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So I reseated my GPU and did a BIOS update while I was at it, still having the stutter issue. After everything else I'm beginning to agree with @Nabiix, my CPU might be getting inadequate cooling or might be at the end of it's life.

Pretty much any game: ARMA III, KSP, R6, WOW, SC2, EFT, Apex, Among Us, Fnaf, Factoro, Rimworld, and so on. I haven't noticed it not happen anywhere. And I'll reseat my GPU, not a bad idea to do it anyway.

I get some conflicting information but here's the simple version: HWiNFO64: Shows no spikes, hovers around 52C idle, around 70-75C underload. BIOS: Stays at 50C. Corsair Thermals: All over the place when under load, anywhere between 40-90C. As for the cooler, I'm almost certain it's dead or almost dead. I got a new one on the way thankfully.

I have been troubleshooting this for the better part of a week and I can't figure out what the issue is. Here's the summery. Issue: Around Tuesday-Wednesday last week I started to experience this stutter occasionally when playing games. I also get a larger stutter when I open a menu in some games consistently. I also get this stutter while on desktop or really doing anything of any kind. It just started happening randomly out of no where, it could be age of parts (List in Specs), improper settings, or something else I don't know. What I have done so far: - Test parts with 3dmark, Cinebench, Kombustor, Memtest86 - Ran stress tests while playing games (Didn't change anything, not worse or better) - Overclocked and underclocked parts - Checked Voltage on parts - Sanity checked all SSDs (I did install a new SSD around this time but I unplugged it and the issues persisted) - Watched temps CPU max was 75C, GPU max was 64C - Trying different Sata ports - Rolling back graphics/windows drivers - Reinstalling graphics drivers - Trying different graphics settings - Trying games on different drives - Reinstalling games - Checked Vsync - Tested on all 3 of my monitors - Scanned and cleaned PC multiple times - Watched and played games while no background tasks were open Basically the only thing I haven't done (That I can think of) is try out different parts. Other observations: My CPU usage is quite erratic but I know that's normal since it's been doing that forever, and sometimes it does spike and I get a lag spike, however even after watching graphs for about an hour of playing different games, some games will have a very smooth CPU usage but it will still have the stutter. Other games I can have a huge stutter when loading a menu but CPU usage doesn't spike nor does GPU usage. Also GPU usage stays pretty much the same no matter what I'm doing at the time, different ofc between different games. I would say it's the SSD but even after taking the new one out it still stutters. My OS drive (ADATA SP900) is the oldest drive in the bunch being 7 years old, but the integrity is still 93%. More on the GPU I have done plenty of stress testing with it and it seems completely fine. Another note, I have had around 6 stutters just writing this post. Last thing I can think of is my PSU but I highly doubt it's that since it didn't have any issues when I installed it. Anyone have any ideas? Specs: I7-5820k (7 years of use) Gigabyte GA-X99-UD4 Mobo (BIOS ver: F24c) (7 years of use) Trident Z 64gb 3200mhz (2400mhz because of mobo at the moment) (1 year of use) EVGA GTX 1070 SC (4 years of use) Corsair RM750x PSU (Less then 4 months of use) SSDs: OS (Basic) - ADATA SP900, second (Basic) - MKNSSDCR480GB-7, third (Basic) - TEAML5Lite3D1T, fourth (Dynamic) - Seagate BarraCuda 120 SSD ZA2000CM10003 Elgato 4k60 card (Less then 2 months of use) Windows 10 64x Thanks!

Yes it's still under warranty, I got it 2 days ago. Also yes, I have tried changing it, but like I said, it doesn't matter what drive the game is on, it still stutters and this only started after installing the new SSD (And even after taking it out again). Which is making me wonder if it's something else but I'm still unsure.

