Random freezes (2-6 seconds) in-game

Skaugify

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Hi guys! I've had a freezing problem for a while now, atleast 2-3 months. In the start, it wasn't that bad, so I didn't bother. But now, the freezes occur about 5-10 times a game in League of Legends. It also happens in Diablo 3, so it's some kind of hardware problem, I'd think. Anyways - yesterday, I was monitoring usage on my CPU and RAM, aswell as temperatures while playing Diablo 3. Everything seemed fine, but my CPU's usage dropped down to like 2% when the freezes occured. Turning down graphics didn't seem to help - And I tried to manage clock and voltage on my GPU, as I read that turning the voltage up a bit would help, but no. So I could use some help finding my problem here. I've also read that managing the timings on my RAM may help, but I'm not completely sure how to do it (how to correctly do it). Any answer is considered helping, thanks! :)

PS: As the freezes began to snuck up on me, i noticed that the sound would start looping by 0.5 seconds for a duration of 2-4 seconds. As if it was a broken record.


Mobo: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0
CPU: FX-8350 @ 4.6 GHz
GPU: XFX Radeon HD 7950 3GB @ 1007 MHz (Reset to 850 MHz)
RAM: Kingston DDR3 HyperX 1866MHz 8GB
PSU: Corsair AX 750W PSU ATX
Case: NZXT Phantom 820 Gunmetal
Cooling: Corsair H100
 

Skaugify

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As I have 8 cores, few games use all of my cores. All of the cores are active, yes. But in Diablo 3 for instance, only 4 cores are actuelly being used. i think Diablo used like 16% of my CPU, approximately.


 

MrJaffaCake

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Well games should use all of your cores by small amount so it works better. i was thinking something because the games are always on internet than it may be something about your internet connection. Is there more users in your household ?
 

Skaugify

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yes, but our 75 Mbit/s should be enough for 4 people. And yes, I have 4 cores running at a certain percentage of use, and the 4 others use like 5%. I do not think this has anything to do with my internet, as the CPU drops down really low when it freezes.