This is my second incredibly weird question this week, but I'd be really grateful for any help anyone can offer. I've been experiencing some very strange instabilities on my system recently. Mostly it's been sporadic stuttering/slowdown - to the point where moving the mouse across the screen takes ten times as long as it should. This is an overclocked 4670k with 16GB of RAM so slowdown when the most intensive thing running is Firefox simply should not be happening. I've discovered that this only happens when Skype is running.
I have refreshed Windows, reinstalled Skype, set it to below normal priority in task manager, and still, when it is running, there is a chance that the computer will slow down to a crawl; ending the skype process fixes the problem immediately.
This has only been a problem with the system overclocked; returning to stock speeds and voltages seems to fix the issue, although I can't be 100% sure since it is, like I said, sporadic. I'm running an otherwise very stable 4.1GHz at 1.85V, with the ring clock at 3.8GHz. I can run Assassin's Creed IV with no issues but Skype kills my stability, which to me makes absolutely no sense. Anyone have any theories?
I have refreshed Windows, reinstalled Skype, set it to below normal priority in task manager, and still, when it is running, there is a chance that the computer will slow down to a crawl; ending the skype process fixes the problem immediately.
This has only been a problem with the system overclocked; returning to stock speeds and voltages seems to fix the issue, although I can't be 100% sure since it is, like I said, sporadic. I'm running an otherwise very stable 4.1GHz at 1.85V, with the ring clock at 3.8GHz. I can run Assassin's Creed IV with no issues but Skype kills my stability, which to me makes absolutely no sense. Anyone have any theories?
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