Random Consistent lock ups :(

[yumcookies]

Hiya guys

Having a bit of a problem with my PC lately, my system has been built for a good couple of years now with no problems at all but recently i have been having small lock ups which are consistently spaced apart like a few seconds apart this can happen when playing a game or even just on the desktop (mouse locks up) the only way to fix it is by restarting the PC this seems to be happening every few days my 2500k was overclocked and stable at 4.5ghz and i have put everything back to factory settings in case this was the problem but nothing seems to be helping any advice would be great as i am completely out of ideas on what it could be

Thanks in advance.

 

[yumcookies]

I checked out my SSD status and that is all fine, i have recently moved my page file from my SSD to my secondary HDD would this cause any issues ? was trying to save some space on the SSD. I will check out my hardware during the day removing and adding to see if i can locate any failing.

Specs are :

Gigabyte z68ap-d3 mobo
i5 2500k stock atm was 4.5ghz
sapphire HD7950 Boost
2x 4GB corsair 1600mhz DDR3
120GB PNY SSD
2TB seagate barracuda HDD
Coolermaster modular 620w PSU
fractal r4 case nothing gets hot at all.

 

[yumcookies]

Thanks for the quick reply.

Its not just the mouse and keyboard locking up the whole system does for a brief second then its fine for about 3 seconds and this repeats until i hard reset the system. When it happens during gaming if i try to quit out of the game it will stay locked up.

 

[yumcookies]

I do have a PCI sound card installed, i removed my CMOS battery this morning for 5 mins to reset everything so going to see if that fixes anything first if not i guess that sound cards coming out thanks for the help.