[SOLVED] Games frequently freezing for half a second ?

[Sa1addd]

This only started happening around a week ago and this computer is about a year old, including all components.
It seems to happen every 15-30 seconds or so. It is a small freeze where everything stops in game and the just resumes after 1 second maximum.

Here is a clip of the freeze:
https://www.reddit.com/user/haploiid/comments/pkk76w/freeze_test/ the freeze happens at around 12 seconds, it unnoticeable but i still see it every time and this happens in every game, even 2d pixel art games.

And here is my GPU at the time of the freeze:
https://www.reddit.com/user/haploiid/comments/pkk918/freeze_test_1/ underlined when the freeze happened.

My specs:

GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3070 Founders,
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Processor
Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming AM4
PSU: Cooler Master MWE gold v2 750W Modular PSU
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro Black 16GB (2x8GB) 3600Mhz
Storage: WD Blue 2 TB 3D NAND Internal SSD M.2 SATA (Around 300GB left)

Things I have tried so far:

• A clean uninstall and re install of the newest driver for my GPU.
• Re installed the newest drivers for my motherboard chipset.
• I have removed all apps that may be causing the issue (Razor Chroma, Corsair ICUE)
• I have whitelisted my Steam and Epic Games folders from my antivirus software.

 

[Ralston18]

Look in Reliability History and Event Viewer for any error codes, warnings, or even informational events that happen just before or at the time of the freezes.

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Power down, unplug, open the case.

Clean out dust and debris.

Verify by sight and feel that all connectors, cards, RAM, and jumpers are fully and firmly connected.

Use a bright flashlight to look for any signs of physical damage: bare conductor showing, melted insulation, pinched or kinked wires.

Browned, blackened, or swollen components.

Hopefully though, just something has become a bit loose over time due to expansion/contraction and/or vibrations.