My PC has had freezing/stuttering issues for years and I'm getting sick of it

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RedSkyKing 12 Jun @ 6:49pm

First built my rig in 2016, no issues. Upgraded my mobo and CPU in 2022. First game I ran after the upgrade was Stray, and immediately noticed the freezing issue but thought it was the game itself. Nope, doesn't matter how graphically intense or bland the game is, indie or AAA. I posted on Reddit about this, nothing suggested worked except updating bios seemed like it fixed it but only for maybe a week.

More details on what actually happens. Visually, the game will freeze for a literal second, then speed up really fast for a second to make up for it. Sometimes this happens at random, but I mostly notice it happening during specific in-game actions (just before getting hit by an attack, reloading a weapon, killing an enemy). Basically, anything that interacts with the player in same way will cause this to happen. As you can imagine it's very annoying and disorienting. My benchmark shows a massive spike dip with my GPU when this happens, which I think is odd because this happened with my 1070 and currently RX 7900 GRE. Like I said, only after upgrading my mobo and CPU did this start.

This doesn't happen for every game I play, but a lot.
Here's my specs for before I upgraded and after.
Before:
Intel Core i5-6500
Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
G.Skill Ripjaws 4 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL15 Memory
GTX 1070

Now:
Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor
ASRock B550 Steel Legend ATX AM4 Motherboard
Same memory as before
Radeon RX 7900 GRE

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HIVEmind 12 Jun @ 7:00pm

Heat throttling... good water cooler.
Update the bios
Voltage drop? Did you undervolt
Try overclocking. Not alot but a boost again watch heat.

My 2 cents

RedSkyKing 12 Jun @ 7:07pm

Originally posted by HIVEmind:
Heat throttling... good water cooler.
Update the bios
Voltage drop? Did you undervolt
Try overclocking. Not alot but a boost again watch heat.

My 2 cents

I did use a stock cooler for a little bit before getting a new one. Games run at 65c give or take. Not a heating issue.
Already tried that as mentioned.
Mmm not sure about the voltage. I double checked to see whether the new parts were compatible. I have a 650w gold PSU.
Never overclocked before, may give that a shot.

ˢᵈˣ FatCat 12 Jun @ 7:21pm

Maybe the problem was your monitor cant catch up , try lock your fps to 60 ,could be PSU too, i believe you already update chipset

_I_ 12 Jun @ 7:25pm

was it the same os install on the new build?

you need ot install the mobo drivers?
https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/B550%20Steel%20Legend/#Download
chipset, audio, lan

RedSkyKing 12 Jun @ 7:33pm

Originally posted by ˢᵈˣ FatCat:
Maybe the problem was your monitor cant catch up , try lock your fps to 60 ,could be PSU too, i believe you already update chipset

Couldn't be my monitor since I got a new one this year. Another PSU mention, might be it. It's going on 10yrs.

Originally posted by _I_:
was it the same os install on the new build?

you need ot install the mobo drivers?
https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/B550%20Steel%20Legend/#Download
chipset, audio, lan

Same os yeah.
I actually don't know what drivers I have/don't have.

ˢᵈˣ FatCat 12 Jun @ 7:40pm

Not because your monitor fault or defect, more like your PC is struggle to get target Fps display,
Beforr buy stuff you should try maybe borrow someone's

RedSkyKing 12 Jun @ 8:11pm

Originally posted by ˢᵈˣ FatCat:
Not because your monitor fault or defect, more like your PC is struggle to get target Fps display,
Beforr buy stuff you should try maybe borrow someone's

No I'm not saying it's defective, but I made sure when I got it I adjusted everything accordingly. This problem existed with the old monitor I had.
Yeah let me borrow a $300 monitor from someone before I buy it...

emoticorpse 12 Jun @ 8:33pm

Originally posted by RedSkyKing:
Originally posted by ˢᵈˣ FatCat:
Maybe the problem was your monitor cant catch up , try lock your fps to 60 ,could be PSU too, i believe you already update chipset

Couldn't be my monitor since I got a new one this year. Another PSU mention, might be it. It's going on 10yrs.

Originally posted by _I_:
was it the same os install on the new build?

you need ot install the mobo drivers?
https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/B550%20Steel%20Legend/#Download
chipset, audio, lan

Same os yeah.
I actually don't know what drivers I have/don't have.

If you didn't re-install Windows, do that and get the right drivers and all that. It's pretty important.

ˢᵈˣ FatCat 12 Jun @ 9:06pm

No generally beforr buying stuff you need you 100% make sure the part is the problem, i borrow 3080ti, and even 100dollar DP cable easily,

RedSkyKing 13 Jun @ 5:14pm

Originally posted by emoticorpse:
Originally posted by RedSkyKing:

Couldn't be my monitor since I got a new one this year. Another PSU mention, might be it. It's going on 10yrs.

Same os yeah.
I actually don't know what drivers I have/don't have.

If you didn't re-install Windows, do that and get the right drivers and all that. It's pretty important.

Same os but I did do a fresh install of windows not that long ago. Never went through the drivers though. Gonna do that tonight.

Originally posted by ˢᵈˣ FatCat:
No generally beforr buying stuff you need you 100% make sure the part is the problem, i borrow 3080ti, and even 100dollar DP cable easily,

Are you talking about financing PC parts? Yeah no thanks.

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A Clöckwork Orange 13 Jun @ 6:17pm

Whens the last time you blew out the inside of your pc tower?

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A Clöckwork Orange 13 Jun @ 6:18pm

Update your motherboard bios?

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RedSkyKing 13 Jun @ 7:02pm

Originally posted by A Clöckwork Orange:
Whens the last time you blew out the inside of your pc tower?

Like every 4-6 months. It's clean.

Originally posted by A Clöckwork Orange:
Update your motherboard bios?

Mentioned in the first paragraph...

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RedSkyKing 13 Jun @ 7:21pm

You know, I just remembered, while installing the new mobo and CPU beer got spilt on my RAM. I dried them for a bit and re-used them.

Pretty sure that's it.

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r.linder 13 Jun @ 9:00pm

I would suspect a faulty CPU, quite a few Ryzen CPUs ended up faulty ever since the pandemic started, check your event logs for errors involving "Cache Hiearchy" as it usually indicates a problem with AMD CPUs

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