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Well, I pulled a late one last night getting this thing running. And of course about 4 hours of testing (for science). Running stable, with no BSOD for about 3 hours in game. CPU is also averaging about 47 C in game now instead of 64. Peak was 52 this time around as well. So I believe this was a...

Oh and almost forgot the best part. I found a nearly solid blanket of dust and hair between the fan and heat sink. It wasn't really noticeable until I got it out into some real light. So that should DEFINITELY cool things off a bit.

Well just a little update. After some hours of cussing and frustration, I have successfully separated and cleaned the CPU and heat sink. The thermal paste had turned into dry, hard, cement...pulling the CPU out of the socket along with the heat sink. Thankfully, no pins were bent or broken in...

I have a 200mm fan on the top blowing out, one on the side facing directly at the CPU and graphics card that's blowing in, and another on the front of the case blowing in. It's a CoolerMaster HAF 922, so the top and front were stock, but I added the one on the side to help cool my old graphics...

I had not thought of tidying up the cables. That could definitely use some doing. Also, when I built it, the processor came with some sort of pre-applied thermal paste. Maybe that has run it's course. I still have the tube of paste I bought when I ordered the parts, so maybe I will try redoing...

I was not aware of that. I will do some shopping and post the results once I have solved the heat issue. Thank you very much for your help.

Alright, so I have some kind of mixed results from the information I've gathered. First, I launched the program to monitor my PC's idle temps for about 10 minutes. I was getting an average of 41 C. Reset the average and launched one of the games that has never caused a BSOD, for about 45...

I will download this program and try to do some testing with it today. Currently only using the stock cooler on the CPU. It worked fine for a couple years, but maybe it needs new thermal paste. Thank you for the insight as this helps narrow it down. I will try to post my results tonight.

I have been battling random BSODs for over 5 years. I built my PC in 2011. They occur only in certain games, and seems to have no correlation with graphical intensity (I can run loads of high end games with no issues). It's almost as if the games causing the issues are just poorly optimized (7...