Black/flickering screens, freezes, stutters.. which comp of my PC broke?

yeezus

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Hi!
I'm experiencing numerous errors with my PC. Usually when I turn it on (first start) I get a black screen with cursor and can't do anything. After a few restarts I can finally login and everything works fine.
Sometimes I get a flickering/flashing screen when I turn it on, same as the first case have to restart numerous times to be able to login and use it. Everything works fine again, until the next day when I first power it on and the struggle begins again.
But sometimes even if I'm able to log in, I get freezing, stuttering audio, for example listening to music in VLC and when I switch tabs in Chrome or something the audio freezes..
But when I get it working I can play hours without any problems... Strange.
I have reinstalled windows several times, I have up to date drivers so I don't think it's software problem.
In safe mode not getting any problems.
I know it's hard to guess what casuing the problems, unfortunately I don't have other parts to test everything, so I guess I'll have to take it to a service. But it takes long time and I'm using it every day, even though it's a little hard to get it working..
Does anyone experienced similar problems?
My pc:
CPU: FX-6300 @3.5Ghz 1.35V
Mobo: Asrock 980de3/u3s3
GPU: GTX 1050 (the only thing that still has warranty)
RAM: 2x4GB Kingston HyperX 1866
PSU: 420W Gigabyte
HDD: 1TB WD
Every part is max 2-2 and a half year old, was bought new from store
 
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its not that your system draws a lot of power but I would keep it in mind if it gets worse then get a new PSU I like the new EVGA
PSU Tier list tier 1-2 are good for gaming
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

I would recommend an EVGA SuperNova Gold G2 / or new G3 /GS / GQ, Platinum P2 / PS, or Titanium T2 or a Seasonic M12-II Evo or S12-II
GOOD PSU EVGA is a B2, G2, G3, P2, GS, PS, or T2. Avoid the EVGA B1 and G1 series/ I bought a EVGA G3 with 7year garentee
https://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator
Power supply Calculator
or a corsair 500 600 cxm there not very expensive but quite good not my cup of tea but quite cheap.
Maybe check the HDD, 2.5yrs sounds about right for a HDD lifespan in my experience. I'm not sure about the screen flickering but freezing and startup issues can be caused by a faulty HDD. If you can, try downloading and running the WDD HDD Diagnostic Utility. Otherwise, you can mount in on a USB and boot it outside Windows (which you might have better luck with).
 
Thansk for the tip, I haven't heard about that program yet.
I ran the test and everything passed, I also doneloaded HD Sentinel and everything is 100%, no errors at all.
 
its not that your system draws a lot of power but I would keep it in mind if it gets worse then get a new PSU I like the new EVGA
PSU Tier list tier 1-2 are good for gaming
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

I would recommend an EVGA SuperNova Gold G2 / or new G3 /GS / GQ, Platinum P2 / PS, or Titanium T2 or a Seasonic M12-II Evo or S12-II
GOOD PSU EVGA is a B2, G2, G3, P2, GS, PS, or T2. Avoid the EVGA B1 and G1 series/ I bought a EVGA G3 with 7year garentee
https://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator
Power supply Calculator
or a corsair 500 600 cxm there not very expensive but quite good not my cup of tea but quite cheap.
 
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