Yesterday I just bought a whole new rig, Intel i5 3570k, Asus Maximus V Gene, Corsair Vengeance DDR1600 (2X4G), Msi GTX 560 Ti, Intel 520 SSD, PSU 650W.
I didn't touch on the BIOS setup, it's totally all by default. I always encounter BSOD just a few mins of use, sometime it crashed right after I typed in the windows password. I try to run Windows Experience Index (the windows rating system), but it always stopped working in the middle. I tried to play some games, and the game client always crashed after few mins. I can't remember how many times the system BSOD, probably 30-40 times after testing by changing RAM, GPU, install latest drivers. Finally I figured out that the problem is Turbo Mode is set to Enabled which caused the system BSOD and many applications stopped working. After I set it to Disable, the system seems run smooth. I can run Windows Experience Index, can play game without client crash.
So, my question is would it be the mobo defected, or CPU defected? Or it just wrong setting in BIOS, or the Turbo Mode not supposed to set to Enabled at all ?