It's the 4th one, the: Seagate BarraCuda 120 SSD ZA2000CM10003

I recently had this issue were my games would micro stutter and items would load slightly slower then normal. I don't know if this is because I installed a new SSD a few days ago or something but I have tried a lot so here's a list: - Disconnecting the new SSD - Trying different Sata ports - Rolling back graphics drivers - Reinstalling graphics drivers - Trying games on different drives - Reinstalling games - Checking Vsync - Trying different graphics settings The only thing I haven't tried is a different graphics card but I doubt that's the issue since I have done about 15 or so minutes of stress testing and haven't seen any kind of stuttering there, it's only in games (In WOW specifically it stutters when loading a menu). Also I moved a lot of data when I first got the SSD, though it was only games that were moved. The new drive is a Seagate BarraCuda 120 2tb. I am using SeaTools to look more at the drives and it says it's completely empty but windows says I have used 600gb so far. Could this be a sign of a bad drive? Any idea as to what is happening and how I might fix it if I can? Something to add: I can't tell if it's the SSD that is causing issues or the Graphics card since this only started happening about a day after the SSD was installed, but I didn't play any games that night to know for sure. Specs: I7-5820k Gigabyte GA-X99-UD4 Mobo Trident Z 64gb 3200mhz (2400mhz because of mobo at the moment) EVGA GTX 1070 SC Corsair RM750x PSU SSDs: OS - ADATA SP900, second - MKNSSDCR480GB-7, third - TEAML5Lite3D1T, fourth - Seagate BarraCuda 120 SSD ZA2000CM10003 Elgato 4k60 card Thanks

I recently had this issue were my games would micro stutter and items would load slightly slower then normal. I don't know if this is because I installed a new SSD a few days ago or something. I have tried a lot so here's a list: Disconnecting the new SSD, rolling back graphics drivers, reinstalling graphics drivers, trying games on different drives, reinstalling games, checking Vsync, and trying different graphics settings. The only thing I haven't tried is a different graphics card but I doubt that's the issue since I have done about 15 or so minutes of stress testing and haven't seen any kind of stuttering there, it's only in games. I also should add that I moved a lot of data when I got my new SSD, though it was only games that were moved. Any idea as to what is happening and how I might fix it? Also, the new drive is a Seagate BarraCuda 120 2tb. I am using SeaTools to look more at the drives and it says it's completely empty but windows says I have used 1tb so far. Could this be a sign of a bad drive? Specs: I7-5820k Gigabyte GA-X99-UD4 Mobo Trident Z 64gb 3200mhz (2400mhz because of mobo at the moment) EVGA GTX 1070 SC Corsair RM750x PSU SSDs: OS - ADATA SP900, second - MKNSSDCR480GB-7, third - TEAML5Lite3D1T, fourth - Seagate BarraCuda 120 SSD ZA2000CM10003 Elgato 4k60 card

Hello, I just bought a brand new 2tb SSD, after installing some games onto it I noticed I'm getting micro stuttering while playing games, it also doesn't matter which drive the game is on, (I have 4 SSDs installed). It doesn't matter which game it is, there is some kind of stutter that is happening and I have no idea what to do to fix it. I am also noticing slightly slower loading times on things. If it helps the SSD I have is a Barracuda 120, and a GA-X99-UD4 Motherboard. Note: The 2tb is dynamic, but it still stuttered while Basic. Edit: I missed some info that might be helpful: I moved about 1.5tb of data when I got the drive between all 4 drives. Could it possibly be that I might have moved something that didn't want to be moved? Update: I unplugged the new SSD and the issue still occurs, I'm beginning to think it's a driver issue. Thanks

Thanks all for the quick responses! I know how my mobo will operate with it all.

So that as far I do know is possible. I am running it on my current Mobo that has the same config as the X570 Crosshair VIII Hero with the 4k60 in the 3rd slot and it reserves 16 for the GPU then pulls 4 from the chipset. As for the m.2 @Fasauceome says it reserves 4 for it. So, 16x for the GPU (1st slot), 4x for the 4k60 (3rd slot), 4x reserved for m.2 (m.2 slot). Does that sound right?

Okay so that's great to know. I was getting worried that I couldn't have all 3 without ditching GPU lanes. Thanks!

Okay, so it doesn't have any dedicated lanes for things?

I can't find anything on this so I wanted to know more a bout how PCIe lanes work. My cpu has 24 lanes supported, 4 are taken for other tasks so that leaves 20 open. x16 4.0 for the graphics card and x4 3.0 for a capture card. Is the 3.0 and 4.0 interface considered separate from each other? Or do they both take up the same lane? The motherboard I'm getting soon has a 4.0 and 3.0 m.2 slot and I wanted to get one but I as you would expect I don't want my graphics card to go down to x8 just for the m.2. How do all the parts interact with the different versions of PCIe if that is the case? Parts for ref: X570 Crosshair VIII Hero Mobo RTX 3080 Elgato 4k60 Any 4.0/3.0 m.2 that I find. Thanks!

Okay, thank you!