Computer keeps freezing on games

[Jarrius]

So first off this is the first computer i have built. I did reuse some old part of my computer just to save some money. Now the problem, It first started wile playing WOW, every once in a wile (could be a couple seconds or min to hr's) my screen would just lock up. If i gave it a couple min it would resume like nothing was the problem. I also just downloaded WildStar and its doing the same thing. With WOW i deleted the game cash and WTF files and it "Seemed" to fix it but im not 100% sure. I also tried to download Path of Exile the other day and it would freeze on the loading screen...I have never had this issue before i rebuild my computer. Its kinda making me mad because its my first build and its not working correctly lol.

 

Specs

I5 4460 LGA 1150 CPU

Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 LGA 1150 Z97 HDMI 2-Way CrossFire ATX Motherboard

EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB SSC GAMING ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling w/ Free Installed Backplate Graphics Card 04G-P4-3967-KR

Windows 7 Pro

8 gig kingston hyperx ram (old pc)

600watt power supple (old pc)

seagate 750gig Hard drive (old pc)

[Mr.Meerkat]

16 minutes ago, Jarrius said:

So first off this is the first computer i have built. I did reuse some old part of my computer just to save some money. Now the problem, It first started wile playing WOW, every once in a wile (could be a couple seconds or min to hr's) my screen would just lock up. If i gave it a couple min it would resume like nothing was the problem. I also just downloaded WildStar and its doing the same thing. With WOW i deleted the game cash and WTF files and it "Seemed" to fix it but im not 100% sure. I also tried to download Path of Exile the other day and it would freeze on the loading screen...I have never had this issue before i rebuild my computer. Its kinda making me mad because its my first build and its not working correctly lol.

 

Specs

I5 4460 LGA 1150 CPU

Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 LGA 1150 Z97 HDMI 2-Way CrossFire ATX Motherboard

EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB SSC GAMING ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling w/ Free Installed Backplate Graphics Card 04G-P4-3967-KR

Windows 7 Pro

8 gig kingston hyperx ram (old pc)

600watt power supple (old pc)

seagate 750gig Hard drive (old pc)

Power supple

 

Anyway, what's your power supply and is anything overheating? (plus, tried reinstalling the GPU drivers?)

[Moonzy]

welcome to the forums!

remember to quote or mention the person you're replying so they will get a notification

 

as for your issue, is anything overheating?

did you try reinstalling gpu drivers? i recommend uninstalling using DDU and installing 361.xx or 362.xx drivers for nvidia

[Jarrius]

as far as i can tell nothing is over heating. and i just said screw it and wiped the computer and now in the process of reinstalling everything and making sure all up to date.

I will let yall know if its acting up still after every thing is done downloading. But as for now the computer seems to be happier. last time trying to update the driver it blue screened ever time during the actual install. this time went through perfectly so thats a bonus lol

[Jarrius]

5 hours ago, Moonzy said:

welcome to the forums!

remember to quote or mention the person you're replying so they will get a notification

 

as for your issue, is anything overheating?

did you try reinstalling gpu drivers? i recommend uninstalling using DDU and installing 361.xx or 362.xx drivers for nvidia

and nope still doing it...

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, Jarrius said:

and nope still doing it...

did you install the older drivers that i mentioned? or did you just install the latest?

[Jarrius]

3 hours ago, Moonzy said:

did you install the older drivers that i mentioned? or did you just install the latest?

installed the newest one.

also mind you i am new to the building of computers and all so sorry if i ask stupid questions like what is DDU lol.

car audio i know computer troubleshooting and all not a clue lol

[Moonzy]

4 minutes ago, Jarrius said:

installed the newest one.

also mind you i am new to the building of computers and all so sorry if i ask stupid questions like what is DDU lol.

car audio i know computer troubleshooting and all not a clue lol

Display Driver Uninstaller, just search DDU and it should pop out as the top result `-`

and install the older ones, the 364.xx drivers are pretty unstable

[Jarrius]

3 hours ago, Moonzy said:

Display Driver Uninstaller, just search DDU and it should pop out as the top result `-`

and install the older ones, the 364.xx drivers are pretty unstable

why would they come out with a download that is unstable... i will try that now

[Moonzy]

9 minutes ago, Jarrius said:

why would they come out with a download that is unstable... i will try that now

newer doesnt always mean better, just saying

[Jarrius]

3 hours ago, Moonzy said:

newer doesnt always mean better, just saying

seeing how i am new to this whole thing i just did what i thought was correct lol. NEW DRIVERS ALL AROUND!!!!!