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Stability issues with a PC I built...

Tengis

Tengis

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Core i5 4670k @ stock speeds
MSI Z87 G41-PCmate
Asus reference R9 290
Kingston HyperX Black 1.65v DDR3 1600 8gb (2x4gb)
Japanese 80+ Silver power supply (cant remember the name)
Samsung SSD
Toshiba 3tb

System black screens in Battlefield 4 within minutes of playing... the error is unrecoverable and requires a reboot. Also was failing memtest86+ within 1 minute and 30 seconds every time I ran it until I swapped the ram out with some older 1.65v Corsair XMS memory I had laying around. Memtest passed fine for 48+ hours after the swap but Battlefield still crashes and occasionally the system will reboot randomly.

Im honestly not too sure what it is. Im tempted to sell off the motherboard and get something else just to rule that out. Seems to be Prime95 stable which doesnt make a whole lot of sense if the system randomly crashes.

What do you guys think?
 
Could you find out the brand and model number of the PSU? How old is it?

The 1.65V RAM is a red flag. Could you find some 1.5V RAM to test on this machine?

How long have you owned the motherboard? Did the stability issues start when you installed BF4?
 
I'll check in all my computers for some 1.5v ram.

Everything is like two months old at most. PSU is a brand only here in Japan (I live in Tokyo). I'll report back with the name shortly.

I didn't notice any stability issues until BF4 was installed. Skyrim will run all day long it seems...
 
Visual settings are maxed out in Battlefield 4 at 1080p. It crashes in both Direct X and Mantle equally. Skyrim is maxed out with 4k texture mod installed as well as other various mods that increase foliage and effects in the game. Both run fantastic (not including the crashing) and do not artifact or anything at all.

Here is a link to the powersupply in the system:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/玄人志向-80Plus...id=1402194547&sr=8-1&keywords=KRPW-PS700W/88+
 
I think I did but not for long. Ill try it out and report back.
 
Swapped out the ram with 1.5v ram, still crashed.

Swapped out the PSU with Rosewill Capstone 80+ Gold 550w, still crashed.

Swapped out the video card with another Asus 290 I have... didn't crash for like 40 minutes of Battlefield 4.

Would it be safe to assume Furmark stresses a card more then BF4? I could let it go for like 15-30 minutes. Ultimate test would be to put the possibly suspect card into my rock solid stable rig in my signature.

Thoughts?
 
Figured it out. It's the video card. I swapped 290s from my main rig and the crashing followed the card. I'm going to swap it out at the place I purchased it.
 
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