PC locking up

[quarryman]

Its a new PC I built at the weekend, so fresh windows 7 etc.

I was playing some civ 5 earlier when it locked up, but not completely, everything just went REAAAAAALLLY slow. I got task manager open (tool about 3 minutes if waiting) and nothing seems to be strangling the CPU. I have hwmonitor to watch the temps and everything is nice and cool.

I can move the mouse but everything else seems to take a minute or 2 to respond. I'm about to hard reset now and will check the event logs, any ideas?

It's done it the last 2 times within 10 mins of a restart.

My HW:

Intel i5 2500k
Asus p87
8GB ram
60GB HDD SSD
500GB
GeForce 560ti

[daboggeyman]

Its a new PC I built at the weekend, so fresh windows 7 etc.

I was playing some civ 5 earlier when it locked up, but not completely, everything just went REAAAAAALLLY slow. I got task manager open (tool about 3 minutes if waiting) and nothing seems to be strangling the CPU. I have hwmonitor to watch the temps and everything is nice and cool.

I can move the mouse but everything else seems to take a minute or 2 to respond. I'm about to hard reset now and will check the event logs, any ideas?

It's done it the last 2 times within 10 mins of a restart.

My HW:

Intel i5 2500k
Asus p87
8GB ram
60GB HDD SSD
500GB
GeForce 560ti

 1st. what were you doing when it locked up ? Gaming I would assume . I would start off making sure you have all your up dates in place , followed by making sure you have the latest bios for openers and go from here. I  my self will use a program to shut down stuff running in the back ground when gaming. This is just a guess based on my gaming experience and the fact you said it's a new rig.

[quarryman]

yeah i instantly assumed it was a hardware issue possibly due to overheating since it's a new build.

But after a restart i was just surfing the internet and it started to happen again, everything just became unresponsive and very slow. Nothing obvious in the task manager hogging the CPU.

[daboggeyman]

 For what it's worth Firefox has been an issue with me and a few others I know ,  their last update creating a similar problem with in windows

[crosscourt]

So youre getting lockups not just in games but with other activities such as going online.

I doubt Firefox is the issue in regards to the overall locking issue but you could try another browser regardless for online needs.

Youre using 8gb of ram so my first question is are you sure its all compatible?
Have you checked ram timings,voltage and in general are voltages normal?

You said temps are fine so you might want to take a closer look at voltages.

[daboggeyman]

Not thinking about asking what PSU he has may very well be his problem over all , the internet thing with FF was a random thought cause at the time some were having a problem while surfing the net and having some hang ups , but the last update fixed that .

[crosscourt]

PSU issues are so common and sometimes it shows up randomly and other times you get sudden drop offs.

Quality psus do a good job of maintaining voltage but you still have to be careful about running too many devices on certain rails.

[daboggeyman]

 A good quality single rail will get the job done most of the time but a Dual rail psu is the way to go and at least a 650watt or better for a desk top pc if your push a lot of hardware , I'm not sure what to recommend on the SFF pc's as I've never had one  or dealt with them

[crosscourt]

The SFF's have limited psu options as the designs generally are proprietary.

Thats why I prefer Microatx as I can still use a standard psu with a smaller package that offers the ability to still upgrade.