Question PC freezes regularly

[toshicg]

My Windows 10 PC has been freezing regularly and I think that the situation may be getting worse. My Windows 10 PC has been freezing regularly and I think that the situation may be getting worse.
I am experiencing regular and somewhat random freezing of the whole system. When the system freezes I can only do a hard restart, nothing else.
I see patterns in the freezing but they aren't completely consistent. Primarily I observe these two patterns:
-there is a high chance of freezing in the first 5 minutes of turning the PC on. So often I boot the system in the morning, PC freezes, I restart. Then I usually can work the whole day without any freezing.
-I use 3d and 2d software. Often the PC freezing while I render video in 2d software. This process is CPU heavy.
Other than that there are random freezes while doing everyday stuff like using a web browser etc.

I did get blue screens of death twice. I can show photos of those if that helps.

Twice I also experienced the following: PC freezes and I restart it. PC won't boot after that. The fans start for a second, then stop, start, stop, start, stop forever.
In these cases, I turned off the PC completely, unplugged the power cable, then plugged it back on I was able to boot again.

These are the main things I can think of. Advice is welcome!


System specs from specci
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 4770K @ 3.50GHz 28 °C
Haswell 22nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-11-28)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. H81M-E (SOCKET 1150) 118 °C (<<< I don't think this is accurate, it shows high temperates all the time)
Graphics
BENQ E2220HD (1920x1080@60Hz)
DELL 2208WFP (1680x1050@59Hz)
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (NVIDIA) 41 °C
Storage
1863GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH164 (SATA ) 35 °C
978GB Crucial_CT1050MX300SSD1 (SATA (SSD)) 31 °C
2794GB BUFFALO External HDD USB Device (USB (SATA) ) 34 °C
Optical Drives
ASUS BW-16D1HT
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio

 

[Lutfij]

Make and model of your PSU and it's age? Use HWmonitor to show you temps. Also, which BIOS version are you on for your motherboard? I also don't know why you're paired with an H81 chipset with an i7 K suffix processor, you either needed to go with a Z 87/Z97 chipset board or dialed down the processor to an i7-4770(non-K) processor.

 

[N3wb13g]

Did you check the heatsink? I once repaired client's PC and when I inspect it, the heatsink was hanging a little. Two of the screws was loose.

So, it's possible that temperature reading on your PC is true.

 

[toshicg]

Make and model of your PSU and it's age? Use HWmonitor to show you temps. Also, which BIOS version are you on for your motherboard? I also don't know why you're paired with an H81 chipset with an i7 K suffix processor, you either needed to go with a Z 87/Z97 chipset board or dialed down the processor to an i7-4770(non-K) processor.

PSU is this, about 3 years old.

https://imgur.com/a/NauA7jT

View: https://imgur.com/a/NauA7jT


I'll get HWmonitor in a second.

Bios version from specci
BIOS
Brand American Megatrends Inc.
Version 2203
Date 6/18/2015

As for the processor stuff, I have no idea. Sorry. I bought it quite a while ago and I can't remember how I made the choice.

 

[toshicg]

Did you check the heatsink? I once repaired client's PC and when I inspect it, the heatsink was hanging a little. Two of the screws was loose.

So, it's possible that temperature reading on your PC is true.

Thanks. I'll open the PC tomorrow I'll check.

 

[toshicg]

Thanks everyone for the help.
I just wanted to let you know that I changed the PSU and I haven't had a single problem in the last 2 weeks+ (used to have crashes and lockups daily).
Just wanted to add this here for anyone who may stumble upon this thread.
Here is what I learned:

>>Always buy a GOOD PSU. If you get cheap with the power supply you're looking for trouble.