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I have a problem with p2pool. It started a few days ago. I'm looking for some help.

Changes:

• added p2pool and litecoin in addition (reverted this change)
• rebooted the computer (didn't install windows updates

Specs:

• 1.9 AMD dual core, 3GB ram, Vertex 3 SSD, windows 7, QT 8.1, p2pool 11.4

Problem:

• restarted machine
• ran p2pool litecoin and bitcoin
• Getblock latency at 10-15 seconds and bitcoin-qt unresponsive. At this point, I stopped using the litecoin node and client
• restarted computer
• Now for the past hour, getblock latency has gone from <1s to 10s, increasing DOAs - after I finished this post, it is now at 12 seconds.
• Everything is now as it used to be before but getblock latency is still massive and bitcoin-qt is slow to respond.
• restarting p2pool does not reduce the latency but restarting bitcoin does - but then it creeps up for an hour or 2 to 10-15s
• My CPU usage graph looks like a sine wave with an extended top . It is mostly bitcoin-qt with a bit of run_p2pool.exe
• I've not had problems like this before with this exact setup.

trying a bitcoind rescan. not sure if it will help. - it didn't make a difference.

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Thanks in advance.