Macbook Pro 15" mid 2012 system freezing

My Macbook is out of warranty fyi
My macbook pro mid 2012 is freezing so that I have to do a hard restart. When I first got it I put ram that was the wrong speed in it, so it was messed up for a while and froze a lot. Now I have 16GB ram that is right for it that is passing the tests I put it to. I reinstalled Mavericks about 3 weeks ago and it's been working fine, except now it's freezing when I play Borderlands 2 through Steam(lowest settings). Not just the game, but the entire computer. Any idea what this could be? Or is it hardware related and should I start looking to sell it and get a new computer? Thanks for any help you can give.
What I've Tried So Far (in order, kind of):
1. Changed the ram to 8GB 1333mhz - computer started freezing after that
2. Took it to the Apple store to get it checked out - they told me it was the ram
3. I changed the ram back to 4GB 1600mhz - froze worse than before
4. Bought and put in 16GB 1600mhz - ran fine for a time, then started again
5. Took it back to the Apple store - Didn't reproduce the results
6. Uninstalled all games - didn't change anything
7. Reinstalled OS X Mavericks - Ran fine for a little while, now freezing during games again.
8. Ran Apple Hardware Test multiple times during all this, it would start and then freeze around 8 minutes in.
9. Booted in Internet Recovery mode - froze every time and gives me error code -3404D now, which I can't find any information about online.
10. Ran MemTest through Rember multiple times. Before reinstalling OS X it froze every time, now my ram passes every time.
11. Checked Activity Monitor, and ran EtreCheck - I'll post the results below, but everything seems normal to me.
12. Checked memory usage while playing Borderlands 2 (windowed, lowest settings still) the game was using about 1GB of ram, then my computer froze after playing for about 2 minutes.
13. Also I've taken my ram out and cleaned everything, including fans multiple times throughout this ordeal. My computer would get pretty hot at one point, and I thought it was overheating and maybe disconnecting some solder, so I used to turn it on its side and put a fan on it to cool it down and it would finally restart, but that was before reinstalling OS X and it hasn't been getting that hot recently.
14. Reset the NVRAM - not sure if this has helped, it hasn't crashed since
EtreCheck Results as of right now:
EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)
Report generated August 27, 2014 at 11:06:56 AM EDT
Hardware Information: ?
    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012) (Verified)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,1
    1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
    16 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
    Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: (null)
        Color LCD 1440 x 900
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 512 MB
System Software: ?
    OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 1:14:7
Disk Information: ?
    APPLE HDD HTS547550A9E384 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
    S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (395.43 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
    HL-DT-ST DVDRW  GS31N
USB Information: ?
    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
    Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse
Thunderbolt Information: ?
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Configuration files: ?
    /etc/hosts - Count: 6
Gatekeeper: ?
    Anywhere
Launch Daemons: ?
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
Launch Agents: ?
    [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ?
    [loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
    [running]    com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist Support
User Login Items: ?
    iTunesHelper
    TuneupMyMac
    Google Drive
Internet Plug-ins: ?
    AdobeExManDetect: Version: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.176 - SDK 10.6 Support
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.176 - SDK 10.6 Support
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.1 Support
    Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 Support
    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 67 Check version
Audio Plug-ins: ?
    BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
    AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
    AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
    iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins: ?
    Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
    Flash Player  Support
    Java  Support
    MusicManager  Support
Time Machine: ?
    Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ?
        22%    firefox
         4%    WindowServer
         2%    hidd
         1%    fontd
         0%    mds
Top Processes by Memory: ?
    573 MB    firefox
    115 MB    installd
    82 MB    mds_stores
    82 MB    Finder
    82 MB    WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ?
    11.57 GB    Free RAM
    2.21 GB    Active RAM
    1.13 GB    Inactive RAM
    1.08 GB    Wired RAM
    360 MB    Page-ins
    0 B    Page-outs
Let me end by saying thank you in advance. I take pretty great care of this computer (besides mistakenly installing the wrong ram) and physically it is in great condition. I appreciate any help.
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012), OS X Mavericks 10.9.4

Hi Fonden,
It sounds like you have been on the right track in troubleshooting this issue. If the crashing or hanging persists, you may want to double-check the troubleshooting steps outlined in the following article:
OS X: When your computer spontaneously restarts or displays "Your computer restarted because of a problem."
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT200553
Regards,
- Brenden

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