CPU usage too high lately.

Manawarr

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Apr 8, 2015
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Lately I've noticed that my cpu and my ram have been spiking upwards of 90% for programs that I used to run all the time. i.e I would play csgo with a stream on google chrome on the side completely fine; nowadays, it's either one or the other :(. From what I can tell my cpu runs at 68 C, but with that info I have no idea how to continue. I can provide more info if needed.

Specs are:

CPU: Intel i5 4440 3.1 GHz (No aftermarket fan, procrastinated that for two years)
RAM: 8 Gb of Ram
Graphics: Geforce GTX 750ti

And 1 TB Hard Drive. No SSD.


 
What mouse are you using, is it a gaming mouse?

If it is, then lower the refresh rate of it. A very easy way to check if it's too high is to move the mouse clickly while monitoring the CPU usage in task manager.

Now you do use the word "spiking", which means it's not constant. Is that the case, or did you choose the wrong word?