Some help would be appreciated (system hitching)

[nenuk07]

s the tittle says, my system is experiencing hitching in plenty games

My system is the following


Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z270-A (New Component)
CPU: Intel I-5 7600k (New component)
GPU: MSI Geforce GTX 1070 Armor 8 GB VRAM DDR5 (New component)
RAM: Kingston Technology ValueRAM 8GB 2133MHz DDR4 (2x8GB) (New component)
SSD: Kingston Digital 120GB SSDNow V300 SATA 3 2.5 (Have 3 years with me)
HDD: Seagate Desktop 2TB 3.5-Inch HDD SATA 6Gb/s 64MB (Have 3 years with me)
PSU: Thermaltake TR-800P TR2 BRONZE 800W ATX 12V V2.3 / EPS 12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply (https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16...) - Older piece I have (like 8-9 years with me).
Cooling System: Corsair H100 Watercooler (2 years with me)

The hitching happens:

Sometimes when combat in skyrim,
Whenever I change pages in my collection in hearthstone for the first time in a session.
Sometimes when I perform a X-ray in Mortal Kombat XL

What can be bottlenecking me and causing the hitching?

Thanks in advance!

 

[thx1138v2]

You didn't say how new your new components are so this may not apply but the first thing I would do is clean everything and unseat/re-seat all cables and connectors - just standard preventive maintenance.

After that I would suspect the PSU because of its age. It may be having a hard time keeping up with power requirements under load. I suspect you've upgraded a lot of parts without updating the PSU. It should have enough power and I wouldn't think that was the problem if it was newer but they do, like everything else, degrade with age.

 

[gasaraki]

Hmm, that is a hard one. Usually FPS drops or studdering is caused by heat. Do you have enough case fans? Also, check and see if the water cooler is working properly. Get a software tool and look at the max temps when your system is running.

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html

Look at the temp for your cpu, gpu, and ssd.

 

[Jim90]

Put your components into a couple of PSU wattage calculator sites. Then re-check your current PSU output. Scan some reviews of your PSU - anything to worry here?
Download and run something like MSI Afterburner (it's free). Set up logging then run a game for a few minutes (lots of tutorials on youtube). Stop the game and check out CPU, GPU and memory usage in the log. Anything that might help here?...how's the GFX card memory usage? any bottlenecks (close to 100% usage)?

 

[nenuk07]

You didn't say how new your new components are so this may not apply but the first thing I would do is clean everything and unseat/re-seat all cables and connectors - just standard preventive maintenance.

After that I would suspect the PSU because of its age. It may be having a hard time keeping up with power requirements under load. I suspect you've upgraded a lot of parts without updating the PSU. It should have enough power and I wouldn't think that was the problem if it was newer but they do, like everything else, degrade with age.

Is there anyway to check if my PSU is underperforming (With a software or something like that?) I am pretty noob with the wattage/electricity of my PC

 

[nenuk07]

Hmm, that is a hard one. Usually FPS drops or studdering is caused by heat. Do you have enough case fans? Also, check and see if the water cooler is working properly. Get a software tool and look at the max temps when your system is running.

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html

Look at the temp for your cpu, gpu, and ssd.

Already checked my temps, and (under heavy load) it normallly stays under the 50/60 celsium range (GPU and CPU) about the case fans, got 5 of them.

 

[nenuk07]

Put your components into a couple of PSU wattage calculator sites. Then re-check your current PSU output. Scan some reviews of your PSU - anything to worry here?

May you explain a little more about those PSU wattage calculator sites? looking in google and could't find any

Download and run something like MSI Afterburner (it's free). Set up logging then run a game for a few minutes (lots of tutorials on youtube). Stop the game and check out CPU, GPU and memory usage in the log. Anything that might help here?...how's the GFX card memory usage? any bottlenecks (close to 100% usage)?

I am using CAM at the moment and normally (in games) my system runs at 50% but in cpu heavy games like GTA V my cpu goes to like 90%

Does it help if I post some benchmark using Userbenckmark?

 

[Jim90]

"May you explain a little more about those PSU wattage calculator sites? looking in google and could't find any "

http://www.coolermaster.com/power-supply-calculator/
http://www.powersupplycalculator.net/
http://www.bequiet.com/en/psucalculator
https://www.msi.com/power-supply-calculator

--> try all 4 to give you a general idea.

"re-check your current PSU output. Scan some reviews of your PSU - anything to worry here?" --> you also need to do this.

You don't need to post benchmarks...unless you don't understand what you're seeing in the logs - lots of youtube videos explain better.

 

[nenuk07]

"May you explain a little more about those PSU wattage calculator sites? looking in google and could't find any "

http://www.coolermaster.com/power-supply-calculator/
http://www.powersupplycalculator.net/
http://www.bequiet.com/en/psucalculator
https://www.msi.com/power-supply-calculator

--> try all 4 to give you a general idea.

"re-check your current PSU output. Scan some reviews of your PSU - anything to worry here?" --> you also need to do this.

You don't need to post benchmarks...unless you don't understand what you're seeing in the logs - lots of youtube videos explain better.

checked all the outputs unplugged the psu to my computer and puggled it back, the problem it's still there.

About the reviews of the PSU... Well the PSU it's quite old and it has been discontinued, mine has 9 years with me, but it was quite a beast back then according to reviewers, So what you guys tell me, to give a shot and replace the PSU?

 

[nenuk07]

bump

 

[thx1138v2]

You didn't say how new your new components are so this may not apply but the first thing I would do is clean everything and unseat/re-seat all cables and connectors - just standard preventive maintenance.

After that I would suspect the PSU because of its age. It may be having a hard time keeping up with power requirements under load. I suspect you've upgraded a lot of parts without updating the PSU. It should have enough power and I wouldn't think that was the problem if it was newer but they do, like everything else, degrade with age.

Is there anyway to check if my PSU is underperforming (With a software or something like that?) I am pretty noob with the wattage/electricity of my PC

The SpeedFan free software utility will show voltages detected in the BIOS but this isn't really the PSU voltages. You'll need to watch it for a while and under different operating conditions to see the reported voltages. I'm not sure how accurate it is. To a large extent accuracy is going to depend on the quality of the motherboard circuits detecting the voltages.

The best way to do it is to use a hardware tool that you plug the PSU's output cables into that will run it through a number of load conditions.

There is a lot more to a PSU than just the Wattage. Keep in mind that everything connected to the computer relies on clean, stable power to function properly.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/power-supplies-101,4193.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/psu-buying-guide,2916.html
https://www.lifewire.com/power-supply-voltage-tolerances-2624583