so doubt a power issue. I see a system builder Windows 7 installation. Did you make sure to install all the proper drivers for that motherboard? You may be running on windows generic drivers if you didn't.
This post is going to be long and detailed as I have now had this problem for over 2 months.
Let me first define what I mean by "freezing".
Freezing, in this case, means my monitors get stuck (freeze) on whatever is on the screen at the time. Not a pixel will change. Audio cuts out as well. Everything else works fine though, my mouse and keyboard stay turned on and all components/lights inside the case remain working normally. Even the light on my headset.
That being said, it leads me to believe its a graphical issue. However, I've tried multiple monitors, different coords, etc. Everything just short of replacing my gpu.
The first freeze occured about 5 minutes in to my inital boot when I was installing windows. It took 3 tries before it went fully through the install without freezing.
Additionally, I can get it to freeze about 90% of the time I plug my phone in to the usb 3.0 slot and about 70% of the time in the 2.0s. Sometimes it takes a few minutes after I plug it in but you can't hide from the innevitable.
Pre RMA'ing motherboard:
-Froze about 3-4 times per day.(Almost unusable)
Post RMA:
-Did not freeze after I got the new one for 2 weeks!!
-Froze after I bumped the case. (not even very hard either)
- Froze numerous times after that until it slowed down to the current 1-2 freezes per day. (excluding the few where I had my phone plugged in)
Other Things I've tried:
-Reseated both sticks of RAM and cpu multiple times.
-Made sure everything is plugged in. 99% sure its plugged in RIGHT as this is my first build.
-Made sure the motherboard was in the case correctly (standoffs, tabs on the i/o shield, etc)
-Built the full thing outside of the case. (Eliminates the mobo shorting out on the case)
Full build:
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Tempers/saved/NpFxFT
My ram is not listed on pcpartpicker so here that is:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Any help is greatly appreciated. Every time it freezes, my stomach just drops with defeat as I am completely lost on this problem..
-Thanks

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