Hey guys, having some problems with my PC and I really need some help. Tired of playing a game and suddenly my computer will freeze and destroy my ears in the process. Makes a weird alien noise. Only seems to happen whenever i'm playing a game, so far only in WoW/Overwatch. My entire screen will freeze and start making a terrible noise. Can't click anything to get out of it, have to hard reboot it. Once it boots back up, it'll run fine for a bit. I just don't understand what's going on this time. My GPU driver is up-to-date, I honestly don't think overheating would cause this. Wouldn't overheating just cause the game to shut down? I'm a complete newb when it comes to fixing my PC, if any software is needed to find out what is going on with it, please let me know..
My system specs:
-ASUS Motherboard ATX DDR4 2667 LGA 1151 SABERTOOTH Z170 S
-EVGA SuperNOVA 650 GS 80+ GOLD, 650W Continuous Power, ECO Mode Fully Modular NVIDIA SLI and Crossfire Ready
-Intel Boxed Core I5-6600K 3.50 GHz, 6 M Processor Cache 6 for LGA 1151
-ASUS STRIX GeForce GTX 970 Overclocked 4 GB DDR5 256-bit DisplayPort HDMI 2.0 DVI-I Graphics Card
-Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 2400MHz
The mobo is probably about 2 months old, so I don't think that is the problem. Anyone know what could be causing it? Here's a video to see this in action, sorry for the quality, it actually JUST happened to me and this is the 3rd time. It'll stop for a day and then just randomly occurs. Link for video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVCdkoFM9d0
Any help is greatly appreciated, I really want this to stop. What must I sacrifice this time?
TLDR:
Computer is freezing whenever I play games, have to hard reboot just to get it up and running again. What's causing this to happen?