PC Bugging out...

[Lucas9825]

Back in july I've built a computer and all of a sudden It's been acting up.. 

I built it for gaming primarily first off, but very randomly it will start to stutter and lag, my mouse cursor, keyboard lighting and my sound. "even when I restart the pc it'll still proceed, but randomly stop after about 20 minutes" 

it's really weird... I want to say that it's a driver issue but I'm not totally sure on which driver it is and how to go through them all and check. 

would love to get some feedback / help with this issue. 

╔ ◙ OS: Windows 10 pro 
╠ ◙ CPU: i7-6700k Skylake
╠ ◙ RAM: 32 gig's corsair dominator platinum 
╠ ◙ GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1080 
╠ ◙ Mouse: Mionix Caster
╠ ◙ Keyboard: Corsair k70 RGB
╠ ◙ Headset: Hyper X cloud 2
╠ ◙ Mousepad: Glorious Gamer XXL Mousepad "Extended"
╠ ◙ Case: Corsair 750D full ATX tower 
╠ ◙ Motherboard: MSI z170 m7 
╠ ◙ CPU Cooler: Corsair h115i "watercooled" 
╠ ◙ Monitor: Ben Q. 144hz 24'' 
╚ ◙ Storage: 250gb 850 evo SSD - 500gb 850 evo SSD 

psu: rm 1000x corsair 

[bgibbz]

Visit this website - https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/support/Z170A-GAMING-M7.html#down-utility&Win10 64

 

 

Install MSI live update 6. This is an automatic driver update utility from the motherboard manufacturer. Install it, run a scan, and then install all of the drivers it finds. 

[knightslugger]

barring that, check your event viewer for issues.

[Lucas9825]

1 hour ago, bgibbz said:

Visit this website - https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/support/Z170A-GAMING-M7.html#down-utility&Win10 64

 

 

Install MSI live update 6. This is an automatic driver update utility from the motherboard manufacturer. Install it, run a scan, and then install all of the drivers it finds. 

I just downloaded that program and installed all the missing and outdated drivers..... restarted and everything is still lagging / stuttering. I'm beyond clueless. 

not to sure what to do at this point, my mouse cursor and all is stuttering aswell... 

[Lucas9825]

52 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

barring that, check your event viewer for issues.

Since I'm new to this whole thing, what am I looking for when I open that up? 

[knightslugger]

you are looking for CRITICAL events and the information contained within them. you can do a google search for the event to see if there is a solution out there in the internet of things.

[Lucas9825]

6 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

you are looking for CRITICAL events and the information contained within them. you can do a google search for the event to see if there is a solution out there in the internet of things.

Would I be better off just wiping the computer do you think? 

[knightslugger]

If you want that headache sure... but keep in mind that if there are rootkits (a type of malware) present and they are what is causing the crashes/hangups/freezes that simply wiping the drive and starting over may not (or likely will not) erase them and will persist.