Hi everyone! So I recently bought new components for my 5-ish year old PC, replacing the mobo/RAM/CPU and the GPU. Ever since installing Windows 10 and all of the necessary software, I've been experiencing these seemingly random micro-freezes, where everything completely stops, the mouse pointer won't move, for about 2-3 seconds. The system doesn't crash or reboot, and after the freeze everything resumes normally. Sometimes the monitor turns off and then back on. I've observed that sometimes these freezes happen when I run photoshop (which promptly crashes after the freeze), but they also happen without it running. It happened once while I was gaming, but other than that gaming performance has been great. Thermals are within 40C. Specs:
MSI Z390 Pro Gaming*
i7-9700K*
32GB RAM @ 2133 (max 3200)*
EVGA RTX 2080*
Intel M.2 SSD*
Samsung EVO 850 SSD
Noctua NH-U14S
Rosewill 750W Gold
Some kinda 1TB HDD
Various external drives and other USB hardware
Win10 Pro*
* Purchased recently
I honestly have no idea what could be causing this. My drivers are up to date, and as you can see, it's a pretty high-end system. I haven't had any of these freezes on my old hardware and Windows 7. Is there any way I can at least track them with more precision?
Thank you!
MSI Z390 Pro Gaming*
i7-9700K*
32GB RAM @ 2133 (max 3200)*
EVGA RTX 2080*
Intel M.2 SSD*
Samsung EVO 850 SSD
Noctua NH-U14S
Rosewill 750W Gold
Some kinda 1TB HDD
Various external drives and other USB hardware
Win10 Pro*
* Purchased recently
I honestly have no idea what could be causing this. My drivers are up to date, and as you can see, it's a pretty high-end system. I haven't had any of these freezes on my old hardware and Windows 7. Is there any way I can at least track them with more precision?
Thank you!
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