Question Games Freeze for 2 seconds then resume

[daninozz]

Hey all,

So as title says all games I play freeze for 1-2 seconds then resume playing, sometimes it completely locks up and windows just restarts.

My build is

Mobo : Gigabyte AX370 Gaming 5
CPU : Ryzen 7 1700X
GPU : Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX1080
Ram : G.Skill TridentZ RGB 3200
PSU : Corsair 850CM
Storage : Samsung EVO 850 250GB
Sotrage : Seagate barracuda 7200


Here's my trouble shooting so far.

1. Clean Windows installation.
2. Updated Drivers.
3. Disabled Windows Defender
4. Using Ryzen power profile
5. Tested games for freeze on both hard drives both hard drives freeze, however it seems to be a longer freeze on the mechanical drive.
6. monitoring temps nothing is overheating CPU and GPU both around 60 degrees.
7. Problem happens on every game I play.
8. Updating Mobo bios to support XMP enabled to run at full speed still freezing.
9. Ive had this issue on another rig never got around to solving it though.
10. Nothing is overclocked and Memory has been tested with memtest full pass.

It feels like the issue is to do with my hard drive as when the freezes occur my GPU usage goes from 80% to like 3% usage then back up to 80% again...

Anyone suggest anything else it's doing my head in, all I can suggest this issue is hard drive lagg but surely that wouldn't be an issue on a SSD...

I'm lost and I can't enjoy my PC games 😢

 

[RCFProd]

If you're playing games from the SSD, have you tried installing them towards your HDD instead to see if it works flawlessly then?

 

[daninozz]

Yes I have I tried that in troubleshooting step 5 still no luck happens on both hard drives.