CPU updating. need suggestion

SymonAlex

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Hello everyone.

Recently i started playing games like BF 4, watch dogs, NFS rivals and many other games, so when i play bf 4 and far cry 3 like 15-20 minutes my pc just shuts off, my casing has 3 cooler fan so no overheating i believe and power supply is good enough (500 watt) recently i bought Sapphire R7 260X DDR5 and new external power supply (500 watt) for gaming, but this shutting off problem is really annoying, so i think main problem is my CPU, which is AMD FX 4100, when i bought this processor i didn't know anything about it, actually i didn't buy it myself, my uncle did, whatever now after doing a little research i think FX 4100 sucks for gaming, and i'm planning to buy a new CPU, Core i3 2100, so is this cpu good enough for gaming ? will i3 2100 bottleneck my GPU Sapphire R7 260X ?

any answer, suggestion will be appreciated :)
 
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Wrong. If your CPU or GPU cooler has a bad contact or its fan failed, or clogged with dust, you can have 100 fans in your case, but that wont help almost nothing.



Wrong again. 500 watts tell nothing about quality. There are 800W PSU's out there that can't hold a candle to a quality XFX 550W under load.

In summary, I would first check your CPU and GPU temps under load with HWMonitor. Report them back, if they are too high you will likely need to clean/reset heatsinks or change the entire cooler. If they are OK, then I suspect the PSU. Get a quality PSU like XFX Core 550W, it will be more than enough for your setup.


Wrong. If your CPU or GPU cooler has a bad contact or its fan failed, or clogged with dust, you can have 100 fans in your case, but that wont help almost nothing.



Wrong again. 500 watts tell nothing about quality. There are 800W PSU's out there that can't hold a candle to a quality XFX 550W under load.

In summary, I would first check your CPU and GPU temps under load with HWMonitor. Report them back, if they are too high you will likely need to clean/reset heatsinks or change the entire cooler. If they are OK, then I suspect the PSU. Get a quality PSU like XFX Core 550W, it will be more than enough for your setup.
 
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+1
 

SymonAlex

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SymonAlex

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take a look at this, this is my PSU http://bit.ly/1qkmEmD

 

Dunlop0078

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That is a very low quality psu im not sure if its causing your problem but its possible.