GTX 660 Crashes

parashooter1

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Jun 8, 2014
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specs:

amd fx-8350
asus m5a97 r2.0
asus gtx 660
two sticks of kingston ddr3 ram
kingston ssd
wd blue hard drive
corsair h55i watercooler
corsair cx500m power supply

1. "stable" drivers like 362.00 crash and give green and red artifacts when it freezes and forces me to hold the power button to reset.
2. CPU temps are higher on some other drivers
3. the latest driver 364.51 was custom installed not express and gives me worse performance withouth improving stability or CPU temps
4. pc sometimes doesn't shut down or go into sleep mode

GPU temp under load: 63C
CPU under load: 68C

idle temps are both: 32C

temps were read using HWmonitor and Rivatuner by msi

games tested: ARK: survival evolved + CS: GO

I hope someone can help me troubleshoot this as my knowledge doesn't go further then install another driver and monitor. If you have similar problems pls let me know as well.