PC Pausing every few seconds, mostly while downloading

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Shanksyboyz

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I purchased a custom build from PC Specialists and it is working great for the most part(I'm having trouble with 7.1 surrounds sound but I think that's on me) but on occasion, mostly during downloads/installs but not exclusively the PC pauses entirely and becomes unresponsive and kicks back, this can go on indefinitely requiring a restart, in one instance it was bad enough to require a hard reset, I have tried a bunch of things(I can go through my search history if it is relevant). Any advice? Should I return the PC to PC Specialists? Worth noting that my PC with a dying GPU and hard drive didn't face such issues, to be honest Windows seemed to run better on it as well, so yeah, I feel defeated, any help is appreciated.
 
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Shanksyboyz

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And here are my Specs

CaseCORSAIR iCUE 220T RGB AIRFLOW MID TOWER GAMING CASE
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Change to: COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX MB530P RGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12 Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.6GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
MotherboardASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)16GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2080 SUPER - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive512GB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 450MB/W)
2nd Storage Drive2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
DVD/BLU-RAY DriveNOT REQUIRED
Power SupplyCORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor CoolingCoolerMaster MasterLiquid Lite 240 High Performance Liquid Cooler
Thermal PasteARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans1x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
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Sound CardAsus Xonar AE 7.1-Channel Gaming Audio Card
Wireless/Wired NetworkingWIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt OptionsMIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating SystemWindows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
 
ubuysa

ubuysa

The BSOD Doctor
Do these freezes/pauses only happen with network related taks (downloads/installs) or do they happen when performing other tasks {with no networking component) as well?
 
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Shanksyboyz

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ubuysa said:
Do these freezes/pauses only happen with network related taks (downloads/installs) or do they happen when performing other tasks {with no networking component) as well?
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I don't believe that it's always during network related tasks, but I cannot confirm that 100%, worth noting is that I closed everything and left it a while to hopefully rule out some windows update, additionally, it has happened when steam is installing, but not downloading, but downloading is when it is most common.
 
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ubuysa

The BSOD Doctor
Shanksyboyz said:
I don't believe that it's always during network related tasks, but I cannot confirm that 100%, worth noting is that I closed everything and left it a while to hopefully rule out some windows update, additionally, it has happened when steam is installing, but not downloading, but downloading is when it is most common.
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Try cable connecting to your router for a while. If the problems stop then we'll know its a wireless issue.
 
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Shanksyboyz

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There is a lot of spikes, notable that in network activity, there appeared to be various versions of 1 download but that may be how it works in the background for all I know, when the spikes dip off the PC stutters
 
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ubuysa

The BSOD Doctor
Shanksyboyz said:
There is a lot of spikes, notable that in network activity, there appeared to be various versions of 1 download but that may be how it works in the background for all I know, when the spikes dip off the PC stutters
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I'm mot sure I fully understand what you're saying here. Resource Monitor shows you the network utilisation, what is the peak value you see?

Check other resource utilisations as well...
 
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Shanksyboyz

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ubuysa said:
I'm mot sure I fully understand what you're saying here. Resource Monitor shows you the network utilisation, what is the peak value you see?

Check other resource utilisations as well...
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The utilization goes close to/ up to 100 then when the utilization dips, the PC stutters
 
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