Hi Dev, Thank you for responding to my previous request. Now, I have to take a slightly different view of your issue; in that, instead of just "adding components", you essentially "created a new PC" and just moved your existing hard drive and peripherals into that new environment. Also, I think you are looking along the proper lines when considering a clean install, because moving an existing hard drive into that new PC environment should work but it does not always fare well. You also mentioned you were running the latest BIOS so I assume that is the one I mention previously (dated 04/15/14); yes? If so, did you update to that latest version after purchase or did you buy your motherboard with it installed? If you updated after purchase, did you notice any BSODs before updating? At this point, it could very well be an individual core problem with your CPU, a motherboard issue, and/or even a heat sink/thermal paste issue but I see you have done this twice, so I think you covered that base quite well. In addition, I see you have a powerful graphics card so I have to assume you remembered to connect all necessary aux power connections (if present). The reason I'm reinforcing the graphics card remembrance is because I have seen too many of them run without all necessary aux power connections but fail instantly when asked to increase performance. You seem to be doing everything right to resolve your issue, and a formal BSOD analysis may (or may not) help, because if it points to a non-responsive CPU core, there isn't much more that could be done. I know you said your PC is running fine and there is no obvious heat related issues; however, I would next check my events logs for any unusual reporting in the form of criticals, errors, and warnings because many times a BSOD condition usually generates a coincident Event Log that can be read in English. That is why I asked for more information and gave you a tool to gather same. Let me say that I really appreciate your follow-up response and your PM as well. Good luck to you and I'm hoping you can get to the bottom of this issue. Best regards, my2cents
I just thought about one other strong consideration. Since you essentially just moved your hard drive into a new PC, any chance your old motherboard was configured for a legacy install and your new motherboard is set to UEFI defaults? If there is a possibility that this might be true, you can easily make that determination by looking at your partition structure. Now, if any disagreement is identified, you'll need to do a clean install.
Partition layout is either MBR or GPT, you cannot boot GPT volume from legacy mode or MBR from secure mode, so how should this matter here ?