Started having random freezes on my computer for no apparent reason

Bisop

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A few weeks ago I started having freezes on my computer, a couple of times per hour, lasting one minute, usually while playing demanding video games.
Sometimes it would give me the blue screen of death followed by an error claiming it was unable to find boot device, the only solution being to restart the PC which would fix the error.
Recently however the freezes started to be more common, sometimes causing the computer to crash during boot-up and restart.
Whenever a freeze occurs I can hear a fan stopping and restarting, however I cannot determine which fan it is, I suspect the problem may be caused by the psu or the hdd.
I have excluded heat problems as the temperatures are under 60C (for the cpu and graphics card) when the freezes happen and used SeaTools to run a short check on my hdd which yielded no problems. Haven't used a long test as it said it might damage my data.

My specs:
I5-4690 @ 3.50 Ghz
DDR3 8gb of ram
Nvidia geforce gtx 770
Seagate Barracuda 2TBk
Kissquiet 620W psu
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
custom build
OS
windows 7 64bit
CPU
I5-4690 CPU @ 3.50GHz (4 CPUs)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z97-HD3
Memory
DD3 8GB
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia Geforce GTX 770
Hard Drives
Seagate Barracuda 2TB
Antivirus
Avira
Browser
Chrome

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom assembled by me :}
OS
Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
CPU
i7-5930K 2nd i9-9940x both water blocked VRM's too
Motherboard
ASUS SABERTOOTH X99 2nd ASUS x299 Apex
Memory
Trident-z 3200C14 2nd Trident-z 3600C16
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA 1080ti ftw3 2nd Titan Xp both water blocked
Sound Card
Built-in Realtek
Monitor(s) Displays
1-AOC G2460PG 24"G-Sync 144Hz/ 2nd 1-ASUS VG248QE 24" 144Hz
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 144Hz
Hard Drives
2-Samsung M.2 Evo & Evo Plus
2-Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD's/ 3-2.5 W.D. Black 1tb-&3-1tb/3-3.5 WD Black 1tb hdd's
PSU
EVGA SuperNOVA 1000-P2 2nd 1200-P2
Case
2-Corsair Obsidian Series 450D Black ATX Mid Tower
Cooling
Custom water loops
Keyboard
Logitech G710+/ 2nd Logitech G910
Mouse
2-RedDragon M901 Perdition 16400 dpi Gaming mouse = wired
Internet Speed
Comcast Ping 19ms 89.31mbps download speed 6.12mbps upload
Antivirus
Malwarebytes Pro/ Superantispyware Pro
Browser
FireFox & Pale moon
Other Info
2nd ASUS X299 Apex/Intel i9-9940x with Custom water loop/7H-Prem-x64/Corsair 450D case/Ram Trident-z 3600C16 4x8gb / Samsung970Evo plus 500gb SSD/Dual ssd EZ swap evo/PSU EVGA SuperNova 1200w-P2 80+Platinum/GPU Titan Xp /8-ML-140 on push-pull on 2-280GTX rads
Thanks for the welcome, I used Speccy to check the temperature.
I thought 60C was an acceptable temperature when running a newer game on a gtx 770 :S, I did open my PC case and cleaned everything of dust to reduce the risk of overheating.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
custom build
OS
windows 7 64bit
CPU
I5-4690 CPU @ 3.50GHz (4 CPUs)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z97-HD3
Memory
DD3 8GB
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia Geforce GTX 770
Hard Drives
Seagate Barracuda 2TB
Antivirus
Avira
Browser
Chrome
Hi,
Take a snap shot of the cpu cool that is where all of the dust collects ;)
Take an other of the rest of the case opened too to get a general idea of air flow.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom assembled by me :}
OS
Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
CPU
i7-5930K 2nd i9-9940x both water blocked VRM's too
Motherboard
ASUS SABERTOOTH X99 2nd ASUS x299 Apex
Memory
Trident-z 3200C14 2nd Trident-z 3600C16
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA 1080ti ftw3 2nd Titan Xp both water blocked
Sound Card
Built-in Realtek
Monitor(s) Displays
1-AOC G2460PG 24"G-Sync 144Hz/ 2nd 1-ASUS VG248QE 24" 144Hz
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 144Hz
Hard Drives
2-Samsung M.2 Evo & Evo Plus
2-Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD's/ 3-2.5 W.D. Black 1tb-&3-1tb/3-3.5 WD Black 1tb hdd's
PSU
EVGA SuperNOVA 1000-P2 2nd 1200-P2
Case
2-Corsair Obsidian Series 450D Black ATX Mid Tower
Cooling
Custom water loops
Keyboard
Logitech G710+/ 2nd Logitech G910
Mouse
2-RedDragon M901 Perdition 16400 dpi Gaming mouse = wired
Internet Speed
Comcast Ping 19ms 89.31mbps download speed 6.12mbps upload
Antivirus
Malwarebytes Pro/ Superantispyware Pro
Browser
FireFox & Pale moon
Other Info
2nd ASUS X299 Apex/Intel i9-9940x with Custom water loop/7H-Prem-x64/Corsair 450D case/Ram Trident-z 3600C16 4x8gb / Samsung970Evo plus 500gb SSD/Dual ssd EZ swap evo/PSU EVGA SuperNova 1200w-P2 80+Platinum/GPU Titan Xp /8-ML-140 on push-pull on 2-280GTX rads
Uhm I don't really understand you're asking me to do, basically take a picture of the PC right?

As a small update I left my PC case opened and the temperature was around 45C for both the CPU and graphics crash when the freeze happened.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
custom build
OS
windows 7 64bit
CPU
I5-4690 CPU @ 3.50GHz (4 CPUs)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z97-HD3
Memory
DD3 8GB
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia Geforce GTX 770
Hard Drives
Seagate Barracuda 2TB
Antivirus
Avira
Browser
Chrome
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