Power supply too weak?

[Carbar66]

So i just recently bought an EVGA GTX 970 SC and installed it today. It seems to run fine when I am on the web, but as soon as I boot up GTA V I get a blue screen after 5-10 minutes. I also had my old crappy card installed dedicated to physX and figured that my PSU was too weak. However when I took out my 650ti it still blue screened when I played GTA V. I only just had this issue when I installed my new 970. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

SPECS:

CPU - 4790k
RAM - Corsair Vengeance 16gb
MOBO - Asus z97 Deluxe
PSU - Corsair CX600M
GPUS - EVGA GTX 970 SC , EVGA GTX 650ti

 

[Finfin15]

Are there any overclocks done? What does the blue screen say? I wouldnt personally trust a CX series psu with those specs.

 

[Carbar66]

Are there any overclocks done? What does the blue screen say? I wouldnt personally trust a CX series psu with those specs.

The cpu is overlocked to about 4.6ghz. The blue screen doesn't give me much insight, but it may to others.

Pic HERE

 

[Finfin15]

Your 600w is enough for that setup. Is your 4.6 oc stable? That could be causing crashes. The blue screen could be cause by heat related issues. What are your temps?
edit:
How long have these blue screens been occurring? Also, is this a newly setup build? What cooler are you using?

 

[Gam3r01]

A 124 stop code typically results from hardware, in most cases the processor.
Reset your OC to stock settings and monitor all your temps and report back.

 

[Carbar66]

A 124 stop code typically results from hardware, in most cases the processor.
Reset your OC to stock settings and monitor all your temps and report back.

Run into yet another issue. Every time I try to launch the BIOS it opens up, but it freezes immediately. I can not move my mouse or anything. I looked into flashing back the BIOS, but the manual didn't really tell me how to do it. Thanks for your help!

 

[Gam3r01]

Take out the CMOS battery on the motherboard for 15-20 seconds, then put it back in and try again. If that doesnt reset the BIOS consult the manual for your board on how to reset the BIOS.

 

[Carbar66]

Take out the CMOS battery on the motherboard for 15-20 seconds, then put it back in and try again. If that doesnt reset the BIOS consult the manual for your board on how to reset the BIOS.

I did all of that. Figured it had fixed itself as I got a good 20 minute session in before it decided to blue screen. Still the same error code though.

 

[Gam3r01]

Just to make sure, download bluescreenviewer to see whats casing the BSOD, just to make sure its not some program causing issues.
Next thing I would do is run Memtest to ensure its not the ram.

 

[Carbar66]

Just to make sure, download bluescreenviewer to see whats casing the BSOD, just to make sure its not some program causing issues.
Next thing I would do is run Memtest to ensure its not the ram.

So I downloaded BSOD viewer, and it appears that ntoskrnl.exe is causing the crashes. Not sure what that means, but after some research it seems like a common issue. Shall I upload my dumps?

 

[Gam3r01]

It could be a variety of things, but most lean to bad memory, or CPU related issues to my knowledge.

 

[Carbar66]

It could be a variety of things, but most lean to bad memory, or CPU related issues to my knowledge.

Ok I am going to borrow the ram in my other computer and see if this persists

 

[Gam3r01]

You can always run memtest as well and see if it comes back with errors.

 

[Carbar66]

You can always run memtest as well and see if it comes back with errors.

My bios is being unhappy and not allowing me to enter to boot to the flash drive. So swapping would probably be easier for me.

EDIT: I swapped out the memory from another PC I had. I experienced no crashes, and was able to enter the BIOS. As soon as I put the old memory back in the BIOS was instantly frozen. So all signs lead to memory right now. However I ran a couple passes of Memtest86, and no errors have been found.

 

[Carbar66]

My ram seems to have gone bad. I purchase a new set, and all of my problems were solved! Thanks to everyone for the help!

 

[Gam3r01]

Glad to hear its resolved