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1. CD/DVD multi recorder
2.HDD-1TB Seagate Barracuda 6Gbps running @ 6Gbps
3.2x2 (2yrs old<(*)>bout time for new and at least 8GB hehe) 4GBtotal- Corsair XMS Platinum Series Dual Ram
4.New (month old)B85M-P33 Mobo
5.New (month old)3420 Intel 1150 Haswell cpu
6.New (close to year old)Cooler Master 500w Extreme Power Plus
7.Win7 Home Premium 64 bit.
8.All drivers up to date. Latest Bios also.
I do computer repair,pretty mediocre at it.I built this setup.
All works smooth and great without the video card with the on-board graphics. I mean very quick and responsive>everything.
This R7770 card worked flawlessly in my other rig., that I just took it out of.
The freezing happens mostly when viewing video,gaming.
It does not disable on-board graphics automatically nor can
you do it manually within bios.
I have to do it from Device Manager.
I Disabled HD On-board sound in DM also.
I did this from safe mode,then shut down,install Gpu.
Rebooted, installed Amd 14.3 drivers for the card.
All works smooth and great without the video card.
It worked flawlessly in my other rig.
Sometimes it won't freeze for an hour> or just 5 minutes before cursor freezes in it's path,along with comp.
I hit reset on computer and it restarts.
Yesterday I played 10 minutes of BF4 before it froze>which totally amazed me it lasted this long.
However, I did have only my HDTV 60" plugged into video card thru HDMI. And my other Acer Monitor unplugged that i normally use for dual monitors.
I have no other computer to try the card on.
I'm using a 1 year old[bought new]500w Cooler Master Extreme Power Plus.
***I'm thinking the added 75watts of power this video card needs
is maybe going above what my 500w Psu can handle possibly?
This new board and cpu I thought would lower my wattage usage though? However I'm running @ 6Gbps on HDD instead of 3Gbps now.Plus running @ 3.0 instead of 2.0 on GPU.Also went from 2.0 to using 3.0Usb.
Was using EL1850 Emachines Mobo with Quad Q6600 Go Cpu. with all other listed parts here.
The PSU is the culprit what I'm banking on though or RAM.
After, pondering this:
1. freezes instantly almost every time when playing Video or Gaming on BF4. If GPU was the culprit it would show tearing images and go blank, but it's a steady clear image.
Ram stays at around 70% stable after using cleanmem in game.
But before using it -it's like 85% in red zone.
Any pro-technical answers/suggestions are much appreciated.
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