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PC freezes when there is load on integrated GPU (on Windows)

Year and a half ago built a PC. As I'm not a real gamer, Intel 2500 is good enough for me. But recently my PC have started to freeze, when there is load on GPU. For example, after few seconds of playing game everything freezes - PC is unresponsive, sound also freezes and there is buzz from speakers. Even when watching 4K video for few minutes this happens.

 Reinstalled Windows 7, also tried Windows 8.1. Run CPU benchmarks (temps around 60°C), tested both HDD and SSD, run Memtest86 - everything worked fine.  Things started to get interesting, when I installed Ubuntu on my SSD. Easiest GPU test to setup on Ubuntu I could think of was Minecraft. Played it for more than half an hour (max settings) with no problems (CPU a bit more than 60°C), while on Windows it freezes after few seconds. 

So now I am confused. It could be a hardware problem, as I know that before this I could play some games and everything (maybe without great FPS, but still). 

 Will try your recommendations and answer as fast as I can.

 

Specs:
CPU - Intel 3570

MB - MSI B75-43A gaming

RAM - 2x4GB Corsair Vengeance

Storage - WD Blue 1TB & Kingston 120GB SSD

PSU - Corsair MX600M

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Searched for similar situations, still can't find anyone with the same problem... 

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Reinstalling Windows and installing newest drivers solved the problem.

So if anyone else have similar problem, then try testing your system in different OS (for example, Ubuntu) to be sure, that it isn't hardwares fault

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