starting to crash

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i built a pc from here about a month ago and every now and then it will crash. everything will just stop. it dosnt happen in games but if i have lots of browser windows open so i think it might be memory dumps. ill check the temps but last time i checked they where good. it has no overclock but i did change the ram settings to the correct ones as on auto in the bios they where wrong. the crashes happend before but not as often. i have a 4890 so is 620 watt psu enough? thanks.
 
just had a thought, maybe its power related as the mouse is powered by battery so it works, but the pc powered keyboard goes off
 
just checked the wires and they seemeed fine although i did re-rout the cpu cable so it was less taut. didnt feel loose though. edit it crashed again. i am running win 7 64 bit if that is important
 
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just played farcry 2 for a good hour with no problems. but 5 mins running u torrent. its a legal file btw. and it crashes again. only thing i can think of is if it is the wireless internet? maybe the drivers dont like win7. i dont see why it would crash though
 
Can you provide the full system spec ?
PSU ? HDD ? Case ? etc

620 should be plenty to run that spec . . .

Could be a bad connection somewhere - first thing Id try is reseating the RAM.
 
coolermaster cm-690 case. western 1 tb HDD cossair 620watt modular. but i dont understand why it only crashes out of games. someone on another forum sugested a faulty hdd?
 
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You mean it doesnt crash out in games right ?
That kinda implies that its not a CPU/GPU problem, could still be RAM or mobo though I would expect these to get in the way of gaming as much as anything else.
Try reseating the RAM and make sure all power and SATA cables are plugged in firmly.
 
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