Computer is randomly freezing and sometimes BSOD

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Hello,
I have been running into an issue lately and need some help troubleshooting to figure out if it's a hardware issue or not.

Basically, over the past month or so, my computer will randomly hard freeze (mouse won't move, image is frozen), and if I'm lucky it will then go to BSOD but most times it will just need to be hard power cycled.

When it does BSOD, the issue shown is CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT, which makes me wonder if one of my devices (a microphone and a cooler master keypad) might be causing driver issues - since they are the only external devices I plug in.

This issue shows up randomly - sometimes while I am playing games, other times when I am just idling on the internet. Also, if the computer goes to sleep overnight, often times it won't wake back up and I have to power cycle.

Specs:
Windows 10 build 18363

32GB DDR4 RAM

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Asus Prime X570-Pro motherboard

Nvidia RTX 2070 Super


Troubleshooting attempted so far:
Replaced RAM
Reinstalled Windows
Stress testing with Prime95 - no crashes

Windows 10 Memtest - no issues


The issue popped back up about a week after reinstalling windows. The only devices I have plugged in besides mouse and keyboard are an Audiobox USB for my microphone, and a Cooler Master ControlPad. These devices were the only "new" things I have plugged in that I can think would be having driver issues, but they worked for over a week before crashes started so I can't tell for certain.

Any help would be really appreciated! I have uploaded a minidump at: 031220-13140-01.dmp

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