Random sound lag spikes/slight fps spikes

[MegazordOnline]

A few months back I started getting random lag spikes in games. First it was just diablo 3. But now I get it in World of Warcraft, Starcraft 2 and League of legends. When I lag I tend to lock up for 2-4 seconds and the sound lags by repeating itself over and over untill the lag subsides.

Iv test my ram with the software from the person its made by. I have tested my graphics card with furmark, nothing looked wrong there. I have tryed keeping an eye on my computers temperatures and nothing seems to go above what its meant to be.

I've tested my Internet connection several times and I don't seem to have any lag, bad ping or any jitter. Plus not long ago I streamed on twitch.tv with not problems whatsoever.

I've Updated all my drivers to the nearest date. I have done several scans with anti virus/spyware.

My computer stats and internet are.
Model: Dell studio XPS 8100
Graphics card: Nividia GTX 460
Memory: 6144MB ram
Hard drive:2.5TB
Operating Software:Windows 7
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80Ghz (8 CPUs), ~2.8Ghz

The spikes tend to happen whenever they feel like it.

This problem has been driving me mad for months because I just cant seem to put my finger on it.

 

[MegazordOnline]

Also Just did a disk check on my hard drive so the problem does sit there either.

 

[Scott_D_Bowen]

Is your CPU overclocking at all?

Are you running in High Performance, a GameBooster Mode, or Balanced power mode?

 

[MegazordOnline]

I'm running in high performance. Although im not using game booster, I have try ed it and it didn't fix the problem

 

[Sunius]

Make sure you're not running any games. Open Resource Monitor, CPU tab. Sort both services and processes by average CPU and maximize the window. Let it idle for ~10 minutes and then take a screenshot of it. Post it here.

 

[MegazordOnline]

Okay I got the screen shot where can I upload it on here or do I need to stick it on imageshack or something for you to see it ?

 

[Sunius]

Yea just upload it to www.imageshack.us just don't forget to select "do not resize" option!

 

[MegazordOnline]

Right I think I showed everything right. Let it run for 10mins as you asked.

Heres the screenshot: http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/6990/sourcemonitor.jpg

 

[Sunius]

Ok, looks great. It's definitely not background processes that causes the lockup. You said you monitored temperatures, but you never mentioned numbers? How hot is your graphics card and processor going?

 

[MegazordOnline]

These are my idle temps: http://imageshack.us/f/832/tempsj.jpg/

 

[MegazordOnline]

While gaming they increase by about 20 C

 

[Sunius]

Okay. At this time my main suspect is faulty drivers. My suggestion would be to reinstall windows.

Other possibilities (graphics card, power supply unit and motherboard) are harder to test: they require spare parts.

 

[MegazordOnline]

I have got a pretty decent psu, but the motherboard isn't great. But I don't really want to buy another motherboard unless im certain its the cause of the problem.

Im not to sure how to reinstall windows, I don't have the disk but I do have the windows key for windows 7.

 

[Sunius]

Here's a guide how to do it:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itproinstall/thread/c0e78d7a-883d-4caa-a8c0-1e127a14612a

Also, if you have USB key, you can use that instead of DVD disc to reinstall windows. You can use this software to make bootable windows installation usb drive:

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool

 

[MegazordOnline]

Reformatted my computer still have the problem, can anyone help me please. I think its gotta be hardware if reformatting didn't work.

(This has been so painful trying to play heart of the swarm and the Cutsceans keep freezing in parts of them . )

 

[MegazordOnline]

Im bumping up this thread as I still have the problem, and I have a question if someone can answer it.

Now after testing nearly everything in my computer I have read somewhere on the wow forums of possible hdd problems. Now I have noticed something about my hard drive it is making clicking noises. they are loud enough to be heard by me. it clicks twice about every 3-4 seconds.

Could this finally be the answer to why my games are getting stuck like a stuck record and getting this slight freezes?

Would appreciate any help you can give me.




Don't...

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http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/283384-33-read-first

 

[RegaNon]

I would think it is you're hard drive. I have the same problem and i put LOL on an external drive and it use's usb3 and now zero lag