PC is freezing ONLY under load (HELP!!)

[Greenlink74]

My PC is freezing when I put it under load. no BSOD, just a hardlock. Here are my specs:
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AMD FX 8320E with Arctic Silver Alpine 64 air Cooler 

16GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM

one of the cheapest AM3+ motherboards money can buy (new)

GTX 960

EVGA 600W 80+ Silver
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I have tried:
Different PSU
Swapped GTX 960 with GTX 650 Ti
Different RAM
OS Reinstall
I am at a loss for what to do, the PC boots into Windows, no overclocking was done, and it only freezes under load.
What do I replace? CPU or Motherboard??

[PigWithAMustache]

Trashy mobo cant handle the 8320

[Energycore]

Watch your temps, I've a feeling that CPU Cooler of yours is worse than the stock that comes with the FX-8320E and so it might be overheating and shutting down to prevent damage to itself.

[Greenlink74]

22 minutes ago, PigWithAMustache said:

Trashy mobo cant handle the 8320

I need an answer, should I replace my CPU or Mobo??

[PigWithAMustache]

Just now, Greenlink74 said:

I need an answer, should I replace my CPU or Mobo??

mobo

[Greenlink74]

2 minutes ago, Energycore said:

Watch your temps, I've a feeling that CPU Cooler of yours is worse than the stock that comes with the FX-8320E and so it might be overheating and shutting down to prevent damage to itself.

No, it's as good as the Hyper 212 temp wise for me. Max it hits is 60 Degrees C,the stock cooler hits 70C

Edited December 17, 2016 by Greenlink74

[Energycore]

Just now, Greenlink74 said:

No, it's as good as the Hyper 212 temp wise for me. Max it hits is 60 Degrees C

 

This hunk of metal is as good as a Hyper 212 EVO? I have a hard time believing that.

1 minute ago, PigWithAMustache said:

mobo

Do yourself a favor and grab a good mobo, one with an 8-pin connector and a heatsink over the power delivery chips

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/hRBrxr/asrock-motherboard-970mpro3

[Greenlink74]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

 

This hunk of metal is as good as a Hyper 212 EVO? I have a hard time believing that.

Do yourself a favor and grab a good mobo, one with an 8-pin connector and a heatsink over the power delivery chips

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/hRBrxr/asrock-motherboard-970mpro3

Wrong cooler, its a different refresh, I'll get it in a few seconds with my webcam.

[Greenlink74]

1 minute ago, Greenlink74 said:

Wrong cooler, its a different refresh, I'll get it in a few seconds with my webcam.

Found out it's the Alpine 64 Plus

[Greenlink74]

5 minutes ago, Energycore said:

 

This hunk of metal is as good as a Hyper 212 EVO? I have a hard time believing that.

Do yourself a favor and grab a good mobo, one with an 8-pin connector and a heatsink over the power delivery chips

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/hRBrxr/asrock-motherboard-970mpro3

 

 

[Greenlink74]

6 minutes ago, Energycore said:

 

This hunk of metal is as good as a Hyper 212 EVO? I have a hard time believing that.

Do yourself a favor and grab a good mobo, one with an 8-pin connector and a heatsink over the power delivery chips

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/hRBrxr/asrock-motherboard-970mpro3

Also, my Mobo has a 4 Pin connector. is this bad for a 95W TDP CPU?

[Energycore]

13 minutes ago, Greenlink74 said:

Also, my Mobo has a 4 Pin connector. is this bad for a 95W TDP CPU?

It should just barely be able to handle it tbh

 

But just in case you could disable Turbo on the BIOS settings and have it run at constant stock clockspeed.

[Greenlink74]

3 minutes ago, Energycore said:

It should just barely be able to handle it tbh

 

But just in case you could disable Turbo on the BIOS settings and have it run at constant stock clockspeed.

TBH, if my CPU was at fault, my PC may have never even POST'ed, so yeah, Motherboard issues..

[Greenlink74]

5 minutes ago, Greenlink74 said:

TBH, if my CPU was at fault, my PC may have never even POST'ed, so yeah, Motherboard issues..

Can I overclock the CPU to 5GHz with a 4 pin mobo using MIB??

[Greenlink74]

11 minutes ago, Energycore said:

It should just barely be able to handle it tbh

 

But just in case you could disable Turbo on the BIOS settings and have it run at constant stock clockspeed.

Can I overclock the CPU to 5GHz with a 4 pin motherboard using MIB??

[Energycore]

4 minutes ago, Greenlink74 said:

Can I overclock the CPU to 5GHz with a 4 pin motherboard using MIB??

I suppose you could, but the motherboard would catch on fire

[Greenlink74]

2 hours ago, Energycore said:

I suppose you could, but the motherboard would catch on fire

I just blew up my 8320E for fun, now time to get a Core i3..