Thanks everyone for the replies, I'm on W10 to clear that up.
At this point, I have not crashed and I'm pretty sure it was a (sometimes?) faulty stick of RAM.
I had done the overnight memtest on both sticks, together and individually, and all passed. I actually did the individual test twice...
I've done fully clean installs with freshly downloaded drivers 3 times, and I've passed my RAM through memtest.
I guess I should just contact corsair and/or get it replaced and see if it still happens, regardless of the sticks passing?
hi all, here's a bit of a rundown - thanks for taking the time to read if you stick around
Specs:
i5-6600k
Noctua NH-d14 w/1151 mounting kit
MSi z170a pc mate w/latest bios
Corsair LPX 2x8gb DDR4 2133
EVGA GTX 970 ACX 2.0
Corsair Force GT 120 SSD w/up to date firmware
1tb WD black drive
1tb WD...