Anyone else experiencing a freeze during Rust Exp combined with a "CD skipping sound"?, at first the menu wasn't appearing, followed by the freeze and sound, now if i get into the game, i get periodic freezes where that eventually i have to restart the PC.
Re-installed a couple of times and validated game files.

win 8-64 bit

8 gb ram

ATI HD-5700

AMD Phenom II X-4 955

Windows Defender/firewall/AV