PC keeps freezing but mouse still works...

So my PC keeps crashing, sometimes when I turn it on straight away, sometimes after a few minutes, very rarely it doesn't crash.
However when it crashes, my mouse still works, I can still move it around. Sometimes on Chrome for example I can still click links, but they won't load.
In other apps the PC totally crashes when I click something.
I've tried drivers, firmware updates, it's definitely not overheating. Just cannot work out what the issue is.
I've got an SSD but not had any issues from it but i'm worried it could be this or the motherboard.
The red light on the front of my PC that flashes when my PC is working just goes solid red when it crashes, and the only fix then is a hard reboot. Very frustrating, especially if i'm in the middle of something.
Anyone got any ideas or ways I can test what the issue is?
Thank you,
Liam.
Edit to say i'm on Windows 7.
Edit again to say i've done Chkdsk on my SSD and it seemed OK...

NCN
After the above
I would update the SSD firmware and run windows performance recorder (if you can when you are having the problem) and it does run in win 7.
In order to diagnose your problem you will need to download and install the below
Install the WPT (Windows Performance Toolkit)
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30652
Help with installation (if needed) is here
When you have, open an elevated command prompt and type the following
WPRUI.exe (which is the windows performance recorder) and check off the boxes for the following:
First level triage (if available), CPU usage, Disk IO.
If your problem is not CPU or HD then check off the relevant box/s as well (for example networking or registry) Please configure yours as per the below snip
Click Start
Let it run for 60 secs or more and save the file (it will show you where it is being saved and what the file is called)
Zip the file and upload to us on Onedrive (or any file sharing service) and give us a link to it in your next post.
Wanikiya and Dyami--Team Zigzag

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