Computer micro-freezing when watching videos / GIFS online

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Mark Pazur

Hello all,


few days ago I started having this issue :

my computer constantly micro-freezes for small amount of time whenever I watch videos or GIFS online (downloaded videos are without issues).

Most of the time I watch online videos on youtube and when I do, my entire system freezes randomly from 0.1s to 10 seconds - Cursor doesn't move, I can't hear any sound playing and the display is frozen.
I also use discord and I noticed that searching for gifs in the chat freezes my system also.

When I opened task manager to see whats going on and whenever this issue happens "System" jumps to 5-10% CPU usage.

However I have no issues when:

browsing sites, viewing images, listening to audio(spotify), using various applications/programs or playing games.


My computer specifications:

OS - Windows 10 Pro 64 - Bit

CPU - AMD Ryzen 3600XT
GPU - NVIDIA Gefore GTX 1060 6GB
RAM - HyperX Predator 16GB DDR4
MB - MSI Tomahawk B550
PSU - Seasonic 550W
Both HDD and SSD - system installed on SSD

Things I tried:

Updating and checking on hardware drivers
Testing internet speed
Trying different browsers (edge, firefox) - the issue persists
Reinstalling Chrome
Turning off extensions
Deleting cookies, history and cache

Turning hardware acceleration off and on


It's really frustrating and I'm getting desperate, since I'm running out of ideas.


Thank you for your help.

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