First time poster, sorry if this has been posted and beaten to death. I am well aware and have been through most forums and posts at this point trying to find a fix for my issue. I built this pc myself two years ago, and have not been able to fully enjoy it. I am confident I built it correctly. While gaming ( I mostly game online ) I get what I describe as a micro stutter. The game will slow down and speed up every thirty seconds or so, essentially skipping a frame or two sometimes even "deleting a bullet or two I've shot" like what I just did didn't happen. I have high FPS and maintain the same FPS during these stutters, but as you can imagine, it makes tracking enemies in games like Apex Legends, COD, and EFT impossible. I had a cheap HP prebuilt before this computer, and as long as I played a game within my specs, I didn't have this issue. System Specs: Asus z370-e Gaming ( Drivers up to date ) Intel I7-8700k XMP profile H7 Quad Lumi Cooler G. Skill 16x2 ( 32GB ) Ram at 3200hz XMP running in dual channel Founders RTX 2070 ( not super ) No OC Samsung 870 EVO 1TB ssd 700GB free space left EVGA 850w Gold rated Windows 10 Acer Predator 1440p G-sync 165hz display I'm on wifi and have been gaming on wifi for 13 years with no issues like this Things I've tried. Playing on wired connection instead of wifi ( made no difference ) I have fiber internet and get 200+ down 20+ upload. Ping never goes above 30ms no packet loss Complete fresh install of windows 10 twice Downloading all up to date drivers Changing polling rate of my Razer mouse Using V- sync in control panel Turning on and off G-Sync Trying different sound drivers Monitored temps of CPU, GPU etc. All normal and not throttling. Changed power management to high performance Used different headset and mouse Turning Game Mode on and off in Windows 10 Turning XMP profiles on and off Turning off CPU overclock, default bios settings etc Someone please help me. I'm pretty much at a loss at this point. Thank you. SOLVED: Changing the drivers controlling my sata fixed my issue. Thank you everyone.

Micro Stuttering While Gaming

By Dark-ace
January 8, 2021 in Troubleshooting

mirco stuttering

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1291097-micro-stuttering-while-gaming/

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Go to solution Solved by Dark-ace, January 8, 2021

1 minute ago, TehDwonz said:

No, this option - "Let me pick":

Apologies.

Posted January 8, 2021

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3 minutes ago, TehDwonz said:

haha, that's exactly what I suspected had happened, no worries. Hope it's gone for good!

I'll know for sure tomorrow when I play with my friend. Only difference tonight while testing was I wasn't connected to Steam voice chat. But usually that dosn't matter, and I stutter no matter what. If this fixed it I'll report back for any future people having similar issues. Hate scrolling through Google and seeing all the "fixes" where the person never says if it was resolved or not.