Question New Build - - - constant entire system stutter ?

[nijik ajies]

Hey all. Just recently finished building a new PC a few days ago, on occasion when its powered on the entire system will be constantly stuttering. Mouse movements will freeze and jump, videos/programs will stutter at the same time, audio can audibly be heard fragmenting and stuttering as well. All drivers are up to date, BIOS is updated, no temperature irregularities, tried re-seating GPU and RAM, and so on. The only way I can figure out to fix this, is by going into BIOS on start and loading optimized defaults.

This makes absolutely no sense to me, and I'd like to confirm the problem within my motherboard's return window just in case that happens to be the problem. I've changed Windows power plan settings for maximum performance, as I've heard about some people having their hardware bottlenecked by Windows default power settings. I've also disabled a few RAM settings in BIOS, just in case (DDR5 Auto Booster, RAM Power Down, and Memory Context Restoration). The reason for this is because I could not get the PC to POST when AMD Expo was enabled. I believe it should be compatible to use Expo? But I exchanged for different RAM sticks because I figured the ram was faulty and even with entirely different sticks it still couldn't POST. I'm suspicious of the motherboard's RAM slots and quality in general.

Build Specs
Mobo: Gigabyte X870 Eagle WiFi 7
CPU: Ryzen 7 9800X3D
GPU: PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6700 XT
Cooler: Lian Li AIO Liquid Cooler 360mm
RAM: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB, DDR5 2 x 16gb 6000mhz
PSU: MSI Mag 850w
OS: Windows 11

Thank you for your time.

 

[Ralston18]

Observe system performance using Task Manager and Resource Monitor. Use both tools but only one tool at a time.

Objective being to discover what the system is doing or trying to do when stuttering occurs.

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Any error codes, warnings, or even informational events being captured by Reliability History/Monitor or Event Viewer?

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Gigabyte x870 Eagle Wifi 7
+
BIOS is updated
For the sake of relevance, please state the BIOS version you're currently working with.

G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB, DDR5 2x16gb 6000mhz
Rams populating slots A2 and B2?

But I exchanged for different RAM sticks because I figured the ram was faulty and even with entirely different sticks it still couldn't POST
What did you change to or from?

850W Msi Mag PSU
Is this the PSU you're working with;
https://www.msi.com/Power-Supply/MAG-A850GL-PCIE5
?

When you installed the OS, did you install it in offline mode? Speaking of OPS, you forgot to mention the drive(s) you're working with. If you're working with NVMe drives, please mention which slots they're populating on the motherboard.

 

[nijik ajies]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Gigabyte x870 Eagle Wifi 7
+
BIOS is updated
For the sake of relevance, please state the BIOS version you're currently working with.

G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB, DDR5 2x16gb 6000mhz
Rams populating slots A2 and B2?

But I exchanged for different RAM sticks because I figured the ram was faulty and even with entirely different sticks it still couldn't POST
What did you change to or from?

850W Msi Mag PSU
Is this the PSU you're working with;
https://www.msi.com/Power-Supply/MAG-A850GL-PCIE5
?

When you installed the OS, did you install it in offline mode? Speaking of OPS, you forgot to mention the drive(s) you're working with. If you're working with NVMe drives, please mention which slots they're populating on the motherboard.

When I went to check the version, It was on F2 from August 2024. Which is odd, I 100% remember flashing the BIOS with the newest version (F3i from 12/19/2024) when it was first built a few days ago, and told me it was successfully updated, but it didn't seem to have actually applied. This could easily have been the source of the problem, I flashed it again just a while ago and system info is telling me it is now on F3i. I'll reply again in the future if this has fixed it.

RAM is in A2 and B2.

I originally used T-Force Delta RGB DDR5-6000 2x16gb, then returned and swapped for the G.Skill I mentioned in OP when I couldn't get EXPO to work.

Yes that is the correct PSU, the MAG A850GL.

Installed in offline mode I do believe, don't recall connecting Wifi or Ethernet when setting up first.

The storage is running exclusively NVMe, a 2tb Inland in the main PCIe5 slot, then a Samsung 980 and a Samsung 990 EVO in the other two.

On a final note, after flashing to version F3i, EXPO seems to be working for my RAM now.
I feel like a fool, lol.
Will come back to this thread in the next few days or so to confirm everything's working fine.