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August 1, 2013 11:22:48 AM

Hello,

Recently, I've assembled my own PC and it ran pretty smoothly couple of months, but right now I'm having some issues while gaming, the game freezes for half of a second, maybe even a second and then runs again, happens every 5-8 minutes, it's very annoying, I've ran Far cry 3 on highest settings and now it freezes while I'm playing DotA? I've checked my RAM using memtest86, and it gave me no errors, also I checked if the RAM is seated fully, and it is. I've cleaned the dust from the GPU&CPU&Fans, there is still some, especially on the back of the GPU (my vacuum cleaner is that not good, infact it's terrible)

PC specs:
AMD Phenom II X4 96 Black Edition 3.4 Ghz (CPU)
Nvidia GeForce GTX650 (GPU)
HyperX Blu 4 GB 1333 Mhz (RAMx1)
Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (MB)

Question: How to diagnose a bad GPU/CPU/MB?


PS.
It cant be a virus, and it cannot be my operating system, cause I've just re-installed my OS, used to have 64-bit win7 now 32-bit win7.

PPS.
I have the latest GPU drivers, even installed the latest chipset driver.

PPPS.
SpeedFan (Take a look at the voltage, I dont think that is normal)
Oh and I had a game running when I was taking this screenshot.

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August 1, 2013 11:36:36 AM

If it was a hardware issue it would be very unstable in nature. It wouldn't pause for a half of a second every 5-8 minutes, it would crash outright.

That sounds to me like typical background workloads taking priority, possibly a belligerent anti-virus. It could also be an aging hard drive.
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August 1, 2013 11:42:22 AM

Pinhedd said:
If it was a hardware issue it would be very unstable in nature. It wouldn't pause for a half of a second every 5-8 minutes, it would crash outright.

That sounds to me like typical background workloads taking priority, possibly a belligerent anti-virus. It could also be an aging hard drive.

HDD is new, bought it few months ago, still got the warranty for it. It may be anti-virus' fault, I'm using a free anti-virus called AVG, also I'm using anti spybot "Spybot s'n'd"


Should I do a stability test on my GPU? Using FurMark? I heard it's a very GPU intensive software, and may do some bad things to my GPU, but it might reveal some issues if I have some with my GPU.

Oh and I'm using a 650 Watt gaming PSU.
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August 1, 2013 11:49:54 AM

Alex Dmitriev said:
Pinhedd said:
If it was a hardware issue it would be very unstable in nature. It wouldn't pause for a half of a second every 5-8 minutes, it would crash outright.

That sounds to me like typical background workloads taking priority, possibly a belligerent anti-virus. It could also be an aging hard drive.

HDD is new, bought it few months ago, still got the warranty for it. It may be anti-virus' fault, I'm using a free anti-virus called AVG, also I'm using anti spybot "Spybot s'n'd"


Should I do a stability test on my GPU? Using FurMark? I heard it's a very GPU intensive software, and may do some bad things to my GPU, but it might reveal some issues if I have some with my GPU.

Oh and I'm using a 650 Watt gaming PSU.


Antivirus programs are notorious for slowing down PCs. Disable that shit and see if it stops.
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August 1, 2013 11:55:55 AM

Pinhedd said:
Alex Dmitriev said:
Pinhedd said:
If it was a hardware issue it would be very unstable in nature. It wouldn't pause for a half of a second every 5-8 minutes, it would crash outright.

That sounds to me like typical background workloads taking priority, possibly a belligerent anti-virus. It could also be an aging hard drive.

HDD is new, bought it few months ago, still got the warranty for it. It may be anti-virus' fault, I'm using a free anti-virus called AVG, also I'm using anti spybot "Spybot s'n'd"


Should I do a stability test on my GPU? Using FurMark? I heard it's a very GPU intensive software, and may do some bad things to my GPU, but it might reveal some issues if I have some with my GPU.

Oh and I'm using a 650 Watt gaming PSU.


Antivirus programs are notorious for slowing down PCs. Disable that shit and see if it stops.


Alright, will test if that helps.
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