Freezes/lag spikes.

[Clanky The Robot]

So i've had my prebuilt for a year now, and ever since i got it, I've had mini freezes/lag spikes. It's let me to believe it's my internet, as when i do decide to play fortnite, ill freeze, and see my ping jump from 20 to 300, and back down to 20. But when running task manager when playing fortnite, my network never seems to have a problem. From these videos and screenshots you can see. (these are taken while playing ARK, a game i should handle easily) These were taken right after a spike. Here is a clip of what i deal with multiple times every minute:
https://youtu.be/UWyoc0o0x-A 

 

 

[Mnky313]

It could be RAM, 8GB really isn't that much especially if you have other things open while gaming, when you say 'freezes/lag spikes' do you mean the entire computer locks up for second, the game freezes completely for a second, or the game still runs fine but everyone else freezes (like if you lost connection for a second)?

[Windows7ge]

Do you have the option available to use Ethernet? This could help quite a bit.

[LogicalDrm]

-> Moved to PC Gaming

[Clanky The Robot]

9 hours ago, Arika S said:

doesn't look like internet.

 

look at the  spike in disk usage along with the massive drop in CPU usage. do you have an SSD?

yes i have an ssd. SAMSUNG QVO 860, 520mb/s read and write, but this game is being run on my E drive and only my C drive is really being used

[Clanky The Robot]

9 hours ago, Mnky313 said:

It could be RAM, 8GB really isn't that much especially if you have other things open while gaming, when you say 'freezes/lag spikes' do you mean the entire computer locks up for second, the game freezes completely for a second, or the game still runs fine but everyone else freezes (like if you lost connection for a second)?

only the game freezes

[Clanky The Robot]

5 hours ago, LogicalDrm said:

-> Moved to PC Gaming

ive been gaming for over a year, ive never had a console

[Clanky The Robot]

9 hours ago, Windows7ge said:

Do you have the option available to use Ethernet? This could help quite a bit.

ive been told this could fix it

[LogicalDrm]

5 hours ago, Clanky The Robot said:

ive been gaming for over a year, ive never had a console

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