Occasional stuttering, both audio and video, when playing games or watching videos/streams.

[forkness]

While I'm watching videos, or playing games, my entire PC will briefly stutter/hitch. My mouse lags, the audio makes a robotic stuttering sound, and the video hitches. This only lasts for 1-2 seconds, and happens randomly, but roughly every 20-30 minutes. It only seems to happen when video/audio is playing; however, it may be occurring at other times and I just don't notice it.

I've tried updating ALL drivers, and killed unnecessary programs in the task manager, but no luck. I've also looked at the performance tab in task manager when the issue occurs, but there are no visible changes. As this only occurs every 20 minutes or so, sometimes even longer, the issue isn't too problematic for me while I'm gaming, but it's annoying.

Here's some details about my system: AMD RX Vega 56, Ryzen 5 2600x, 256gb SSD (windows runs on this), 2tb HDD, 16gb DDR4 RAM @2400MHz

 

[Ralston18]

Wondering - PSU: Make, model, wattage, age, condition.....?

 

[forkness]

Wondering - PSU: Make, model, wattage, age, condition.....?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H33SFJU/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It's an EVGA 500W, 80+ White. I bought it brand new in July of this year, which is when I built this system. All components were new, except for the RAM which I used from my old system.

 

[Ralston18]

What components?

Have you done any calculations to total up your system's required wattage?

There are a number of online calculators to do so or you can work it all out manually.

Unfortunately, PSU manufacturer's tend to inflate what their products can do with respect to wattage.

And device/component manufacturer's go "low" when it comes to power requirements.

All such values established under ideal circumstances....

There are a number of online calculators that can help determine the PSU wattage needed to support the power requirements relevant to some stated build.

Try 2 or 3 of the tools and look for some consensus therein.

 

[shknawe]

Use a latency monitor while running your computer until the stuttering happens then check it to see where the lag is coming from. You can find a free one here. HTTP://WWW.Resplendence.com

 

[forkness]

What components?

Have you done any calculations to total up your system's required wattage?

There are a number of online calculators to do so or you can work it all out manually.

Unfortunately, PSU manufacturer's tend to inflate what their products can do with respect to wattage.

And device/component manufacturer's go "low" when it comes to power requirements.

All such values established under ideal circumstances....

There are a number of online calculators that can help determine the PSU wattage needed to support the power requirements relevant to some stated build.

Try 2 or 3 of the tools and look for some consensus therein.

My apologies for waiting so long to respond.

Here is a link to my system: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/y3rMFt

After calculating the power usage of my system on multiple sites, I have found that the different sites give me an estimate between 380-430 Watts. The Cooler Master power supply calculator even recommends a 500W power supply.

 

[pianobench]

Your problem maybe due to your 2 TB hard drives. This is because spinning hard drives can get worn down with use. This occurs because newer games tend to load the game in the background while you play. Thus no loading screens. To test this, open up your computer’s side panel and look for your hard drive. Load up a game that stutters and listen for any unusual noise or “clicking” from that hard drive. If it is the hard drive, it will coincide with the stutter.

To fix this, consider purchasing a solid state drive for where you store your games. It should fix the issue if your hard drive is dying.