Question / Help PC Freezes When Streaming w/OBS ONLY

[KamahlRF]

Hello there! I am just trying to start off streaming speedruns as a hobby on a regular basis, but have been running into issues with my entire PC freezing when streaming.

Now, I can run pretty much any game on the market on Ultra/Extreme with 0 issues, I have never encountered a BSOD with this PC, and it can handle pretty much anything I throw at it, so I'm a bit at a loss as to why I have issues while streaming.

PC Specs:
Windows 10 Home
Intel i7-7600HQ @ 2.6GHz (No OC's are involved)
GTX 960M
16GB Ram

Now, I am NOT getting a BSOD, my PC literally just freezes/locks up at random intervals while OBS is running my stream. Locked up as in cannot input any commands, have to hard shutdown. Drivers are up to date for everything, been monitor CPU/GPU performance and it's certainly not being strained, or overheating. Sort of at a bit of a loss.

 

[KamahlRF]

So I have tried several different settings, changing resolutions/FPS/etc etc., nothing works. My PC still locks up. This ONLY occurs when OBS is open. I do not even need to be streaming, just having OBS open causes the PC to lockup. I was testing and playing around with my Scene layout and doing some practice speedruns offline, just had OBS open to preview what the stream would look like, and my PC still locks up.

This occurs 0 other times. I can play any game, any movie, etc etc., with 0 problems, I only have a PC problem when using OBS. This is with OBS Studio. I cannot even run OBS Classic without it crashing when I try to preview my stream.