CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H77M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: HIS Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card
Case: Rosewill Challenger-U3 ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply
So, I'm not sure how to approach my problem or exactly how to present it. My brother helped me build this computer. I fired it up and within the first few hours, it was crashing. I didn't have the graphics card at first - I was just working off of onboard graphics and it would crash seemingly randomly, to me. I wouldn't be doing anything demanding besides playing a youtube video or such. Wasn't because of heat or extreme demand. I could use my computer, but it would feel unstable. I ran memtest, and it didn't seem to pick up anything.
Fastforward to a couple of days later, I get my graphics card. I figure maybe my computer will work better now because I will have that instead of onboard graphics, but now I get blue-screening. I've yet to play any games. I haven't stressed the card or my system at all, so I'm not sure what's crashing it.
My bios is up to date. I have all of my windows updates, although my computer crashed a few times during some of them. I believe I have all of my other drivers, but I can't be 100% sure. Is there any other information to check?
Thanks for any help.
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H77M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: HIS Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card
Case: Rosewill Challenger-U3 ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply
So, I'm not sure how to approach my problem or exactly how to present it. My brother helped me build this computer. I fired it up and within the first few hours, it was crashing. I didn't have the graphics card at first - I was just working off of onboard graphics and it would crash seemingly randomly, to me. I wouldn't be doing anything demanding besides playing a youtube video or such. Wasn't because of heat or extreme demand. I could use my computer, but it would feel unstable. I ran memtest, and it didn't seem to pick up anything.
Fastforward to a couple of days later, I get my graphics card. I figure maybe my computer will work better now because I will have that instead of onboard graphics, but now I get blue-screening. I've yet to play any games. I haven't stressed the card or my system at all, so I'm not sure what's crashing it.
My bios is up to date. I have all of my windows updates, although my computer crashed a few times during some of them. I believe I have all of my other drivers, but I can't be 100% sure. Is there any other information to check?
Thanks for any help.