Freezes up when playing games or watching videos

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frank2000

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Hello all, I wonder if anyone could give me some advice please.

System:
Asus Sabertooth P67 Pro
Intel i5 2500K
Corsair 8GB Vengeance Ram
Powercolor ATI HD 6870
Samsung Spinpoint 1TB HDD
OCZ 700W PSU with 80%+ Bronze certified

Windows 7 Ultimate 64bits

Problem:
Whenever I try to play games or watches video. First 15-20 mins runs fine, then it freezes up, there is still picture on screen, but it just froze up and sometimes the background sound starts to lag whilst the picture/graphics is frozen. It occurs roughly 30-60 seconds, also mouse cursor is frozen too. After the wait everything goes back to normal or I have to CRTL+ALT+DEL if i wait too long.

What I've tried:
Checked the latest drivers for my graphics card and everything else.

I ran a benchmark test via Dirt 3, the temperature shoots up to almost 80c and when underload it stays around 75c +

Does this suggests the CPU is too hot that causes the freezing in games and videos?

PS. I am currently using the stock CPU cooler as I ran out of money to upgrade.

Thank you for reading and any advice is appreciated.

Frankie
 
Those are temps to be worried about, but not necessarily the problem.

I would probably buy some more thermal paste and reseat the cooler on it. And 212+'s are only $30 and they perform great.

Now, it could be a memory problem. You may want to run Memtest and see if it comes up with any errors.

When you say watch videos, do you mean youtube, .avis, what? What program are you using to watch them?

Any specific game that it does this, or is it just all games?
 
claptonman said:
Those are temps to be worried about, but not necessarily the problem.

I would probably buy some more thermal paste and reseat the cooler on it. And 212+'s are only $30 and they perform great.

Now, it could be a memory problem. You may want to run Memtest and see if it comes up with any errors.

When you say watch videos, do you mean youtube, .avis, what? What program are you using to watch them?

Any specific game that it does this, or is it just all games?
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Hello thank you for the reply.

I would like to take your advice to test the RAM...Could you please tell me how I can test that?

Yes videos when I watch on youtube, streaming anime on the web such as narutoget or watchop.com it happens exactly the same as how I get it from games.

And the problem occurs in all games including League of Legends, Deus Ex and Dirt 3

Thank you for your reply
 
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