I have just built my first real PC about 4 months ago. Since last week I have started to play some games on it (Overwatch, Planetside2, etc.). After about 25 minutes of playing a game, the computer will blue screen of death (BSOD) the errors in order of frequency: Memory Management, IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, and some others at random with temperatures normal at around 50 degrees CPU, 75 degrees GPU. The computer will then be very unstable (BSOD for no reason, often just after booting into windows) until, I presume, the computer cools down. I have diagnosed the ram with MemText x86 and have found no errors (7+ passes). I have updated windows 10 and drivers for all hardware. My tower is dust free and cable managed so little to no dust buildup. I have noticed the fans never speed up while playing games. Due to the nature of this, I suspect it is a failed sensor/overheating issue as when the computer cools down again everything works fine. I have never experienced a BSOD while the computer is not under load. I have attached all minidumps. It is worth noting that at one point I downloaded fan control software to see how loud my computer could get and may have screwed up the fan settings, however, to attempt to combat this I have reset the BIOS.
EDIT: I performed a windows reset (reinstalls windows and deletes programs but keeps personal files). I then went on to run some stability tests. After Running FurMark and Aida64 extreme stability test, I think I might have found something. FurMark looks like it could run indefinitely, no problems here. Aida64 ran fine on CPU, GPU, FPU, and local disks. However when run with cache or system memory checked my computer will: BSOD, Restart forcefully, or just lock up.
EDIT 2: I removed one stick of a ram at a time and then performed the tests, the results are the same regardless of which stick I removed. When performing the Aida64 tests, the cache test worked perfectly and the ram test only froze the window partially. Even better, when the test was stopped the results from the ram stress test would appear. However, now I am wondering as to why my computer becomes unstable when 2 memory sticks are working (2X8).
Any help is greatly appreciated! (Sorry for posting in the wrong spot earlier
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Let me know if you need any more information
Files that fail on BSOD (in order of frequency):
1. ntoskrnl.exe
2. FLTMGR.SYS
3. NTFS.SYS
--SPECS---
CPU: Intel i7 6700
GPU: MSI GTX 1060 6GB
PSU: EVGA 650G supernova
Motherboard: MSI H100M gaming
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengence
STORAGE: 275GB Crucial SSD/1TB Western Digital Blue HDD
EDIT: I performed a windows reset (reinstalls windows and deletes programs but keeps personal files). I then went on to run some stability tests. After Running FurMark and Aida64 extreme stability test, I think I might have found something. FurMark looks like it could run indefinitely, no problems here. Aida64 ran fine on CPU, GPU, FPU, and local disks. However when run with cache or system memory checked my computer will: BSOD, Restart forcefully, or just lock up.
EDIT 2: I removed one stick of a ram at a time and then performed the tests, the results are the same regardless of which stick I removed. When performing the Aida64 tests, the cache test worked perfectly and the ram test only froze the window partially. Even better, when the test was stopped the results from the ram stress test would appear. However, now I am wondering as to why my computer becomes unstable when 2 memory sticks are working (2X8).
Any help is greatly appreciated! (Sorry for posting in the wrong spot earlier

Let me know if you need any more information

Files that fail on BSOD (in order of frequency):
1. ntoskrnl.exe
2. FLTMGR.SYS
3. NTFS.SYS
--SPECS---
CPU: Intel i7 6700
GPU: MSI GTX 1060 6GB
PSU: EVGA 650G supernova
Motherboard: MSI H100M gaming
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengence
STORAGE: 275GB Crucial SSD/1TB Western Digital Blue HDD
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