red)
Mouse
Corsair Gaming M65 RGB
Antivirus
Bitdefender Total Security 2016 + MBAM Pro + MBAE Pro
Browser
Google Chrome
Other Info
Creative Sound Blaster Tactic3D Rage V2 headset
For RAM testing I used mdsched.exe, I don't know what the experts used when my PC was being serviced, but they said RAM had no errors.

I will upload the 2 chdsk logs, the new zip will be uploaded shortly after.

EDIT: The zip file has the same files as the previous one.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
unknown
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
CPU
AMD Phenom X4 9550
Motherboard
GA-MA78GPM-DS2H
Memory
2X4GB DDR2 800 mhz
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GTX 960
Hard Drives
1TB 10k RPM
Antivirus
MSE
Browser
Waterfox
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