new PC freezes

[BigDeep]

Hello, I recently built a new PC and the specs are as follows:
Intel Core i7 3770k 3.5 GHZ
8gb ddr3 ram
Geforce GTX 660 SC
gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H motherboard.
1TB Western Digital Hard Drive.
Windows 7 Home Premium service pack 1 OS.

The drivers I got are:
VIA audio driver
intel Management Engine Interface
intel INF Installation
Atheros LAN driver
VIA USB 3.0
Intel USB 3.0
Intel VGA driver for Ivy Bridge CPU.

Now my problem is that with the games I play, after about 10-20 minutes, the audio cuts off and then shortly after the game freezes. it usually recovers and goes back to running fine within about a minute but this happens repetitively. The games that it most frequently does this for is Dishonored and Simcity 2013. the only thing on my PC is those drivers listed above, graphics drivers, and the games themselves. I want to know why my games temporarily freeze and what can be done to fix this. Thank you.

 

[kapitalistas]

may help get this:http://www.geforce.com/geforce-experience/download .thats the graphic drivers and updating software in case if your dont have that.install and try again.

 

[BigDeep]

may help get this:http://www.geforce.com/geforce-experience/download .thats the graphic drivers and updating software in case if your dont have that.install and try again.

yea my graphics drivers are all up to date.

 

[kapitalistas]

i did \know your knowledge abouth computers.so did your apply thermalpaste before install cpu.did your check temperatures gpu, cpu,did your overclocket.

 

[BigDeep]

i did \know your knowledge abouth computers.so did your apply thermalpaste before install cpu.did your check temperatures gpu, cpu,did your overclocket.

Thermal paste was applied upon installation of the CPU. temps when gaming are around 50-60 C. And my friend had overclocked this prior to me getting it, but when he gave the rig to me we switched hard drives. I saw no evidence of an overclock in BIOS.

 

[kapitalistas]

so thats the overclocking issue, your should down lock,till it get stable.

 

[BigDeep]

so thats the overclocking issue, your should down lock,till it get stable.

Ok so I went into BIOS and there was no overclock or anything. Any other ideas?

 

[kapitalistas]

so thats the overclocking issue, your should down lock,till it get stable.

So the overclocked stayed? How exactly should I go about removing it?

when power up pc by hitting delete.get in to BIOS and load default settings.

 

[BigDeep]

so thats the overclocking issue, your should down lock,till it get stable.

So the overclocked stayed? How exactly should I go about removing it?

when power up pc by hitting delete.get in to BIOS and load default settings.

testing game with default BIOS now. i will let you know the results. Thank you.

 

[kapitalistas]

your welcome

 

[BigDeep]

your welcome

No luck, still does the same thing.

 

[kapitalistas]

may help install graphic drivers they come with the graphic card or remove graphic card from motherboard and connect monitor directly to motherboard.if that didnt help then run some stress test .

 

[BigDeep]

may help install graphic drivers they come with the graphic card or remove graphic card from motherboard and connect monitor directly to motherboard.if that didnt help then run some stress test .

Alright ill try to do some of these things and get back to you in a few hours

 

[BigDeep]

may help install graphic drivers they come with the graphic card or remove graphic card from motherboard and connect monitor directly to motherboard.if that didnt help then run some stress test .

if it helps. the problem did not really occur until after i installed simcity. then it happened for dishonored and one time for arma after installation of simcity.

 

[kapitalistas]

how much free spase your have on hard drive.

 

[BigDeep]

how much free spase your have on hard drive.

i have about 700 gb if not a little more

 

[kapitalistas]

you may wanna run stres test win95 then we can see whos doing that sowtvare or hardware

 

[BigDeep]

you may wanna run stres test win95 then we can see whos doing that sowtvare or hardware

Should I do prime 95 stress test?

 

[kapitalistas]

may help find whats causing, that yes.