Windows 10: Programs Crashing and Performance Issues/Freezing Windows 10

Hi,


I've been using Windows 7 on my desktop and laptop and finally decided to upgrade to 10 a couple months back. Ever since I've had problems with my desktop. It is a cheap computer that I built from used parts from friends. Basically I had many problems such as the display flickering and PC crashing with various BSOD both during gaming and just web browsing so I switched the Radeon R9 280 which was faulty to a GTX 1060 6GB. It runs better however I have random program crashes, including Brave browser which worked fine has just started closing itself after a couple minutes of being open Google Chrome works fine. The Xbox app closes itself sometimes also. When browsing the internet sometimes it freezes for a minute or too when clicking or switching tabs and then works fine again.


My specs are:


Mobo: ASRock 990FX Extreme3

AMD FX-8320 Eight Core Processor 3.7 Ghz

8 GB RAM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Upgraded from a Radeon R9 280


Another issue is I bought a cheap D-LINK USB Network Adapter and occasionally the network will drop out and say no available connections, I need to either turn the Wi-Fi off and on in the bottom right taskbar or pull the Adapter out and plug it back in for it to work again.


I run dual monitors, 1 widescreen on HDMI and a cheap Dell vertical monitor on DVI and occasionally the second monitor will flick to a black screen for a second or less and then back on. But it has always done this and thought nothing of it.


I have ran a Memtest to check the RAM and that didn't show any errors.


What do you think? Should I try a format and clean install? Could it be the motherboard?

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HDD performance issues on Windows 10 - Stuttering and Freezing

Hi Michell,

Here are the possible causes why your system freezes:

• Faulty hardware
• Corrupted software and driver
• Incomplete Windows update

To resolve the issues with your Windows 10 computer, we suggest performing the steps below:

• Check and install all Windows updates available.
  
• Run SFC and DISM to repair all corrupted and missing system files.
• Run the Program Compatibility Troubleshooter
  to check the compatibility of a specific program with Windows 10.

Feel free to post back with the result for further assistance.

 

all games crash!

ive watch my temps and both the cpu and gpu are within normal ranges. when it freezes it simply freezes the image and stops the sound. i must reboot to get back to windows.

 

all games crash!

I suggest you run rthdribl > http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/archives/rthdribl_1_2.zip
Increase the window size step by step and watch your vga temps permanently.
What happens?
If it crashes, run at stock speeds as suggested before and retry.

P.S.: When your system locks, does the display signal turn off after a time?
Stuttering sound or no sound at all when freezing?
What X1800XT model do you own exactly?