Jittery/Jumpy Computer

Sir Bertie Bee · 15 Feb 2011 at 17:32

Evening chaps!

I recently built myself a PC, the specification for which is:

Gigabyte P67A-UD5 Intel P67 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Intel Core i7-2600k 3.04GHz Socket LGA1155
OcUK GeForce GTX 580 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-1000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel Kit
Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive
Corsair Professional Series Gold AX1200 Power Supply
(Plus other bits)

Now that it's up and running, I'm having one major issue with it. Every 5 seconds or so, the computer will freeze for roughly a second. For example, as I'm typing this out, it will freeze and then after a second everything I've written will appear. If I'm watching a video it will freeze every few seconds, and the same if I'm trying to play a game.

I've got the latest graphics card drivers installed (version 8.17.12.6658), and the computer isn't running too hot (roughly 25c idle).

So really, I'm after any ideas you may have, as it's really starting to get on my nerves!

Cheers
Paul

anuraj · 15 Feb 2011 at 17:36

Could possibly be the monitor.

Sir Bertie Bee · 15 Feb 2011 at 17:39

Cheers for the fast reply. When it's doing it, the mouse is still able to move, and I've tried two different kinds of cable to the monitor (HDMI and the standard cable) and it doesn't seem to make a difference with either.

Paul

anuraj · 15 Feb 2011 at 17:44

Have you got any spare ones and try to re plug everything while it turned off.

Sir Bertie Bee · 15 Feb 2011 at 19:09

I've just been having a play with REsource Monitor, and I note under the CPU usage that there is a 'program' called 'System Interrupts'. Just wondering what this is, and what it's caused by, and whether this could have anything to do with my problem?

Paul

lolwithtim · 15 Feb 2011 at 19:12

Sir Bertie Bee said:
I've just been having a play with REsource Monitor, and I note under the CPU usage that there is a 'program' called 'System Interrupts'. Just wondering what this is, and what it's caused by, and whether this could have anything to do with my problem?

Paul

Under threads does it come up with a number or just a -?

I don't think it is to do with your problem, since I've checked my resource monitor and it is on there too.

Do you have a spare monitor anywhere that you can try to use to see if it is the monitor messing around.

Jupiter · 15 Feb 2011 at 19:12

Me thinks thats a gpu problem. Maybe try running it with the integrated graphics. If that isnt the fault then 1 stick of ram and so on.