Getting stutter in all multimedia applications

[Tschrom]

So, recently my PC has started stuttering intermittently whenever I'm using multimedia applications (games, video, audio, etc). I can't seem to determine the problem, however as a test, I ran resource monitor and one of the affected applications, and I noticed that my CPU usage drops off for a second during the stuttering. I'm not sure if that's the direct cause, or just another symptoms, but that's why I'm here.


My system specs:

Mobo: ASUS ROG Crosshair VI Hero (with latest bios, 6201)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 (clocked and locked to 3.4GHz)
Ram: Corsair Vengeance 3200MHz
GPU: ASUS Rog Strix GTX 1080
OS: Windows 10 64b, Update 1803.
PSU: Corsair AX860i
SSD with Windows: Samsung (can't recall model, shows no errors)
HDD with Programs: Toshiba S.M.A.R.T. 7200RPM 5TB

Anything other information needed, let be know.

 

[theyeti87]

Turn off the CPU overclock and see if that makes a difference.

 

[Tschrom]

I'll give that a try when I get home, but I'm not sure that would be it since I've been running that OC in a stable fashion since I bought the thing a year or so back, and the stuttering only recently started a in the last month or so.

 

[Tschrom]

Well, removing my overclocks did nothing to help. So, I took everything apart, cleaned it all out and re-seated everything, and now the stuttering is gone.