Constant PC Freezes

[captaingallows]

Hi guys,

I have been experiencing quite a lot of freezes as of late:

The screen freezes, there is no audio and I have to hard reset to get out of it. There is no error message, no BSOD or anything alike. This happens regularly when playing somewhat taxing games, such as Overwatch, but may also happen at apparently random. Playing and letting a HQ YT video roll at the same time will always result in a freeze, usually earlier than it would otherwise. GPU temperature hovers around 80°C in-game.

As it happens I just suffered a freeze in the middle of writing this with nothing running in the background, except speccy and MSI Afterburner.

If you need any more info, feel free to ask, not sure what you guys need to work your magic. Thank You.

Specs:

Windows 10 Home 64-bit

AMD FX-9590 Vishera 32nm Technology

16,0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 668MHz (11-11-11-28)

ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z (Socket 942)

8192MB ATI AMD Radeon R9 390 Series (MSI)

1863GB Seagate ST2000DM001-9YN164 (SATA )

465GB Seagate ST500DM002-1BD142 (SATA )

232GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB (SATA (SSD))

AMD High Definition Audio Device

1000 Watt Corsair RM1000X PSU

Cooler Master Nepton 240m


Things I have tried:

- Uninstall display driver using DDU and reinstalling newest versions clean:

No change

- Completly re-install Windows:

No change

- Memtestx86 and Windows Memory Diagnostic:

Both came back without any errors

- chkdsk command:

No errors, I think. It stayed at 10% for quite a bit then proceeded to boot up and showed me no results once I was on my home screen

- Install MSI Afterburner and increase Power Supply and Fan Speed to max.:

Not sure. Seemed to allow me to run a game for a bit longer but still freezes

- FurMark Stress Test

Letting it it run for a quite a while will heat the GPU up to 94°C which according to MSI AfterBurner is the max. temperature for my GPU, but no freeze. With MSI Afterburner active it can run longer before reaching 94°C

- FurMark CPU Burner Test:

Let it run for just a bit, no issues while it was running, seconds after clicking the stop button, it froze


Things I have yet to try:

- Update BIOS
This one is iffy. I have never done anything alike and I am not even sure there is a newer version available. Considering the risk, I wanted to hold off on messing with the BIOS until I got some feedback

 

[Calvin7]

16,0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 668MHz (11-11-11-28)

Looks like a poor choice for memory, although I am unable to identify exactly what memory you have.

I suggest listing memory by part number(s) or a link to it.

You also need to set memory parameters in BIOS whether by DOCP or manually.
1) Memory Clock
2) DRAM Timings
3) DRAM Voltage

 

[captaingallows]

Thank you for the reply!
Memory is 2x 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 DIMM, CML8GX3M2A1600C9.
I guess that means it should be set to 1600Mhz? And timings should be 9-9-9-24? I'm not really familiar with all this.