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Jorge Brito

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Hello guys, I'm here today seeking some help. I have an AMD FX-6300 6 core CPU and an ASRock 970 Extreme 3 MB. In the past few weeks, I have noticed my pc being a bit sluggish in gaming. For a while I thought it was my GPU dying out. After further investigation, I see my CPU is dopping from its average 3400MHz and 17.0 Ratio down to 1300MHz with a ratio of 4. Any idea what can be causing this? I thought it may have been software reading the CPU wrong but all other programs are showing drops as well. I am kind of scared to test the processor seeing as it may be on its way out. Any idea what can be going on? Any information is appreciated.
 
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Well, I ran the tests and they came out fine. Asked a buddy of mine if he had any idea what was going on and he told me to run Malware Bytes. It appears something was in my system but I cleared it and it seems to be back to normal. In fact it's actually running a but faster and as before with no temp change. Thanks to all that helped me out today!
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2x4b

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The CPU running too hot would be my first thought.
Do you have a way to monitor the temperatures? (get CPUz if you need to) And clean off the CPU cooler with compressed air.
Let us know what the temps are like.
 
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That would be my guess too (CPU temp)...maybe the fan is caked with crud (or the bearings are worn out) and the fan can't spin up past a certain RPM. I'd run speedfan and then (carefully) something like Prime95 after you get that fan cleaned off to see what happens to the RPM.
 
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Jorge Brito

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I have cpu z and a program supplied by asrock that shows temps and allows fan control. My CPU temp is 35c at idle and about a peak of 45 under heavy load. I recently burnt out my cpu fan but was replaced same day as well as cleaning out the heatsink. By the time I noticed the fan died my temps had risen to 60c and I turned the PC off instantly.
 
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2x4b

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Those are good temperatures.
My next thought is along the lines of past damage (like when the fan had failed).
I cannot think of a reason for a cool, healthy CPU to self throttle.

But could the bottleneck be elsewhere. How is your memory, or hard drive health?
 
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Jorge Brito

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As far as I know they seem fine. I usually have a lot of programs open and RAM never seems to give me any problems. HDD is a basic Western Digital Green and it the loading times in games seem to be around the same as they've always been.
 
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Jorge Brito

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Well, I ran the tests and they came out fine. Asked a buddy of mine if he had any idea what was going on and he told me to run Malware Bytes. It appears something was in my system but I cleared it and it seems to be back to normal. In fact it's actually running a but faster and as before with no temp change. Thanks to all that helped me out today!
 
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