Random BSODs not associated with any particular process, 124?

Kharn

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I've been getting seemingly random BSODs for the last 6 months since adding a new CPU (4770k with H100i water cooler), motherboard (MSI Z97 Gaming 5), GPU (R9 280X) and RAM (Corsair Vengeance Pro 16gb DDR3 2400mhz) to my PC. The BSODs seem to occurred regardless of what I'm doing, could be just surfing the web or could be playing any number of games. Two weeks ago, I thought I'd found the problem when I spotted a loose nut sitting on the GPU PCB (it fell off a bracket I had to make for the water cooler to miss a large heat spreader on the motherboard), but today the problem occurred again and I couldn't find anything out of place inside the case.

I ran sfc /scannow with no integrity violations, Furmark GPU stress test (80C max temp) and CPU Burner (62C max temp) with no issues.

I ran the SevenForums diagnostic tool after the last BSOD and saved all the files, plus the one that happened today, so I've posted both zip files. IIRC the previous BSOD was code 124, but I didn't catch today's code.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
Win 7 Pro SP1 x64
CPU
4770k
Motherboard
MSI Z97-Gaming 5
Memory
2x8gb Corsair Vengance Pro 2400
Graphics Card(s)
ATI R9-280X
Hard Drives
Samsung 840 Evo 120gb
2x Western Digital 500gb
Antivirus
Symantec Endpoint Protection
Browser
Firefox
Code:
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*                        Bugcheck Analysis                                    *
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Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

BugCheck 124, {0, fffffa800d9ca028, bf800000, 124}

Probably caused by : GenuineIntel

Followup: MachineOwner
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Perform the following stress tests:

RAM - run 8 consecutive passes minimum
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105647-ram-test-memtest86.html

CPU - run STANTARD test
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/220743-cpu-stress-test-using-intelburntest.html

Video - run for 29 mins.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/330579-graphics-card-problems-diagnose.html

Storage - run DOS version of SHORT test
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/313457-seatools-dos-windows-how-use.html
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Golden Mk. I.4
OS
Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
CPU
Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz O/C'ed to 4.0GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13
Memory
16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24)
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB
Sound Card
Realtek Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays
Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS
Screen Resolution
1920*1080 and 1920*1080
Hard Drives
1*Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD;
1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
1*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB;
2*Western Digital 1TB External USB 3.0
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0
PSU
Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W
Case
Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z
Cooling
Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans
Keyboard
Logitech G110
Mouse
Logitech MX518
I ran Heaven/GPU-Z.0.8.0 for 70 minutes on Extreme, and IntelBurnTest/HWiNFO64 on standard for 5 iterations. I didn't notice any issues with Heaven. From the HWiNFO64 data, it seems my CPU is overheating? It's reporting the cores maxing out between 79 and 84C when Intel says 72.7C is my max Tcase.

I'll run Memtest86+ tonight.

ETA: I just realized that something was funny with my HWiNFO64 results, specifically the core ratios of 40.0x, when I have a 4770k which is 3.5ghz. I dug around a bit and found my motherboard was set to automatic overclocking, I set it back to default (no OC) and re-ran IntelBurnTest on standard for five iterations. Those second results are marked with a "2" at the end of the file name, and the temps stayed at 63C and below with the core ratios at the expected 35.0. But isn't 63C still a high number, especially for a water-cooled system?
 
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My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
Win 7 Pro SP1 x64
CPU
4770k
Motherboard
MSI Z97-Gaming 5
Memory
2x8gb Corsair Vengance Pro 2400
Graphics Card(s)
ATI R9-280X
Hard Drives
Samsung 840 Evo 120gb
2x Western Digital 500gb
Antivirus
Symantec Endpoint Protection
Browser
Firefox
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