CPU usage goes down to 0% and results in lag spike

Qonnor

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Hello!

I've had my fair share of problems with this upgraded build I'm currently using.

The latest of these is that my games can start to lag randomly for a bit and then go back to normal. When I check my Task Manager, all the CPUs have gone down to a very low CPU usage - often as low as 0%.

I've tried overclocking it, my GPU, everything. No joy.

Also, I am fairly sure it's not a faulty CPU as I had one that did this before and got a replacement, so it's unlikely that both are faulty... but hey, what do I know?

Any help would be much appreciated.

SPECS:
AMD FX8350 Eight-Core (Overclocked a bit)
GTX 770
8GB DDR3 RAM (I have heard this can be the cause of some of cases like this?)
500GB HDD
Corsair 750W PSU
ASUS m5a78l-m Motherboard

Thank you!
 

Qonnor

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In all honesty, I don't know exactly. It's an Arctic Freezer of some sort. My RAM speed is default and it's 4x8GB.
 

Qonnor

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Though of this too - but I don't think so. It rarely exceed 65 degrees celsius.