This has been happening for the past few days. I ran an anti-malware scan and antivirus scan. I went into msconfig to limit some of the startup applications and services. I did sfc /scannow which I found when googling this problem. I defragmented. Before with the computer sitting idly I would have no more than 5 percent CPU Usage. Now its about 30 percent with some random spikes every once in a while. In general, a lot of my applications will have random large spikes in CPU usage. I even downloaded Process Explorer to see if that will show me anything different. That applications CPU usage also spikes to around 20%.
A big note: this started happening after I replaced the thermal paste on my CPU and obviously seems to be more than a coincidence. However, I have changed the thermal paste many times and have not had this problem before. If the problem is hardware related I don't know enough about computers to figure out if I accidentally did something while my computer was opened up to affect the CPU this way.
An example of my problem is when I play League of Legends my FPS is right around 60, but lately every few seconds it'll drop to about 10 give or take. Another example I can't be in a Skype call and watch a Youtube video or else they will both lag.
A big note: this started happening after I replaced the thermal paste on my CPU and obviously seems to be more than a coincidence. However, I have changed the thermal paste many times and have not had this problem before. If the problem is hardware related I don't know enough about computers to figure out if I accidentally did something while my computer was opened up to affect the CPU this way.
An example of my problem is when I play League of Legends my FPS is right around 60, but lately every few seconds it'll drop to about 10 give or take. Another example I can't be in a Skype call and watch a Youtube video or else they will both lag.
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