Computer began to freeze, looking for possible causes

[Steelersfan305]

System Specs:
Intel 6600k
Asus Z-170P
MSI RX 470
Corsair CM 650X

Recently my computer began to freeze occasionally when playing graphically intense games like Dark Souls 3. Then it began to freeze more commonly in other games. Now it's at the point where most games cause it to freeze. I've been reading some posts to try and see what the issue may be. I tried testing with intel burn test, but that caused my computer to freeze. I'm also in the processing of updating my bios for the ASUS board, however the first time I tried, the computer also froze. My temperatures have never gotten above 50 degrees when it froze based on RealTemp I had running.

Does anyone know what the cause of this could be? I will continue to try and get my BIOS updated, however I don't want to keep freezing my computer.

Update: Got the Bios flashed to the newest release, but that has not solved the problem.

 

[kaptainkuftic]

Could be something as simple as lack of memory. What are the specs on your RAM?

 

[Steelersfan305]

Could be something as simple as lack of memory. What are the specs on your RAM?

My RAM is 2 x 8GB EVO Potenza DDR4 2400

Link: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820158024

 

[kaptainkuftic]

huh, that's enough memory.

Try using Display Driver Uninstaller to uninstall old drivers, then reinstall only the latest ones from AMD's website

 

[Steelersfan305]

huh, that's enough memory.

Try using Display Driver Uninstaller to uninstall old drivers, then reinstall only the latest ones from AMD's website

Update: I finally managed to flash my bios to the most up-to-date version. I also updated my AMD drivers using their utility before I read this. I started up Dark Souls and found the game froze about 2 minutes into it.

 

[kaptainkuftic]

Well, so, you might have conflicting drivers is the problem. you need to do a clean installation, and to do that, you have to uninstall all of the drivers with DDU