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June 17, 2014 11:30:22 PM

First off, I apologize if this is a common question around here, I'm really not sure what else to do aside from posting here.
The issue I'm having is that I keep having a recurring stuttering problem. It started out as a *very* occasional thing, but has now gotten to the point where just opening games will start the issue. Sometimes, it will happen with just Firefox open. It's making me very frustrated and I would like to figure out how to fix this and move on. My specs are as follows:
MB GIGABYTE|GA-B85-HD3 LGA 1150 R
Geforce GTX 760
PSU CORSAIR | RM650 R
CPU INTEL|CORE I7 4770 3.4G 8M R
SSD 512G|OCZ VTX450-25SAT3-512G R
MEM 4Gx4|GSKILL F3-12800CL9Q-16GBRL
Windows 7

If needed, I could upload a video of what's happening, just let me know.
At the referral of a friend, I ran CCleaner just today and that didn't seem to work at all.
If somebody can help me diagnose and fix this, I will be in your debt!

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June 17, 2014 11:50:14 PM

Sounds like a hardware issue, most likely overheating. Check your CPU and GPU temps. You can also clear CMOS, maybe you got some overclocking options in BIOS set you are not aware of. You should also reseat all add-on cards and memory modules to make sure they are plugged in correctly. Check your cabling and all connections, you don't want them to be loose. In particular, check all power connectors (mobo, atx12v, PCI-e power). Don't forget to check your PC for viruses as well.
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June 18, 2014 12:47:39 AM

herrwizo said:
Sounds like a hardware issue, most likely overheating. Check your CPU and GPU temps. You can also clear CMOS, maybe you got some overclocking options in BIOS set you are not aware of. You should also reseat all add-on cards and memory modules to make sure they are plugged in correctly. Check your cabling and all connections, you don't want them to be loose. In particular, check all power connectors (mobo, atx12v, PCI-e power). Don't forget to check your PC for viruses as well.

Which piece of hardware sounds like it could be causing the issue? Any programs you recommend to check the temperature? I'm not the most techie of a person out there, I'm not really sure what you mean by reseating add-on cards and memory modules, I apologize.

I checked my wires, made sure to clean them up and all that as well. And no viruses.
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June 18, 2014 12:55:50 AM

MSI Afterburner has GPU and CPU temps, MHz, power usage, ram usage in real time, GPU should be close to 98% usage if you are running new games and CPU usage should be lower than that during gameplay.

Edit: I would also recommend upgrading to windows 8.1 or wait for 9. There is a lot of under the hood enhancements that utilize newer hardware like what you have. I have had both on the same PC and 8.1 has always felt faster/smoother outside of games, and a few games like Crysis 3 or BF4 benchmarked higher with 8 and when you upgrade, for me at least felt seamless (although took forever).
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June 18, 2014 1:04:26 AM

No problem. You should check your CPU (main processor) temperature first. There are many free programs out there which you can use to check your CPU temperature - one of them is CoreTemp. For your CPU (Core i7 4770) temperatures should be as follows:

- idle: 34 to 39°C
- operating: 55 to 65°C
- max: 67°C

Idle tenperatures are the ones you should get when your CPU is not calculating anything at all (for example just sitting on the desktop and not doing anything), operating temperatures are the ones you should normally see while performing tasks (such as gaming), and it is not safe for the CPU to ever exceed max value. If you observe that your temps are considerably higher than specified, your CPU cooler should most likely be either reseated, cleaned or replaced entirely. In this case, your best bet is to invite a skilled friend or a qualified technician who will be able to do this for you.

However, overheating is just one of the many possible causes for the stuttering you described. But for now, it is the prime suspect.
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June 18, 2014 1:12:57 AM

Agreed, I use tweezers to get the big chunks of dust that builds up in my CPU, you can get 99% of it out since there are a lot of chunks of dust (which reminds me I have to check my cpu for dust now). Just hit it from difference angles and you don't have to take anything apart.
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