Crashing often on new GTX 1060

[Redu101]

Hey,
so for a while now, i've had this 1060 of mine (http://www.ncix.com/detail/asus-geforce-gtx-1060-oc-d5-133578.htm) and ever since i've installed it i've been getting blue screens (whea uncorrectable error) and system crashes where any sound playing just keeps playing and everything freezes, in which case i am forced to use the restart button on the computer. i was hoping a fresh install of windows would do the trick so about 2 months in (didn't do it sooner because i was hoping it would magically fix itself ;- i reinstalled windows. The blue screens stopped and the crashes became more common. and here we are now. I've ruled out the power supply as i ran a 960 (http://www.ncix.com/detail/evga-geforce-gtx-960-2gb-4c-105153.htm) for a year with no hitches and according to Nvidia's specs they have similar, if not the same, power draw. I tried rolling back to an older driver (372.70) as an asus employee recommended. I have no clue what i should try next. I could RMA it but I'd prefer to fix it myself.

Here are my specs, and yes i know i've got a cpu bottleneck:
Intel pentium g3258 (overclocked)
Asus maximus VII hero
8gb g.skill ripjaws X DDR3-1866 (4gb x 2)
EVGA 500W 80+
Asus Strix Geforce GTX 1060 6gb

 

[jakubek160]

Your pentium is bottlenecking too hard. It was also bottlenecking a gtx 960 but not as much. You need to upgrade your cpu in the first place. 2 cores and 2 threads are not enough for a gtx 1060. Get a i5 or i7 which matches your motherboard. Get an i5 7400. : https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kw3rpb or new pentium g4560 I have it with a gtx 1070 it has 2 cores and 4 threads and it's the same as i3 6100. : https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ It might be a broken card as well but keep in mind that the pentium bottlenecks a lot.

 

[Redu101]

Thanks for the quick reply.
I don't have the funds to get a new cpu but i'll definitely try to save up for an i5 7400. So far I realized I hadn't updated the bios since I got the board so I did that and I haven't had a crash since.

 

[duffanys]

Your pentium is bottlenecking too hard. It was also bottlenecking a gtx 960 but not as much. You need to upgrade your cpu in the first place. 2 cores and 2 threads are not enough for a gtx 1060. Get a i5 or i7 which matches your motherboard. Get an i5 7400. : https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kw3rpb or new pentium g4560 I have it with a gtx 1070 it has 2 cores and 4 threads and it's the same as i3 6100. : https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ It might be a broken card as well but keep in mind that the pentium bottlenecks a lot.

I am having the same issue and Asus even sent me a new card, still doing the same thing. I have an I-7 4930K (6-cores) with 32GB G.Skill ram on an Asus Sabertooth X-79 mobo, with a Asus 1060 GTX Dual 6GB. Should not be a bottleneck issue here. My system runs fine on 2 - R9 285's 3GB@ I also have an EVGA 1200 watt power supply, so power is not the issue either, also using only SSD drives. (Samsung and Intel)
I just redid my OS (Windows 10 pro 64) about a month earlier. And like I stated, it works fine with ATI cards. I was hoping to use this Nvidia to replace those 2 ATI cards and then add a second 1060 GTX later.
Side note, I am trying to play Ark and PUBG and have set the fan at 100% to keep the card around 52C. The CPU stays around 36C.

 

[jakubek160]

I don't know why are you running fans at 100%. You got the blue screens. These are only when the ram is issuing. RMA your ram , that's what you need to do. First check all of the modules as you don't know if all are crapped.