American197

Hey Mark, thanks for your thoughts. A few answers to your questions...

Yeah, it's my first build. I'm a bit green, as you can tell.

As for a virus, well, I would be amazed if I got one so soon. I've had fully updated Norton AV on here, and the rig has only been up for about 12 days...However, I'm willing to try anything.

I would be shocked if it was heat. I'm running a HAF case, and a V8 cpu cooler, with temps that never go above 55* even while gaming. I use PCPROBE II for my temps.

Hardware...well, you might be right. I've been reading some bad things about my Asus MOBO...

My PS is a ultra 1000w, so I should be good on power...However, I plan on testing that tomorrow.

I personally have not overclocked anything, but my GPU is factory overclocked...perhaps this is a problem? Maybe it needs more power? Cooling?

Thanks for your time,

Sal