Trying to source a PC problem, RAM question

[jonjsilves]

So lately, some games I have been playing have been causing my PC to go into a complete shutdown and reboot, and I'm trying to figure out what may be going wrong. I currently have a GIGABYTE brand motherboard and 2 8GB 1600 DDR3 ram sticks. They are inserted into the two right-most ports on the motherboard. Could this be causing an issue? I know that some motherboards require you to space out your ram sticks.

 

[digitaldoc]

You need to look at the manual for your MB. In some cases, if you have four slots, the correct position for two sticks is to have them in slots 1 and 3, skipping slot 2. The manual will go into this if this is the case.

 

[Tradesman1]

What mobo, CPU, DRAM, PSU and GPU?

 

[jonjsilves]

MOBA is Gigabyte model p67-ud3-b3
CPU is Intel Quad-Core i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30 MHZ
PSU is a Corsair 750 W
GPU is an MSI Nvidia GTX 970
RAM is 2x Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 1600 SDRAM

 

[Tradesman1]

Couple of things, make sure you have the latest BIOS, mobo and GPU drivers. You currently have the DRAM in slots 3-4 from the CPU it sounds like (a blue and a white I believe, should be in 1-3 or 2-4 (both sticks in same colored slot for dual channel mode. DRAM is 1600 so prob want it set up with XMP enabled and profile 1 selected, also might want the DRAM voltage up + 0.05 in case of a weak stick. Which Corsair 750? If the CX model, chances are it could be problematic.

 

[jonjsilves]

Couple of things, make sure you have the latest BIOS, mobo and GPU drivers. You currently have the DRAM in slots 3-4 from the CPU it sounds like (a blue and a white I believe, should be in 1-3 or 2-4 (both sticks in same colored slot for dual channel mode. DRAM is 1600 so prob want it set up with XMP enabled and profile 1 selected, also might want the DRAM voltage up + 0.05 in case of a weak stick. Which Corsair 750? If the CX model, chances are it could be problematic.

HX Model: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139010