FPS drops in EVERY game! (Sorry new here don't know exactly where to post.)

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I am having very bad frame drops in every single game I play no matter if it is Battlefield 4 or Battlefield 1942 I will get frame drops about every minute that continually get worse the longer I play. Also, it happens on ANY setting I put it on whether it's very low or ultra!

My Specs:
CPU: AMD FX-6300 (Not OC'ed)
GPU: MSI Radeon HD 7730 1 GB GDDR5
RAM: Crucial 8GB DDR3-1333
PSU: Lepa 350w
MOBO: Biostar A96OD+
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1 TB
AMD GPU Driver: 14.4

Frame drops usually last 15-20 seconds and happen every minute. It tends to drop from the 40-60 range to 20 then the longer I am playing the whole way down to 1-10. I can't figure it out so I am asking for some help! It is VERY annoying!

Very appreciated! Thanks!
 
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"Actually, it can drastically reduce your GPU's performance. If a video card doesn't get what it needs from your PSU, it can go into a lower PCI-E mode (like 5x instead of 16X) which can result in a huge decrease in performance.

This can be confirmed with GPU-Z. Run it and make sure your card is in 16x mode. When I first ran 3DMark06 on my 8800GTS 512, the score was about 40% lower than I expected. I immediately suspected the PSU and I was right. I had to use the power combiner adapter that came with the card instead of plugging the standard 6-pin connector from the PSU. As soon as I did that, everything was fine.

Run GPU-Z and see what it says. Still, it's a long shot that the PSU is your problem."
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As far as I know the PSU is not even Bronze certified but..... I don't know if that's causing the problems. Also, the GPU ran fine for the first couple of weeks (I've only had it for about 2 months) but the past month has been horrible and just really getting worse. Also my temperatures don't even hit 50 degrees (Celsius) when I am playing BF4 which is the most GPU hard game I own.
 
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Try this solution or test
"Actually, it can drastically reduce your GPU's performance. If a video card doesn't get what it needs from your PSU, it can go into a lower PCI-E mode (like 5x instead of 16X) which can result in a huge decrease in performance.

This can be confirmed with GPU-Z. Run it and make sure your card is in 16x mode. When I first ran 3DMark06 on my 8800GTS 512, the score was about 40% lower than I expected. I immediately suspected the PSU and I was right. I had to use the power combiner adapter that came with the card instead of plugging the standard 6-pin connector from the PSU. As soon as I did that, everything was fine.

Run GPU-Z and see what it says. Still, it's a long shot that the PSU is your problem."
 
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It is currently running in 16x mode. I appreciate your help! Also I would not doubt it is my PSU.
"Currently running at PCI-Express x16 v1.1"
 
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