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Computer not Performing
BreadfanDan
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Processor - I7-4770k
Memory - 8gb ddr3
Power Supply - Corsair CX750M
Motherboard - ASRock Z87 Pro4
Graphics - MSi GTX960 Gaming 2G
Not sure how to troubleshoot my current issue. My computer should be able to run most games at max settings, but it still lags horribly on lowest settings. I'm almost positive I have all my drivers but I could be wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Memory - 8gb ddr3
Power Supply - Corsair CX750M
Motherboard - ASRock Z87 Pro4
Graphics - MSi GTX960 Gaming 2G
Not sure how to troubleshoot my current issue. My computer should be able to run most games at max settings, but it still lags horribly on lowest settings. I'm almost positive I have all my drivers but I could be wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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MSi afterburner says about 75° Fahrenheit for the GPU.
Right now or under load while you're playing games?
75F is fine for a GPU (average idling temp for mine is 30C-35C...during games that'll bump up to 60C-65C). That CPU temp, though, is WAY too high. On my OC'd 4770k, I tend to idle at 30C-35C.
Most all modern CPUs will throttle themselves down when they're overheating to bring their temperatures down to less-dangerous levels. The stock heatsink that came with your processor should keep it well inside normal operating temps, though, so if you don't want to shell out the money for an aftermarket cooling solution, you could just pick up a tube of thermal grease/paste ($2-$5), pull off your current heatsink, scrape off the thermal paste, apply new paste, and reseat the heatsink.
That is "Holy shit" territory for an idling CPU.
I'm 99% sure this is a thermal paste issue. Either too much, or not enough. have you removed the cooler recently?
Basically, yea. buy some thermal paste, look up any of the 10 zillion guides on youtube on how to apply it, do that, and look and see what temperatures you get.
If you want to replace the stock HS/F, something like the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo is the minimum I'd go for.
I'd try to reseat the stock HS/F first, though.
even then if the fan isn't spinning if the thermal paste is right it wouldn't be idling at 100C. 99.9% sure it's a thermal paste issue.
My dad once was so very proud of himself, because he wanted to blow the dust out of his machine, he took the HSF off, blew out the dust, then just....put it back on. He couldn't figure out why his PC would shut off after 20 minutes. Points for effort in keeping his PC internals clear, but thank the gods for CPU thermal throttling.
you need to remove that heatsink, clean off the thermal paste, put new thermal paste on and the re-attach it.
With the IR thermometer readout during the AMD sections, I was just thinking to myself "There's gotta be a decimal point in there somewhere...right? I mean...there's just gotta!"
Ya that was around 2000 or so, pentium 4s at the time were the first chips to introduce automatic downclocking to prevent chip dmg, amd took a few more years to introduce it.
Awesoming because this is awesome news!
(Do I edit solved into the title or something?)