Im getting a ton of Stuttering

[Sean Moss]

First here is my specs:

1. 64385 Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo Direct Touch 4 Heatpipe Heatsink AM2 AM3 1366/1150/1155/1156/2011

2. 64473 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 8GB 1X8GB DDR3-1600 CL10-10-10-27 240PIN Single Memory Module

3. 66010 Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA3 64MB Cache 3.5in Internal Hard Drive

4. 77498 EVGA Supernova NEX750G 750W ATX EPS12V Modular Power Supply 80PLUS Gold

5. 81325 Intel Core i7 4770K Unlocked Quad Core 3.5GHZ Processor LGA1150 Haswell 8MB Cache Retail

6. 84072 MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Z87 3PCI-E16 4PCI-E1 CrossFireX/SLI SATA3 4K HDMI USB3.0MOTHERBOARD

7. 84874 ASUS GeForce GTX 770 1110MHZ 2GB 7010MHZ GDDR5 DVI HDMI PCI-E Video Card

8. 89489 NZXT Phantom 530 Full ATX Steel Tower Case 3X5.25 6X3.5INT 6X2.5INT USB3.0 *No PSU* - Matte Black

9. 90112 LG WH16NS40 16x Blu-Ray Writer BD-R SATA M-DISC Support Black OEM

10. 90153 Intel 530 Series SATA 6GB/S 120GB 7MM 2.5in MLC20NM Solid State Drive SSD

11. 91219 Microsoft Windows 8.1 64Bit English DVD OEM


Now the problem started as a little stuttering in Farcry 3, that eventually turned into a big problem as my Ram (Corsair Vengeance 8GB) crapped out. It has been replaced with the same.

So 1 year later and the stuttering is back, only now its effecting all games and all movies.
Watching happy Gilmore last night and every few minutes it would be like hitting a bad lag spike that would last probably 5-10 seconds, with smaller random stuttering in between.

What could be wrong, where do I start looking.

 

[pearcenc]

is your gpu secure on the mobo?

 

[Sean Moss]

Yup, shes nice and tight in there.

 

[Elegroth]

Personally, the first thing I do when verifying that the issue is with hardware and not software is reinstall Windows.

However, it sounds like the issue is either with the CPU or graphics card.

Showing a video on the screen is handled by the GPU, but if the audio is there, other parts of the display are functioning correctly, but the video you're watching is randomly hitching, it sounds like a bad CPU.