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March 20, 2014 10:27:18 AM

Hello. I am trying to fix my problem with stuttering in most games. When i play games, normally i have 60 fps( with vsync), but it can randomly go down 3-4 fps and the game will freeze for a second. My temps are fine, I have tested the ram with memtest and reinstalled windows several times. I gave back my gpu and psu to the store, they have tested them both and said it was fine. I have replaced my mobo for a cheaper one to see if it would fix it. Yet nothing changed.

Im starting to think it can be my hdd. At the moment im playing Diablo 3. When I enter the game, and cast a skill, the game will freeze for a sec, yet the next time when I cast the same skill it does not. When i open the inventory or any other windows in game. When i open one, game freezes for half a sec. When i open it again, it does not. I have this problem in 90% of my games.

i5 3570 3.4 Ghz
Asus gtx660
Corsair Vengeance 4gb
Corsair CX500 PSU
WD1002FAEX 1TB
Asrock h61m-v3

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March 20, 2014 10:33:12 AM

Have you tried without Vsync?
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March 20, 2014 11:09:34 AM

Vsync on or off doesnt change anything. With vsync off i can have like 120 fps, and i will get drops to 110 and the 1 sec freeze thing. Tried adaptive vsync in nvidia control panel, still nothing.
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March 20, 2014 11:13:40 AM

Ojposen said:
Vsync on or off doesnt change anything. With vsync off i can have like 120 fps, and i will get drops to 110 and the 1 sec freeze thing. Tried adaptive vsync in nvidia control panel, still nothing.


I don't think a dying hdd will cause problems like this... Maybe it's because you only have 4 GB of ram. Is it single or dual channel? (1 or 2 sticks)
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March 20, 2014 11:53:31 AM

are you over clocking,or maybe your are maxing out your psu.
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March 20, 2014 1:05:16 PM

No overclock. And its a single ram stick. I had 2 sticks before, each 4 gigs. One died a month ago or so,
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March 20, 2014 1:06:30 PM

Ojposen said:
No overclock. And its a single ram stick. I had 2 sticks before, each 4 gigs. One died a month ago or so,


Well did you have stuttering before it died?
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March 20, 2014 1:13:06 PM

Yes, it was the same.
Just now i used hddscan to scan my hdd for errors.
Results:


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March 20, 2014 1:20:54 PM

Ojposen said:
Yes, it was the same.
Just now i used hddscan to scan my hdd for errors.
Results:




Well your HDD seems to be ok...
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March 20, 2014 1:26:24 PM

Yes, now I totally have no idea what can it be. GPU,PSU were tested. Unfortunately I cant get diffirent ones anywhere to try and see.
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March 20, 2014 1:30:36 PM

Ojposen said:
Yes, now I totally have no idea what can it be. GPU,PSU were tested. Unfortunately I cant get diffirent ones anywhere to try and see.


are you maxing out your psu
meaning are you using it to the limit
you can check this by using a wattage monitor system.
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March 20, 2014 1:31:19 PM

Could you by any chance switch HDD's with someone and see if your build works well on an another HDD? That would eliminate all chances of the fault being in the HDD.
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March 20, 2014 1:33:36 PM

try this

dl and install http://www.guru3d.com/files_details/display_driver_unin...
power down
power up into safe mode
uninstall graphic drivers ALL new and old using tool
power down
power up into windows
go to nvidias site to dl drivers

could be latent driver remnants conflicting with your current drivers...
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March 20, 2014 1:40:48 PM

abeer72 said:
Ojposen said:
Yes, now I totally have no idea what can it be. GPU,PSU were tested. Unfortunately I cant get diffirent ones anywhere to try and see.


are you maxing out your psu
meaning are you using it to the limit
you can check this by using a wattage monitor system.


I'm pretty sure an insufficient PSU can't cause things like this. Either your PSU works or it doesn't and since there have been no reported BSODs or random shut downs it can't be the PSU.
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March 20, 2014 1:44:17 PM

I have deleted and installed new drivers 2 times. Used the 301 nvidia drivers before, right now im using the 334.89 driver.

Currently there is no way for me to get another hdd. As for the PSU, I dont think there is a software that allows you to see the wattage used by diffirent componets. I would need to buy a device for that, which can take some time.

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March 20, 2014 1:47:22 PM

did you use a tool such as ddu and uninstalled them in safe mode? if not just uninstalling a driver in windows causes remnants and conflict with new drivers
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March 20, 2014 2:06:18 PM

eduello i think it can be the psu as i think low power to the gpu can cause this.
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March 20, 2014 2:09:12 PM

abeer72 said:
eduello i think it can be the psu as i think low power to the gpu can cause this.


Shouldn't that just prevent the system from booting or shut down the pc when psu can't deliver enough power?
Besides, 500W should be more than enough for a gtx 660 and a non-k i5.
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March 20, 2014 2:16:14 PM

Well, I did give the psu to the store where they have tested it.
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March 21, 2014 12:42:25 AM

ojposen giving the psu to the store won't do any good as there is nothing wrong with it,i think you are just using it to the max.
eduello it could be that it is giving power to the boot drive and the cpu but not enough power to the gpu at times.
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March 21, 2014 4:51:07 AM

abeer72 said:
ojposen giving the psu to the store won't do any good as there is nothing wrong with it,i think you are just using it to the max.
eduello it could be that it is giving power to the boot drive and the cpu but not enough power to the gpu at times.


There are senors in the PSU and/or the motherboard that will automatically turn off the pc if the wattage exceeds set limitations. (Which means it can't output any more wattage)

And it's simply impossible that his sytem would actually use over 500 watts of power. CPU: 77W + GPU: 140W -> 217W.
I don't see how the rest of his sytem could use over 280W. Since the PSU was tested and is working normally, it should be able to handle the full 500W.
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