To set the scene, this is a problem I've had for a very long time now, I remember it ever since I built the computer two years ago however has only been prominent the last few months. I've spent the last few weeks Googling around, looking at numerous threads here and on Reddit hoping I could find a solution without having to ask for help, but.. To no avail. I've tried numerous things, switching the positions of the RAM (from 1/3 to 2/4), cleaning the computer out (seemed to work for three days earlier this week, didn't have one single freeze, however since returned to it's usual bad behavior), updated my BIOS to the most recent update (which again seemed to help, with no freezes for a day but then reverted back to it's freezing issues), even buying a brand new GPU, I replaced my AMD Radeon 6750 for an Nvidia based MSI GTX 780, thinking new drivers and a new card would help but.. Not at all. I'm at my wit's end with this problem, I work from home and it's depressing having my computer out of action for several minutes at a time, I'm willing to spend as much as possible just to make sure I never have these problems again.
The actual problem is.. Strange, to me. The computer will suddenly freeze a few times an hour (mainly while watching any kind of video online, however, it isn't rare for it to just crash when I close a tab, or just randomly, and the problem is worse while rendering videos), and sometimes reveal the "Display driver has stopped responding and has recovered" message upon unfreezing, depending on the length of time. The complete freeze can be for anywhere between five seconds to three minutes in length, and once it's unfrozen I can continue to work and browse the internet without having to reboot or do anything special at all.
As I said, at first I thought it was a GPU problem, as that was the only thing I cheaped out on when I initially built the computer, buying a second hand GPU off a friend, but.. Since then it's became obvious that's not the problem. I've recently saw thanks to the MSI Afterburner tool that when the PC freezes the first core of the CPU will hit 100% randomly, for no reason, and upon that will (at least what I think) freeze the computer for that random amount of time. Here's a screenshot of the precise moment I presume it froze: http://gyazo.com/f6ae36e7968d37430fdd28eaaa383d79 - It froze literally the second I clicked on an auto-filled URL suggestion.
If anyone can offer a solution to this and the solution seemingly fixes this, I'll buy you a relatively cheap game off Steam when I next get paid in a few days, I know that there are numerous causes for this just from the hours of research I've put into trying to fix this problem, so any help, literally any help, would be so, so appreciated. Thanks for reading and for any help in advance.
PC Specs:
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500 3.3GHz Quad-Core
CPU cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3 GEN3 ATX LGA1155
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM
Video card: MSI GTX780 TF
Power supply: Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80+
Optical drive: Sony AD-7280S-0B
Operating system: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)
Case: Antec Three Hundred
The actual problem is.. Strange, to me. The computer will suddenly freeze a few times an hour (mainly while watching any kind of video online, however, it isn't rare for it to just crash when I close a tab, or just randomly, and the problem is worse while rendering videos), and sometimes reveal the "Display driver has stopped responding and has recovered" message upon unfreezing, depending on the length of time. The complete freeze can be for anywhere between five seconds to three minutes in length, and once it's unfrozen I can continue to work and browse the internet without having to reboot or do anything special at all.
As I said, at first I thought it was a GPU problem, as that was the only thing I cheaped out on when I initially built the computer, buying a second hand GPU off a friend, but.. Since then it's became obvious that's not the problem. I've recently saw thanks to the MSI Afterburner tool that when the PC freezes the first core of the CPU will hit 100% randomly, for no reason, and upon that will (at least what I think) freeze the computer for that random amount of time. Here's a screenshot of the precise moment I presume it froze: http://gyazo.com/f6ae36e7968d37430fdd28eaaa383d79 - It froze literally the second I clicked on an auto-filled URL suggestion.
If anyone can offer a solution to this and the solution seemingly fixes this, I'll buy you a relatively cheap game off Steam when I next get paid in a few days, I know that there are numerous causes for this just from the hours of research I've put into trying to fix this problem, so any help, literally any help, would be so, so appreciated. Thanks for reading and for any help in advance.
PC Specs:
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500 3.3GHz Quad-Core
CPU cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3 GEN3 ATX LGA1155
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM
Video card: MSI GTX780 TF
Power supply: Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80+
Optical drive: Sony AD-7280S-0B
Operating system: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)
Case: Antec Three Hundred
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