Freezing Problem Please Help!

Billy Buttcheeks · October 20, 2015

I have a feeling this is a hardware problem, but I am not sure so I came here. I tried Googling a lot of key words to my problem, but I can't seem to find a solution online so I came here to try my best to explain it.

PC Specs

* Windows 8.1 * Intel i5-4690K @ 3.5 GHz * 8 GB RAM * MSI R9 280X * Silicon Power 240GB SSD * WD 1 TB HD * 650W Rosewill Hive PSU * Monoprice 24" Gaming 144Hz Monitor (main) * AoC 21.5" IPS Monitor (2nd)

The problem occurs MOST often after I finish a pug in ESEA. The game ends and then our scoreboard pops up in an htmlmod window showing everyone's RWS/K/D/A etc... Then I open console and type "quit". Sometimes it will go through and nothing will happen and I will carry on. However, most of the time it just freezes there and I wait about 20 seconds and nothing happens. I can move my mouse to my 2nd monitor no problem and click things on that monitor, but I cannot ALT + TAB, CTR + ALT + DEL, ALT + F4, CTR + SHIFT + ESC. I also cannot watch Youtube videos on my 2nd screen while this is happening making me think this is a GPU problem. The main monitor looks like its just a still image where my mouse can roam freely but nothing happens when I click everywhere. If I click the Start button on the 2nd monitor nothing happens on either monitor. Task manager doesn't show up. The only way around this is if I restart my PC and I dislike doing that often because it can damage my parts

The GPU was bought on Amazon refurbished 13 months ago so it has held fine. I'm not sure if the OC I put on it hurt it too much but it was stable. (Stock[1020,1500] -> OC[1150/1600]

I was thinking it could be a RAM problem, but iirc memtest showed nothing wrong.

Anyone else getting the same problem? If all else fails I was thinking of wiping everything and re-installing Windows again to start fresh.