Strange intermittent FPS lag

[Sangetsu4129]

Hello, so this problem has been happening ever since ive built this computer. Im not sure if its a comparability problem with any of my hardware or something. I would just like this solved.

My specs are
OS: Windows 7 home premium service pack 1
Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight core 4.0GHz
GPU: MSI geforce GTX 670 power edition
Ram: 16GB Gskill Ram
Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme 3.
PSU: Corsair GS700W

The problem happens when im on skype, watching netflix, watching youtube or streaming while also playing a video game. Otherwise when im not on any of the previous mentioned things it is perfectly fine. I normally get around 80-100 fps in world of warcraft, but when the lag spikes hit i go down to 1-10 fps for 10 or so seconds then it goes back up....this problem happens every few minutes.

I am willing to spend money on new hardware if that is what it takes to fix the problem

Thank you for your time

[Sangetsu4129]

Bumping >.<

This problem still persists and i really would love assistance. It is getting worse now than ever before

[lloose]

This is a tough thing to diagnose on a forum. It really could be a lot of things ranging from bad memory to something running inter background to cpu temps.

[axhed]

have task manager running and watch to see what process jumps up when it happens.

steam bootstrapper was the culprit for me once.

[Deleted]

How about checking CPU/GPU temperatures first? When it happens you want to know how hot things are, and then move from there.

[Sangetsu4129]

Well what i noticed by having task manager open my CPU usage skyrockets. Ill download CPU temp and GPU temp to check those.

[Nellah]

Task manager also shows you what program is causing the CPU spike. The "Processes" tab will hint you on what application is causing the issue.

Might be worth running a good old fashioned virus/malware scan on the PC, too. Malwarebytes tends to nuke about 90+% of known malware pretty easily.

[Sangetsu4129]

The thing is this has happened for a while now, like after 2 fresh installs of windows, this problem still persists so what i was thinking it was is a hardware issue.