My computer has developed a stutter

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monk3y

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I think it needs speech therapy...

Any ways recently computer has developed a stutter with both audio and video, this happens about ever 10 seconds but it varies and it last for less then a second. My original thought was that it was the video card, so I swapped it out for another card I have and that didn't fix it so I tried removing my overclock and that didn't fix it either. I am unsure what the else problem could be, could it be my power supply is going bad.

Q6600@3.6
2gb 1600mhz ram (one stick died and I am waiting for the other kit to get back from rma before I send it out)
Evga GTX 285
Asus Rampage Extreme
2x 500gb drives
1x 640gb drive
Corsiar HX520
 
I figured out the problem, I pulled the 640gb hdd from the system and it was fine. So I concluded my power supply is just to damn small.
 
monk3y said:
I figured out the problem, I pulled the 640gb hdd from the system and it was fine. So I concluded my power supply is just to damn small.
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doubt it. what's the voltage on your OC'd Q6600? Even if you were at max 1.5vCore, you shouldn't be pulling more than 450W unless that GTX285 is OC'd.
 
1.43 but I reset it to stock and that didn't fix it. If thats the case, idk what caused it. All I know is that once I pulled the 640gb drive it stopped.
 
could be the drive itself. did you run a drive fitness test on it or check its smart status?
 
TheResidentEvil said:
I would say hard drive too. The pauses could be it trying to read a bad spot.
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This. If you've ever been on a system with read/write errors, you would know the OP's problem first-hand. Even with occasional access errors, it still adds noticeable delays to app load times. And don't even try to copy files - that will try your patience.

Go get a replacement, and save your data while you still can :)
 
Well thats the last time I trust western digital, The drive was the problem. I backed up all of the data, thanks for the help guys.
 
I believe that's a little extreme of a measure for one solitary bad drive.

When did you buy it? You may be able to RMA it for a new, working drive -- WD Caviar Blue drives have a three-year limited warranty (that covers defective drives).
 
I am going to rma it, but this isn't my first bad experience with western digital.
 
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