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Do a series of burn in tests. CPU intense, GPU intense, RAM intense, storage intense, network intense if you can, one at a time. It might be that one of these subsystems is broken in such a way that it ceases to function under stress. Video games stress the hell out of all of them, so if you can isolate them like this, it might help narrow down the issue.
My bet is on something overheating, or a bad ram stick.