Computer keeps freezing

Erratic Fox

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My computer keeps freezing at random times. This freeze lasts until I reboot my computer. I've reinstalled all my drivers, except my motherboard or BIOS as I couldn't find them (here). This freezing has been happening for a good month and a half. Actually, ever since I've installed multiple new parts. The new parts I installed were a new FX-6300, motherboard, 8GB DRR3 RAM. My graphics card is a old HD 4000 series. I had a 600w power supply, but it blew so now I'm using a 450w power supply until I have the money to order a new one.

I was thinking it was the power supply causing the freezes because it might not have enough power to handle my computer. People also have suggested it being the RAM or the Hard Drive. Others have suggested it being Windows or the drivers. I don't think it's the drivers (I wish it was). I am going to reinstall Windows and hopefully that will fix it. I can't do that right now though because I do not have a USB or disc to do so. I'm completely lost on this.

When I say my computer 'randomly' freezes though, I want to emphasize the word randomly. Sometimes I'll have a video game open, Adobe Illustrator open, a Twitch stream running, with VLC media player playing music and a couple browser tabs open, while talking in RaidCall and it'll be fine for hours on end. Then the next time it freezes, I'll reboot and right after I hit my desktop, it'll freeze a couple seconds after that. Sometimes it'll do this for 5 times under a hour, maybe even half hour. Sometimes it will freeze will all kinds of programs open and sometimes it'll freeze with merely YouTube open or as I said before, sometimes it'll freeze without anything open right after I've booted my computer up.

I've also noticed, I'll be able to move my mouse around prior 10 seconds before it freezes. Though, in this ten seconds of mouse moving, I am not able to click, hover or anything with the mouse. Only able to move it.

I'm completely lost on what this could be. Please, someone help me.

Here is my specs:
Motherboard - ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0
Processor - AMD FX 6300 Six-core 3.5GHz
RAM - Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x4 | 8GB
GPU - ATI Radeon HD 4650
OS - Windows 7 Pro x64
 
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My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Built
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD FX-6300 Vishera 3.5GHz (4.1GHz Turbo)
Motherboard
ASRock PRO3 R2.0
Memory
Corsair 8GB DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
1024MB ATI Radeon HD 4650 (XFX Pine Group)
Sound Card
AMD High Definition Audio Device
Monitor(s) Displays
VE247 on ATI Radeon HD 4650
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
150GB Seagate ST316081,
3TB Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001
Mouse
Razor Deathadder
I have this same problem with windows 8 it will just freeze while pretending it is receiving inputs. Also have you run a virus scan?
 

My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP
OS
Windows 8.1 64bit
CPU
i7 3630qm
Memory
8gb adata 1600mhz
Graphics Card(s)
gt650m
Hard Drives
Hybrid 750gb
Antivirus
Kaspersky and malwarebytes
Browser
Firefox
It could be that your power supply isn't providing enough power when your graphics card is working hard.

Are all of your drivers up to date?
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Mellon Labs (custom build)
OS
Win 7 Pro x64/Win 10 Pro x64 dual boot
CPU
AMD FX 8350 Vishera @ 4200
Motherboard
ASUS M5A97 R2.0
Memory
16 GB Mushkin Blackline DDR3-2400 @ 1866 (9-10-10-10-31)
Graphics Card(s)
XFX Radeon R9 280 Double D Black Edition
Sound Card
Realtek HD Audio on MB. Sounds great.
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer 24", Acer 22"
Screen Resolution
3840 x 1080
Hard Drives
1 x Mushkin Chronos 120 GB SSD (Win 10)
1 x Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB SSD (Win 7)
1 x WD 1TB SATA Blue
1 x WD 1TB SATA Green
PSU
Corsair TX-750
Case
CoolerMaster HAF 912+
Cooling
Coolermaster Seidon 240M Liquid AIO. 6 case fans
Keyboard
Logitech G710+
Mouse
Logitech G500s
Internet Speed
Much better since I got fiber, but still way overpriced.
Antivirus
MSE, Malware Bytes for scanning
Browser
Firefox
Other Info
Corsair VOID USB headphones.

A Mellon Labs X-1 - LCD Smartie driven system status display.

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It could be that your power supply isn't providing enough power when your graphics card is working hard.

Are all of your drivers up to date?

Sorry for the late reply, yes I just updated them.

If you look at my first post I rewrote it to be way more descriptive.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Built
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD FX-6300 Vishera 3.5GHz (4.1GHz Turbo)
Motherboard
ASRock PRO3 R2.0
Memory
Corsair 8GB DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
1024MB ATI Radeon HD 4650 (XFX Pine Group)
Sound Card
AMD High Definition Audio Device
Monitor(s) Displays
VE247 on ATI Radeon HD 4650
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
150GB Seagate ST316081,
3TB Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001
Mouse
Razor Deathadder
Have you tested the RAM to make sure that there are no errors with it? If not, try Memtest86+, it's a good memory test and it's free.

Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool

Start it up and let it run for several passes. I run it all night if I think there's a problem with my RAM.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Mellon Labs (custom build)
OS
Win 7 Pro x64/Win 10 Pro x64 dual boot
CPU
AMD FX 8350 Vishera @ 4200
Motherboard
ASUS M5A97 R2.0
Memory
16 GB Mushkin Blackline DDR3-2400 @ 1866 (9-10-10-10-31)
Graphics Card(s)
XFX Radeon R9 280 Double D Black Edition
Sound Card
Realtek HD Audio on MB. Sounds great.
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer 24", Acer 22"
Screen Resolution
3840 x 1080
Hard Drives
1 x Mushkin Chronos 120 GB SSD (Win 10)
1 x Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB SSD (Win 7)
1 x WD 1TB SATA Blue
1 x WD 1TB SATA Green
PSU
Corsair TX-750
Case
CoolerMaster HAF 912+
Cooling
Coolermaster Seidon 240M Liquid AIO. 6 case fans
Keyboard
Logitech G710+
Mouse
Logitech G500s
Internet Speed
Much better since I got fiber, but still way overpriced.
Antivirus
MSE, Malware Bytes for scanning
Browser
Firefox
Other Info
Corsair VOID USB headphones.

A Mellon Labs X-1 - LCD Smartie driven system status display.

Brought to you by the letter E
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