Windows 11 PC freezes and becomes completely unresponsive when gaming

Anonymous
2023-05-15T05:16:23+00:00

I recently got a new prebuilt PC, and within a week of redownloading all my files and games from my previous PC, the computer continuously freezes and becomes completely unresponsive when gaming. It happens at random times and seems to differ between games. I have done everything I possibly can to remedy this issue, from scanning and repairing drivers, drives, reseating my GPU and RAM, installing HW monitor to ensure my temps are not skyrocketing and the voltage/wattage is sufficient, going into BIOS to make sure nothing is overclocked and the RAM is set to the correct MHz, running the windows memory diagnostic tool, etc. Everything that has been posted on youtube and other forums, I am almost positive I have tried. Absolutely nothing works and no matter what I do, the freezes keep occurring. The strange thing is when my PC becomes unresponsive, I can still hear my friends continuing to talk in discord but they cannot hear me. I am not sure what else to do about this other than to seek help here or to return the PC and just build another one on my own.

Specs:

RTX Nvidia 4090

13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900k, 3000 Mhz, 24 cores

32.0 GB Kingston 2400 MHz memory DDR4

ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI D4

2TB NVme M.2 SSD

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-04-06T21:58:00+00:00

    Using the new PC Manager, I keep the MS Edge process closed. Seems to be helping...

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-04-06T21:35:56+00:00

    !!!

    Is your bios set to auto select GPU?

    lntel drivers running?

    What changed?!

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-04-06T20:59:05+00:00

    I have gone a long time without the freezing but it is starting in again. It only reminds me never to get a dell again

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-04-06T20:33:34+00:00

    I haven't had an issue for over a week now either.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-04-06T18:45:46+00:00

    No idea....

    But I'm over a week without issue. Maybe it was my failing PSU?

    Or the Bios was trying to switch from integrated graphics to Nvidia card with auto settings?

    Or it was the Intel drivers?

    I haven't had the energy to try and recreate the issue. But those were the big three I did, and it seems resolved now.

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