Question Why am I getting micro stutters with a new CPU?

[Lexuspurr]

I bought a new CPU for my budget PC (i3-6100 CPU). I get micro stutters in like every 2-3 minutes and they can be really annoying after a while. Before this I had a worse CPU. Is the problem probably on the CPU power connector? Is 4 pins not enough for this CPU? I connected 4 pins in my MOBO's 8 pin CPU power connector, because I heard on the internet I can kill the MOBO if I plug all the 8 pins in the CPU power connector. I'm new for PCs.

Specs:
GPU: ASUS GTX 1050 TI 4GB
CPU: i3-6100, like I said
PSU: Thermaltake 700W
RAM: Kingston HyperX Predator 8GB DDR4 3000 MHz
ASUS ROG STRIX B250G Motherboard

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

4-pin or 8-pins won't make any difference with your i3-6100. What game are you getting the microstutters? Did you perform a clean install of Windows with this system? What about your primary drive?

 

[Lexuspurr]

4-pin or 8-pins won't make any difference with your i3-6100. What game are you getting the microstutters? Did you perform a clean install of Windows with this system? What about your primary drive?

I get microstutters in Battlefield 1, Apex Legends and Witcher 3. I didn't perform clean install of Windows, my primary drive is a Samsung 860 EVO 250 GB. If I speak with someone on discord I get micro stutters in every game.

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

I don't mean a clean install when you swapped the CPU, but when you began using the system with the motherboard and SSD.

Your CPU may be limiting you since those games are likely using 100% of your CPU.

 

[Lexuspurr]

I don't mean a clean install when you swapped the CPU, but when you began using the system with the motherboard and SSD.

Your CPU may be limiting you since those games are likely using 100% of your CPU.

I did a clean install and now it works perfectly.