Games freeze and stutter after 2 hours of continuous gaming

Krozius · Mar 30, 2016

As stated in the title, I am experiencing freezing stutters that seem to start happening around the 2-hour mark of continuous gaming. It happens when the game tries to load a new area. Before that, I can play at 60FPS in The Division and Need for Speed 2015.

My rig:
Mainboard: Gigabyte GA-H61M-2SPV
CPU: Intel Core i5 3570k
GFX: Gigabyte GTX970 G1 Gaming
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz 8gb dual channel
HDD: Seagate ST31000524AS 1TB 7200RPM
PSU: CoolerMaster G750M 750W Modular 80+ Bronze.
OS: Windows 8.1 x64

Any input is greatly appreciated!

Tradesman1 · Apr 1, 2016

Hardware wise looks good, how are CPU, mobo and GPU temps?

Krozius · Apr 1, 2016

GFX: 32-35 on idle, 59 on full load after about 1 hour
CPU: 34-40 on idle, 70 on full load after about 1 hour.
HDD: Stable at 28

Although I have to mention a flaw in my design....
The HDD is SATA3 6Gbps and the RAM is 1600MHz, when the MB only recognizes up to SATA2 3Gbps and DDR3 1333MHz...
Does that have anything to do with my problem, or should I not worry about it?

Tradesman1 · Apr 1, 2016

Don't think that would be it.....Do you have a different PSU you could try?

Krozius · Apr 1, 2016

Unfortunately, no. The last one I had was 450W, it can't support the rig anymore.
Speaking of PSU, is there a problem in the voltages I should be aware of? What are the usual voltages?

Tradesman1 · Apr 1, 2016

If coming around after two hours or so am wondering if PSU getting weak (maybe just age), or starting to fail, it can be getting too hot

Krozius · Apr 1, 2016

I bought the PSU about a month ago.

Tradesman1 · Apr 1, 2016

Should be fine then, but some are 'bad' right out of the box...also, sorry, but nothing else comes immediately to mind....will try and think of something else

Krozius · Apr 1, 2016

There have been some issues with bad grounding in my room, like someone activating the kitchen in the next room and my PC freezing for 2 seconds, will try to get that sorted out and see if it changes anything.

Tradesman1 · Apr 1, 2016

That could be, if on an overloaded electrical circuit, or a miswired one (i.e. no ground, ground/neutral crossed, etc)

Krozius · Apr 1, 2016

Ok, I've changed the power socket to a different one in my room. So far, the issue seems less prevalent, but it's there, albeit taking longer to show up.

Krozius · Apr 3, 2016

Sitrep: I have disabled Superfetch and Prefetch, seeing if this makes any difference now.

-UPDATE- The issue seems mostly gone, just hanging for a second or two when loading new areas in Need for Speed. I'll test it in witcher 3 and the division to make sure.

pxbxgkxd · Aug 8, 2016

Hi man, did you fixed your issue? I've been fighting with this problem for 6 months now and I think it's my PSU. I replaced PSU and GPU 6 months ago and stuttering started. RMA:ed my GPU 5 times and it didn't fix my issue. Have to try with another PSU but haven't got another PSU yet...

Krozius · Aug 8, 2016

I had a double screen layout, with the secondary screen plugged in the onboard graphics. Removing it seems to have fixed it. I suppose it put too much strain on the CPU.

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