My computer loads up fast, but then it slows down? (Possibly because of a temp issue?)

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Lethem

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Hi,
So I've had this ongoing problem for a week where I will be getting major lag on my PC. Although what I noticed was it doesn't seem to lag upon turning on especially after turning it on when it has been left for a long period off. I reckon it's something related to temperatures because of this issue. I did mess around with the heat sink to see something a while back, so that may be the issue?
Does anyone know any tools to check CPU temperature? Or to know whether it is probably this causing it?
 
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NerdIT
Those symptoms could actually be indicative of temperature issues -as a CPU will throttle and choke if it hits it's TJMax -an approximate degree ~100C where a chips' built in safety features such as throttling and system shutdown kick in to prevent damage from over-heating. But firstly, are you running out of disk space or RAM (too many programs and crud bogging down system. CCleaner by Piriform is a great free tool for this.

Also scan for malware and viruses. If scans come back clean, then:

HDD/SSS that OS is installed on could be failing

I would open a command prompt and run

C:/> chkdsk /F /R /X C:

This should be error free. If there are errors HDD is failing.

Aida64 for temps and everything else you need. Free version plenty...
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HWinfo is a good free program that will track current, highest and lowest temps of your hardware. You can leave it running in the background, and check it after you are done to see if it is a temp thing.

It might also be a power saver thing you turned on. Those things will slow your CPU and GPU down to save power. Check the Windows power settings, and make sure it is set to "High Performance". Everything else will run your system slower.
 
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Those symptoms could actually be indicative of temperature issues -as a CPU will throttle and choke if it hits it's TJMax -an approximate degree ~100C where a chips' built in safety features such as throttling and system shutdown kick in to prevent damage from over-heating. But firstly, are you running out of disk space or RAM (too many programs and crud bogging down system. CCleaner by Piriform is a great free tool for this.

Also scan for malware and viruses. If scans come back clean, then:

HDD/SSS that OS is installed on could be failing

I would open a command prompt and run

C:/> chkdsk /F /R /X C:

This should be error free. If there are errors HDD is failing.

Aida64 for temps and everything else you need. Free version plenty.

http://www.aida64.com/downloads
 
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Ok, the power settings thing was set to 'recommended' which I think balances it out, but changed it now - I'm not sure if it has done anything, although I haven't restarted yet if that will make the difference.
And the program I will download now to check
 
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Alright, sorry NerdIT didn't see your reply until I refreshed the page.
edit: this is a factory reset of Windows 8.1 which I did last week, I checked for rootkits and malware a couple days back and nothing came up, I will try again though, as well as try the HDD error issues

I have gathered some results off the first suggested temperature program, using some 'sensors'
I have no idea whether these are correct or whether I am looking at the wrong stuff, but they seem to be very high

Here's an image
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edit x2: Some results from the AIDA program to do with temperatures. I assume these results aren't very good judging temperatures?

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Also, scanned malware bytes anti malware, nothing came up. will check the hdd - edit again HDD came up fine

Thank you for the solutions, it must be the CPU throttling based on HWInfo statistics which includes info about temperature throttling. Thank you NerdIT for info about CPU throttling n MarkW for the software cheers
 
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Those CPU Temps are completely UNacceptable! Your CPU is throttling to protect itself, as mentioned above.

What are you using for a CPU cooler?
I did mess around with the heat sink to see something a while back, so that may be the issue?
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Quite possibly.
Did you clean the old thermal paste off both the HSF and the CPU?
Did you reinstall HSF with good thermal paste?
Is the HSF securely fastened to the mobo?

Yogi

 
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