Low FPS problem suddenly occurred during games-CPU

cormag778

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Jun 23, 2015
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Hey, all. I recently had to move and as such i packed my dekstop. Unattached everything from Mbo (including heatsink), moved successfully. Set up desktop again, and suddenly games I used to be able to run on High are now lagging horribly (like maybe 8-9 FPS) on normal. I suspect it's because my CPU now jumps to 100% at the slightest little thing. (my CPU is averaging at 30%, it used to be around 15-20 if i recall). Any idea on why this is/how to fix it?

My specs are

Asus Z97a
Ts 550 power supply
8gb of ram
Radeon R9 290
Intel I5-4690

Thanks!
 
Solution
Yes what a39232 say or you didn't repaste the heatsink to the CPU using thermal compound.... and Now its thermal throttling. Also make sure fans are round the right way