Dealing with freezing issues on After Effects 25.1 (build 68)

As mentioned, my After Effects starts to slow down over time if a project has been open for a while, not matter if it’s heavy or as simple as just trimming a video. 

I notice the timeline doesn’t move smoothly anymore and if I right click anywhere or open any window within the program, it simply freezes for at least 10 seconds or more.

My only fix so far has been to save the project when I notice the stutter and simply close and open again, but as you can imagine, it’s very frustrating and slows down my workflow by a lot, despite having a good build.

My PC build:

Windows 11 Pro

Ryzen 9 9950x3D

RTX 3090 FE

64GB RAM DDR5 6000 CL30

Everything is up to date with their latest drivers, I tried both using a separate SSD dedicated just for AE’s cache and not. Was told to try switching the layout from standard to something else, didn’t work.

Was also told that the Character tab seemed to cause this issue, didn’t seem to fix it by removing it. 

As mentioned this happens whether the project is heavy or even if no plugin has been using and just trimming. 

I’d appreciate any help as this is driving me insane, was previously working on After Effects 2020 as it seemed the more stable build on my previous machine and never dealt with stutters, but I wanted to upgrade as I upgraded my machine as well. 

Thank you.