Windows 10: Computer suffering from stuttering/freezes from time to time

Hello, I'm creating this post because after quite some time I still haven't found a solution to my problem - perhaps someone here had the same issue and can somehow help me fix it.


So, for about two months my computer started slowing down at random times. Specifically, it happens to stutter/freeze from time to time, usually for a second of two, while I'm performing the most basic tasks. For example, I might decide to scroll down a page in Word, only for the mouse wheel to go on without the page actually moving. Then, after a second or two, I find myself looking at the bottom of the document. Or I might point the X button in a File Explorer window, only to see it does not turn red when I do so. If I click while it's stuck, the window will close when everything gets unstuck. Same when opening a new tab in Edge, editing a file name on my drive, or clicking on a new video on YouTube. The mouse moves, the screen doesn't follow for a while. I also noticed this tends to happen when playing, but only rarely. Most of the time I can play just fine, but the problems resume as soon as I'm back to my desktop, only to stop again if I resume playing, even in a matter of minutes.


With the use of Task Manager I observed a spike in CPU and Memory usage on a few occasions, usually it's stuff like Chrome or Steam taking up 200+ MBs plus, Edge, Chrome and Steam also often appear to have multiple processes running at once, which is strange - however, I can't be sure this is what causes the issue since they also happen when Task Manager does not notice any increased usage of CPU or Memory.


I thought it might have been a virus I usually use Windows Defender, I don't rely on external antiviruses so I tried an antivirus, which found nothing. Then I thought it could be the result of a failed Windows update, but I tried both updating my computer and perfoming the in-place installation, both to no avail. I tried a scan with CCleaner, but even that found nothing. I also thought it might be a problem of fauly RAM blocks, I use two so I tried removing one first, then the other, both times I kept seeing the same problem so either it's not that or both are broken. I also tried cleaning dust inside the computer case, just to be sure, but of course that did nothing.


My setup is the following:

• Processor: AMD FX8320 3.50GHz- it's an 8Core processor but for some reason AMD's tool states it's 4 Core. I just noticed this, I'm not sure if something's wrong or if it's just a bug in AMD's software.
• GPU: AMD R9 280X - I bought this used from a friend but it always worked flawlessly
• 2x 8GB DDR3 RAM blocks
• Motherboard: M5A97 R2.0 - I think it's a bit old, but it shouldn't be a problem

I'm also using three drives: two SSDs one of 120GBs with the OS, and a 500GBs for programs and a 1TB HDD.

I'm using somewhat older components, but they never gave me a problem before, this came a bit out of the blue. My biggest issue here is that I can't figure out if it's a hardware or software related issue, so I have no idea what to do. I might consider updating my components, but doing so blindly could be even worse.


I might also add that the problem appeared while I was writing this post, but it has since stopped.

I'd be very glad if anyone could help - even if it's just to figure out what is causing the issue.

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The very same issue is described in

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I tried to attach a second keyboard to see if it is the problem, but the other one freezes too. I wasn't yet able to find out whether they freeze simultaneously or not.

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In these posts I was told to perform

• an sfc scan, which found some bad files but apparently everything is repaired now
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• Xing out a FireFox tab
• Click on FILE menu (drop down is delayed)
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• Selecting a higher level on the file path in the SAVE menu
• Search menu at bottom of Windows
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Any suggestions? Or this this a known problem in Win 10? I've had this problem for some time, but lately it has gotten me really PO'ed.*Confused