- Feb 4, 2014
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Hello, I put together a computer approximately one year ago with help from the members of this community, with the intention of being able to play Elder Scrolls Online, and other graphics intensive games, on the highest imaginable settings, and for one year I've been as happy as a clam. No issues have arisen and everything been running smoothly, until about three or four days ago. It started on elderscrolls online, I would travel 10 meters in 5 slow moonwalk like steps, whilst others traveled the same distance in 10 steps. Everything seemed slow. I continued to play Smite, a MOBA which relied a lot less on graphics, and for about 2 days it was fine, but Elder Scrolls continued to be a problem. Then one day, Smite did the same thing. My characters movements were slow, as if moon like gravity had overtaken the game. I play competitively so I immediately could recognize the distinct difference.
Link to Specs: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nFPqNG
Steps I tried to solve the issue-
*Reverting my computer to an earlier date
*Patching and updating all hardware inside the computer
*Restarting computer.
*Diagnostics for all hardware inside the computer.
Finally, I think I discovered the issue, and I believe the problem is that my Graphics card is overheating, which is frustrating considering how much I paid for it, and the cooler case which I bought for it as well. Along with the massive heatsink I shouldn't be encountering problems like this, so I assume it has to be one of three issues.
1) There isn't enough power to accommodate the build and how much I use the computer, or the power supply has become damaged somehow. (No I don't turn it off at night.)
2) There could be a malfunction with the Graphics card, where it's overheating and isn't able to cool itself down with the internal methods built into it.
3) There ultimately isn't enough airflow to cool the system, and more fans may be needed.
I've searched nearly every related article on the website and attempted most the suggestions listed in those threads, to no avail. As I sought out to purchase an ultimate gaming computer, having to shut down and allow the graphics card to cool is a large disadvantage and something I don't want to have to do. Any experience in this area, suggestions, ideas, solutions, or possible advice on other tests I can make to determine a real cause of the slow motion game play would be appreciated. I've attached two pictures of my computer below. There's one rear fan, two front fans, a fan built into the GPU, a fan on the power supply, and a massive heatsink on the CPU.
Link to Specs: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nFPqNG
Steps I tried to solve the issue-
*Reverting my computer to an earlier date
*Patching and updating all hardware inside the computer
*Restarting computer.
*Diagnostics for all hardware inside the computer.
Finally, I think I discovered the issue, and I believe the problem is that my Graphics card is overheating, which is frustrating considering how much I paid for it, and the cooler case which I bought for it as well. Along with the massive heatsink I shouldn't be encountering problems like this, so I assume it has to be one of three issues.
1) There isn't enough power to accommodate the build and how much I use the computer, or the power supply has become damaged somehow. (No I don't turn it off at night.)
2) There could be a malfunction with the Graphics card, where it's overheating and isn't able to cool itself down with the internal methods built into it.
3) There ultimately isn't enough airflow to cool the system, and more fans may be needed.
I've searched nearly every related article on the website and attempted most the suggestions listed in those threads, to no avail. As I sought out to purchase an ultimate gaming computer, having to shut down and allow the graphics card to cool is a large disadvantage and something I don't want to have to do. Any experience in this area, suggestions, ideas, solutions, or possible advice on other tests I can make to determine a real cause of the slow motion game play would be appreciated. I've attached two pictures of my computer below. There's one rear fan, two front fans, a fan built into the GPU, a fan on the power supply, and a massive heatsink on the CPU.
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