Would speccy cause hang after new CPU install?

OK so I'm at my wits end here. I installed a new CPU, an AMD FX 8350 and recently I've been getting random hangs that require a hard restart. I upgraded from a 4 core Phenom II 955.

I've always used Speccy and never had a problem.

I have noticed it doesn't happen when speccy is not running. I really like using it however and would like to run it again.

Is this a common occurance? OR am I looking in the wrong direction?

I've tried updating BIOS, drivers, etc etc and still random hangs. Only about once a day.

SPECS

Gigabyte 990 FXA UD3 mobo

FX 8350

EVGA 660 Ti

2x4 Kingston RAM @ 1600

OS Win 8.1 on SSD

2 x 1TB mech HDD

Speccy version?

Does it happen if you just run Speccy and then close Speccy completely, or does it only happen if you leave Speccy running in the System Tray?