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I guess I should clarify. I didn't play much of any games for roughly the first month, so I can't say for sure if the issue existed then. My case is a little cramped, but I'm fairly certain I mounted the motherboard correctly on the holes for uatx. If not, could that really have a large impact...

Alright, I will try that. I have resource monitor open, should I be looking within the cpu tab for cpu usage spikes to 100% percent? Or am I checking memory, to see if something randomly uses a lot of RAM during gameplay? And yes, I always have this problem, ever since I built my PC a few months...

Cheers my friend. I will head over to Microcenter with my rig and check out that cooler. It was also suggested to enable Intel's turboboost, so it wouldn't throttle. Unfortunately that didn't work, seems everything leads to cpu overheating issues.

A 6pin and a 6+2pin directly from my psu are the only connectors to my 970

Alright, so I reseated all my cables on all of my hardware to be certain nothing was loose. I ran memtest86 which showed no errors for my ram. I swapped gpus for an older 560 and the hiccups continued. I did some graph monitoring like you advised, and it doesn't appear to show any strange...

I did a fresh format and reinstall of Windows. Only installed the drivers and games to test, and the problem persists. I don't think anything's running in the background, processes show 0-5% usage before I start the game up. Okay, so I've ruled out RAM (memtest86 showed no errors) GPU (swapped...

Pulled some info from bios, not sure what to make of it. +3.3V/3.363V +5V/5.160V +12V/12.168V DRAM Voltage 1.412V CPU Vcore 1.080V Everything look normal?

Alright, that makes a lot of sense. The heatsink is the intel one that came with the cpu (I have heard they are not that reliable). Should I try getting an aftermarket cpu cooler and apply some new thermal paste? I have a Corsair Carbide Series 300R case with a front, rear, and top fan. No...

Hmm alright, how do I go about doing that? The reviews were solid on the one I purchased, and it's obviously working enough to power my components currently. Is there a way to tell if it's faulty or not giving the right amount of power or something? ---------- Post added at 10:51 AM ----------...

I am having a very annoying and obtrusive issue with random hiccups or mini freezes while playing all my games. Hopefully one of you will feel like racking your brain and help a fellow gamer out. Most recently: Diablo 3, Heroes of the Storm, and GTA 5. It doesn't matter what graphics quality...