@Osaladin: Any blue screens? If so, what errors?
When you reboot after you crash, can you check the system logs under Administrative Tools? Are there entries that happen just before the crash?
I like to use Prime95 as a stability tool.
http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft/
Don't register, just use "Just Testing" and set it to as many cores as you have (4) and let it go at it for a few hours. If you can run it overnight, generally, I'd say you have a stable system; at least CPU and memory wise. If you have errors, check the log it generates.
There's memtest, as well.
And just because "Freezing and audio goes crazy" can be a lot of things, just for fun, Speedfan has a utility that'll read your drive SMART and generate a report for you. Your system has some really solid components, but hard drives suck and a dying one can do all sorts of goofy crap. (I have really bad luck with Maxtor reliability. Seagate reliability went to shit when they became one with Maxtor. I only buy WD Black/Raptors for long term use and WD Blues for my NAS and have no problems, personally. But at work, the WD Blues/Greens die pretty often. Toshiba Deskstar? I remember when they were IBM Deathstars, exploding into lil glass bits.)
And with any software you download, make sure it's not trying to install the Dogpile Bansai Buddy Edition Search Toolbar and Coupon Printer now with 110% more AOL 2012 with Facebook Points Rewards Plus.
Actually! Most important thing to do!
System, Advanced System Settings, Startup and Recovery. Turn off "Automatically reboot". That way, the next time it crashes, you can list what the error is and we can go from there.
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