New PC Rebooting/Freezing

[Andrew McPhee]

Hey guys I recently (within the last week) built a new computer and it has been rebooting and freezing on me whenever I try to use youtube or play games on steam.There have been no BSOD, the computer just freezes requiring a hard reset, or it will reboot itself. I have already run several stress tests including: Heavyload, Furmark, and Prime95. The computer did not crash during any of these tests. In addition I have been monitoring hardware temperatures using SpeedFan, so I do not suspect the freezing is due to overheating.


OS: Windows 8.1 64bit
Build:
Geforce GTX 970 graphics card
AMD FX-4350 quad core processor
Gigabyte 970A-UD3P motherboard
8GB of PNY ddr3 ram (1x 8GB stick)
Corsair CXM series 500W ATX 12V power supply
PNY 120GB SATA-III SSD
Western Digital Blue 1TB Hard Drive

If any additional information is needed please let me know,
Thanks in advance guys!

 

[MrBlkfx1]

Firstly, I'd probably make sure you're running up to date drivers for your GPU. That could cause the problems you're experiencing. Also, the rebooting could indicate a BSOD. If I recall correctly, when the OS encounters a malfunction that results in a BSOD, it'll actually just reboot the system. You will have to disable that within the OS to actually see the BSOD. With that said, I'd also do a Memtest if you haven't already. Let me know how it works out after doing the things I've suggested.

 

[Andrew McPhee]

Thanks for the reply, I have already updated my GPU driver and I just changed the settings for rebooting on an error. I am currently running memtest86 right now. I'll let you know when the results are in.