- Jul 10, 2014
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Hello and thank you for taking your time to read this. I'll try to be as brief as possible.
Recently, I've put together a semi-gaming, Intel-based computer. Most of the installation went without too many bumps, and I'm pretty much 95% done. The other 5% would be my problem.
My rig is as follows:
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Motherboard: ASUS Z97-A
Memory: GSkill Sniper, 8GB, DDR3 1866
CPU Cooler: H50 Corsair
PowerSupply: EVGA SuperNova 750w
Graphics Card: GTX 770
HDD/SSD: WD Black 1TB, Samsung EVO 840 128G
Case: Rosewill Challenger
CPU: Intel 4790K, not overclocked or anything.
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My problem here is that, my system will quite invariably seem to freeze up occasionally. It's guaranteed to happen within a 5 - 60 minute time bracket of me starting the computer up. Sometimes it will happen if I opened a program or a game. Sometimes if I'm watching a video while browsing for downloads. Sometimes it just happens.
Of course, I had checked the cooling system and everything, and they all check out. I've also checked out my graphics card and nothing seems to be wrong with it; the drivers are stable and up to date so far on my Windows 7 OS.
The freezing happens every three to seven seconds; the mouse freezes and so does everything else, and it stays that way for up to two seconds before the cycle starts up again.
Then I opened my Task Manager and I saw that the CPU Usage levels were crazy during these freezes - it spikes regularly, going from 3% to 90% in the split seconds that my computer freezes and unfreezes. I'm sure it's not a cooling thing: my ASUS monitoring system indicates that the temperature is stable and I've never even touched the overclocking button, so I have no idea what could be causing this. I just sometimes watch a video or type an article, and this crazy CPU spasm comes in and forces me to restart the computer, over and over again.
Any help offered here would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
-Dave
Recently, I've put together a semi-gaming, Intel-based computer. Most of the installation went without too many bumps, and I'm pretty much 95% done. The other 5% would be my problem.
My rig is as follows:
--------------------
Motherboard: ASUS Z97-A
Memory: GSkill Sniper, 8GB, DDR3 1866
CPU Cooler: H50 Corsair
PowerSupply: EVGA SuperNova 750w
Graphics Card: GTX 770
HDD/SSD: WD Black 1TB, Samsung EVO 840 128G
Case: Rosewill Challenger
CPU: Intel 4790K, not overclocked or anything.
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My problem here is that, my system will quite invariably seem to freeze up occasionally. It's guaranteed to happen within a 5 - 60 minute time bracket of me starting the computer up. Sometimes it will happen if I opened a program or a game. Sometimes if I'm watching a video while browsing for downloads. Sometimes it just happens.
Of course, I had checked the cooling system and everything, and they all check out. I've also checked out my graphics card and nothing seems to be wrong with it; the drivers are stable and up to date so far on my Windows 7 OS.
The freezing happens every three to seven seconds; the mouse freezes and so does everything else, and it stays that way for up to two seconds before the cycle starts up again.
Then I opened my Task Manager and I saw that the CPU Usage levels were crazy during these freezes - it spikes regularly, going from 3% to 90% in the split seconds that my computer freezes and unfreezes. I'm sure it's not a cooling thing: my ASUS monitoring system indicates that the temperature is stable and I've never even touched the overclocking button, so I have no idea what could be causing this. I just sometimes watch a video or type an article, and this crazy CPU spasm comes in and forces me to restart the computer, over and over again.
Any help offered here would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
-Dave
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