New 20" aluminum imac freezing.

ok so i have a new imac, its abut a month 2 month old, no trouble with it but last week it freezes a lot when i am in WoW, dues any one have any help? i never had any trouble with this freezing on my ether mac or any trouble with this imac till last week

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    Now they just need to figure out how to fix it.
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