Constant system locks while playing CS:GO?

Kohwali

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Jun 15, 2014
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I don't play any other games.

First time I upgraded from Windows 7, I was getting these: my monitor would just turn a solid color (beige, grey, light blue, etc), audio would keep working, but the system would be unresponsive. This eventually went away after a month or two.

Recently did a fresh install and I'm getting these again (did Windows updates already) but with a new twist: now my monitor can just go black and the audio becomes unresponsive (still get locks like the one mentioned previously, just there are new ways it locks up now). I get this probably once or twice every hour, CS:GO is literally unplayable. Never had these on Windows 7. Any ideas?