new computer freezing on windows 7! Help~

[helloos]

I recently made a new computer and downloaded windows 7 into it but it would keep freezing up. at first it was within an hour of it being turned on then it just got worse to freezing at startup. I read somewhere that it was a BIOS problem and changed the settings there. This was a month ago and its freezing up again now. My specs are :

GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD3P-B3 LGA
Antec High Current Gamer Series HCG-750 750W
Intel Core i7-2600 Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost)
Patriot Viper Xtreme Series, Division 2 Edition 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3
EVGA GeForce GTX 570 HD w/Display-Port (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5

If anyone can give me some tips on what to do to fix it, that would be great.
FYI I tested out the components on another computer and all worked fine on it so I dont think its a hardware problem.

 

[denis280]

Hi Do you get a BSOD with that.(Blue screen of death)What kind of HDD do you have.when it freeze like this most of the time it's HDD failure.

 

[helloos]

no BSOD. currently using seagate 7200.12 1TB 3.0gbs.
when it freezes, the light on the mouse shuts off too. My computer is already set to not go into sleep mode also.

 

[THRiLL KiLL]

when it freezes is the system hot?

i would say the four major things that can cause freezes are:

1. heat
2. bad memory or memory controller on mb
3. power
4. Drivers ( most noticeable when you replace an old component with a new one and the old drivers are lingering)

 

[helloos]

I dont think it would be heat as I leave the AC on when it gets warmer than usual and I already checked the memory which seems to be fine. Is there anyway to check if it is a power or driver problem? The drivers are already up to date

 

[THRiLL KiLL]

what are the temps of the cpu when it locks up?

 

[BoomerD]

What are you using for a CPU cooler?

That's the first thing that comes to mind for me...overheating CPU.

Next would be RAM, either bad RAM, or incompatible RAM.

Also, a bad ground could cause this. Maybe a stand-off in the wrong place.

 

[helloos]

The temp is around 39 - 43c when it locks up. Using the fan that came with the cpu as the Zalman 120mm was kinda loud for me.

 

[denis280]

43c when lock up.what about when under load???