Are any of my components starting to die?

Jeffdom55 · Sep 30, 2014

My games recently have been very laggy, when maybe a month ago they would run amazingly. I did a reformat on my hard drive and things are still bad. Is something going on with my hard ware? I'm pretty I've downloaded all the correct drivers I don't know what it could be.

Oops forgot specs: MSI Z77A-G41 Motherboard, Radeon 7950, 8G RAM, Intel 3570k Processor and 550 Powersupply (60$ cheapish) 1TB Hard drive Weston

okcnaline · Sep 30, 2014

Specs?

Opp pah!!! You had the specs all along. Your computer shouldn't die. It's still fairly new.
Where is the computer located (in a cupboard, etc.)? And is there dusts in the fan?

Ce3in · Sep 30, 2014

You need to check for heat in your components. Also be prepared for a new HDD as it is likely it is the component that is hit.

Jeffdom55 · Sep 30, 2014

Ce3in :

My graphics card runs pretty average about 65C

Jeffdom55 · Sep 30, 2014

okcnaline :

No, no cupboards. And I cleaned it about a month ago, took a cloth and some Qtips and cleaned all the crap off.

manicmike · Sep 30, 2014

How much of your RAM are you utilizing? if you have 8GB and a bunch of stuff running in the background, or never restart your PC, that could be the issue. I reboot every 2-3 days minimum just for a RAM dump.

Jeffdom55 · Sep 30, 2014

manicmike :

No I actually only do one thing at a time. like right now I'm playing Hearthstone and it's extremely laggy even though its such a unintenisve game, while about 3 weeks ago it would've ran smooth as butter.

Ce3in · Sep 30, 2014

Jeffdom55 :

When you said ''cheapish'' did you mean some random brand? I don't know why or how, but I know that PSUs can bottleneck, or so I Heard.

Jeffdom55 · Sep 30, 2014

It only happens in a few games, for some reason League of Legends still runs very well. Here are my full specs:

Specs: MSI Military 3 Board z77A-G41, Saphire HD 7950, Antec 550 Power supply, 8G Gigabyte Ram 1600, Western Digital Terabyte Internal hard drive, 3570K Intel Processor, and I have a couple fans also a bigger CPU fan. This has also started happening maybe 2-3 weeks ago.

Ce3in · Sep 30, 2014

Jeffdom55 :

Are you experiencing lag everywhere or just in games?

Jeffdom55 · Sep 30, 2014

Ce3in :

Browser opening and stuff like that is fast, like while playing Archeage or Hearthstone the game will be slow and sluggish, and when I make turns will cause freezing.

Ce3in · Oct 1, 2014

Jeffdom55 :

It's either the GPU or the PSU then... now that you mentioned an AMD card. These cards are known to draw great power. Have you tried playing a game while having a resource monitor open? Can you post the % load of your hardware during gameplay to us?

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