PC Keeps Crashing

I have a Zotac Geforce GTX 560.
Heres a link to the image of what it looks like

I asked around on here before I built my computer to see what was the best but cheapest case and someone told me the Cooler Master HAF 912 which has a 120mm fan on the front and a 120mm fan on the rear side of the chasis. This is my only cooling besides my Corsair CX 600 power supply and the default AMD FX4100 CPU fan if those really count. My pc if placed kinda inside a cubby hole within my desk but majority (about 3/4s) of the chasis is outside the cubby.

I always make sure to clean the case every few weeks to keep dust out so I know thats not the problem. My only thoughts are the mobo is bad or the graphics card is bad. I'm leaning more on the graphics card side because I have ran many tests on my HDD and Memory Modules so the circuitry is workin okay.

I can install the motherboard cd on my computer which includes a program the monitors and records temperatures of different specs inside the pc if you want me too?

Thank you,
Razor2997
 
I don't think the issue is the RAM and I am absolutly sure the problem is not the graphics card. The reason is I sent in my card to Zotac USA (the manufacturer) and the sent me a brand new replacement for free.

I am still getting the same freezing issues and it is really frustrating me as I have had a video that I have been wanting to render for months but I can't because it freezes. I don't think it is the memory as I used memtest which the results came up as no errors after letting it pass 10 times.

I know my main Hard Drive is a bit outdated but I know it is not this as I have tested Windows on a new HDD and the problem still occurs.

Now I'm left with the motherboard or the CPU but I'm pretty sure memtest also checks the CPU so I'm leaning more toward the motherboard.

I'm not so sure yet though so any comments would be very helpful.

UPDATE : I also have been checking the Windows Task Manager during the crashes and right before every crash the CPU usage spikes to 100%. I think I may have resolved it but I am waiting on any advise from this forum. The temps within the computer stay normal and I keep the dust down by bowing it out once a month. I haven't replaced any thermal compound since february and I am still using the manufacturers fan to cool the CPU. The list of programs that make the CPU spike this high are Cinema 4D, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premier Pro, Minecraft, and a few others. I am going to check these for any errors within these programs but I don't think they are the problem. I thought the CPU would have been able to handle all of these when I purchased it but I may have been wrong or it is just a faulty CPU.

Feedback would be very helpful!

Thank you,
Razor2997
 
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Chances are you have something overheating or a bad driver. Dont use windows update for drivers. Go to Asus and download the latest drivers for the board.
 
I found a new BIOS update and a GFX card update. I had them both update and the pc has been working okay but I am still getting the same errors. The last two time my pc froze were today and I wasn't using any programs beside IE. The last time it crashed was on the login screen. I was able to enter my password but froze during the welcome screen. I have been using programs to monitor the PC while doing the tasks that seem to always freeze my pc and the most noticible thing I have seen is that all the cores on the processor reach 100% usage when the PC freezes up. I have read on many other websites that the power supply could also be the problem. From what I can see, it seems to be running fine and when I am monitoring the frequencies, everything seems to be normal so I don't think this is the problem. Are there any programs I can use that could test the power supply?

Is it about time that I would have to say the problem definitely relates to the CPU or have I not done enough tests and research to be sure?

I was thinking about taking off the CPU fan to clean any dust inside and to replace the thermal compound. I don't think this will help much as I just install the CPU about 5 months ago and I have always been good with keeping the dust down.

Is Tri-Linear Ceramic Thermal Compound by Arctic Silver okay to use for replacing the already existing CPU compound? I want to make sure as I have heard of some compound that attract electricity and could harm the PC.

Thank You,
Razor2997
 
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