For a while now I've had this problem (maybe two months or so) but I've always tried fixing it myself, but now that I have spent both my holiday weeks on trying to fix it I give up..
In the beginning the only thing that I was noticing were big FPS drops while gaming (in any game from new games like For Honor and Ghost Recon: Wildlands to older games like Mass Effect 1 or Minecraft). At first I thought that it came from my GPU since I've had problems with it last year (in the end it was not the GPU but the PSU, but I kept blaming the brand new GPU subliminaly). I then decided to monitor both CPU and GPU usage in Mass Effect 1: usage was high for both but drops occured for both at almost the same time, I didn't know what to do so because I didn't find the solution online I checked if my RAM was doing fine; it was, and if my HDD was the issue; but the games on my SSD have the same problems...
So tonight I tried again but this time I monitored Minecraft which is the game it struggles the most on (I get constantly between 5 and 30 FPS, the game it struggles the less on is Overwatch: I'm locked at 70FPS but then I get some rare drops at 15-20FPS), this is the result:
My PC:
I5 4690k at 3.5GHz or 4.0 GHz (I can't remember)
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Evo
2x8GB of Crucial Ballistix Tactical RAM
MSI Z97 PC Mate Mobo
Sapphire Nitro RX 480 4GB
7200rpm 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue HDD
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB SSD
Seasonic Si2 II Bronze 520W PSU
Hydro-dynamic bearing CF-V14H Cougar 140mm fan
Carbide Series SPEC-01 Case
Unknown Optical CD-DVD Drive
PS: and NO it isn't overheating
In the beginning the only thing that I was noticing were big FPS drops while gaming (in any game from new games like For Honor and Ghost Recon: Wildlands to older games like Mass Effect 1 or Minecraft). At first I thought that it came from my GPU since I've had problems with it last year (in the end it was not the GPU but the PSU, but I kept blaming the brand new GPU subliminaly). I then decided to monitor both CPU and GPU usage in Mass Effect 1: usage was high for both but drops occured for both at almost the same time, I didn't know what to do so because I didn't find the solution online I checked if my RAM was doing fine; it was, and if my HDD was the issue; but the games on my SSD have the same problems...
So tonight I tried again but this time I monitored Minecraft which is the game it struggles the most on (I get constantly between 5 and 30 FPS, the game it struggles the less on is Overwatch: I'm locked at 70FPS but then I get some rare drops at 15-20FPS), this is the result:
My PC:
I5 4690k at 3.5GHz or 4.0 GHz (I can't remember)
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Evo
2x8GB of Crucial Ballistix Tactical RAM
MSI Z97 PC Mate Mobo
Sapphire Nitro RX 480 4GB
7200rpm 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue HDD
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB SSD
Seasonic Si2 II Bronze 520W PSU
Hydro-dynamic bearing CF-V14H Cougar 140mm fan
Carbide Series SPEC-01 Case
Unknown Optical CD-DVD Drive
PS: and NO it isn't overheating