Windows 8.1 Lags

paramvir1583

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When I use my PC for about 45 mins, I get sudden lags. At first, I thought my mouse (which isvery old) had to do with the lag issue, as I thought the cursor was only freezing. However I was recently testing and saw that the whole system (all programs) has like 50ms lags every 2 mins or so. Can anyone please help me fix this? Does anything seem defective or is it a problem in the OS. Thanks in advance. :)

| Specifications |
Case: NZXT Phantom 820
PSU: Corsair RM1000
MOBO: ASUS Z97 DELUXE (NFC & WLC)
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790k LGA1150 @ 4.00GHZ (up to 4.4)
RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro
GPU: ASUS GTX 780 Ti DirectCU ll OC
Storage: 1 Samsung 250GB SSD, 1 Western Digital 1TB HDD
Optical Drive: ASUS DRW-24B3ST i

Note: This did not happen with a previous monitor I had, I've recently switched to a one from Samsung.
 
I have a feeling its your monitor as it is not your pc. Just to make sure does this happen in safe mode? If it does then it is your version of the OS. You can always try to do a system restore to when it was working. Otherwise a refresh or factory reset can be done.
 

paramvir1583

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If I did a refresh, will I be able to keep EVERYTHING (applications, files) as I already do now?