Strange problem that may be cpu related?

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apardee87

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I built a new computer about a year ago, and ever since I built it, about 1/5 times I boot, I will receive very strange lag while playing any games or watching any movies. The games will run as if they are at 1FPS and lag with such a hitch and stutter its unplayable. Movies will do the same, skipping as if it was a scratched DVD. The only way to fix this, is to completely turn off the computer, and after shut down press the switch on the back to remove power to the PSU. After several seconds I can turn it back on and it will run normal and as fast as it was before. I have never experienced this with any of my prior builds or with any friends or family PC. Does anyone have any idea what this might be? Iv looked through google for answers the best I could and have replaced the CPU fan with a new cooler master fan, bought a new cooler master case for better cooling (thought it may be a cooling issue). None of this has worked. Any tips or suggestions would be much appreciated and welcome. THANK YOU!
 
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CASE: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced Blue Edition RC-932-KKN3-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0, Black Interior and Four Blue LED Fans-1x 230mm front fan, 1x 230mm top fan, 1x 230mm side fan, and 1x 140mm rear fan
MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-990XA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990X SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1075T Thuban 3.0GHz Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDT75TFBGRBOX
CPU COOLER: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible with Intel 1366/1155/775 and AMD FM1/FM2/AM3+
OS SSD: SAMSUNG 840 Series MZ-7TD250BW 2.5" 250GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Storage HD: Western Digital WD Black WD5002AALX 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL10S-8GBXL
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL
GPU: EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1461-KR GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
PSU: COOLER MASTER Silent Pro M600 RS-600-AMBA-D3 600W ATX12V V2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Bronze Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Disc Drive: ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM




 
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The PSU was purchased 6/14/2011 and built shortly thereafter. It was used in the same spec but before i had a antec 902 v3 but the top 240mm fan went out so i suspected insufficient cooling which is why I completely swapped the build into the cooler master case and upgraded the CPU heatsink/fan. Around the same time, i also upgraded to an SSD from the HD. This was around 11/21/2012.

EDIT in reply to "If you do not turn off the computer, does it present those symptoms after time?"

yes. It will continue to do this if any games or media is being ran. I am able to freely move my cursor around the desktop however,. When I alt tab, windows close slightly slower than normally as well. This problem WILL persist until computer is shut down, psu is deactivate via switch, and then reset and rebooted. Quite annoying.

 
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I suspected the video card as well, I havent tried swapping any cards out yet as this is one of my primary machines in use. Im really riddled by why this problem would only occur 20% of the time at max and only be remedied by a shut down and deactive switch on psu OR unplugging psu altogether (iv found more wear and tear unplugging and plugging repeatedly is worse so i use the switch). I only know this is what fixes it because i have tweaked with this machine so much.
 
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apardee87

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So today it happened again, first time since I posted on the 12th. Turned pc on, seemed like everything was fine. Was listening to music like normal (streaming music and things like pandora or youtube work just fine, no lag or hitch) Then I go and load diablo 3, and the game loads normal, it appears normal on the login screen, and I dont hear any hitch in the sound, because I was listening to pandora at the time. THEN, like a cold wind coming over me, diablo 3 loads into the game and everything IN game is moving slow. As if im getting low frames or going in slow motion. My music is not lagging, I am able to alt tab, but the game itself is being ran as if in slow motion. So I alt+f4 diablo, and I do my test that I do to make sure it is the problem that is normally occuring, and I run a movie through VLC. Again the movie is running very slow with choppy sound, yet pandora and youtube work just fine? Turned the pc off via start menu shutdown, after it was fully shut down, I hit the psu power switch give it a moment and turn it back on, and the problem is gone. This has to be my gpu right?
 
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And what should I be looking for with this program?
 
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