Discouraging Problems with Computer

[Stormling]

Hey guys, I have a problem which has persisted over weeks and it is very annoying, disabling at best. Whenever I play games that are somewhat demanding, which my computer can handle totally fine as the framerate stays high and my GPU temp never goes over 82 Celsius degrees, my screen will sometimes freeze up for a good 10 seconds and loop whatever sound was playing at that time, and it sometimes does it multiple times in a row. My record was 6 times in a row, landing me a good solid death, a loss, and a yell of disappointment.

Here's my dxdiag:
OS: Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
BIOS:  2006 (American Megatrends)
Processor: AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor (8 CPUs), ~4.0GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Graphics card: NVIDIA geForce GTX 650 Ti

[Geek-9pm]

GPU temp never goes over 82 Celsius degrees

So it is well under the limit. But what about other temps?

[camerongray]

What are the full specs of your machine including the make/model of motherboard and power supply.

[Stormling]

So it is well under the limit. But what about other temps?

CPU temperature is relatively fine.

What are the full specs of your machine including the make/model of motherboard and power supply.

I have no clue on how to find those, could you help?

[camerongray]

CPU temperature is relatively fine.I have no clue on how to find those, could you help?

If you run Speccy from here http://www.piriform.com/speccy that will show most of the parts.  For the power supply you really need to look at the physical item.  It's the big box where you plug the power into the back of - There will be a sticker on this giving a brand name and model number.

How old is this PC and did you buy it premade?  It may still be under warranty.

[Stormling]

If you run Speccy from here http://www.piriform.com/speccy that will show most of the parts.  For the power supply you really need to look at the physical item.  It's the big box where you plug the power into the back of - There will be a sticker on this giving a brand name and model number.

How old is this PC and did you buy it premade?  It may still be under warranty.

Operating System
   Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
CPU
   AMD FX-8350   51 °C
   Vishera 32nm Technology
RAM
   16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 722MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
   ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. M5A97 LE R2.0 (Socket 942)   32 °C
Graphics
   E2442 (1920x1080@60Hz)
   1023MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti (MSI)   39 °C
Storage
   186GB MAXTOR S TM3200820A SCSI Disk Device (RAID)(Software RAID)   36 °C
   111GB INTEL SS DSC2CW120A3 SATA Disk Device (SSD)
   114GB Maxtor 6 Y120M0 SATA Disk Device (SATA)   30 °C
Optical Drives
   DTSOFT Virtual CdRom Device
   HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH15L
   HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30
Audio
   High Definition Audio Device

As for the power supply, it is the ThermalTake TR2 500W.

I bought this PC 2 years ago and it was not pre-made. Custom built for the most.

[patio]

No reason at all that system with those specs should be hanging...
My 1st suspect is the HDD...DLoad and run the Free diagnostics on it...follow the guide for creating a bootable CD...and run the Long test.