New parts, bad performance?

Canadian Ace · Apr 16, 2017

Okay so I recently upgraded from this:

fx 8350
gtx 970
ddr3 16gb 1600mhz ram
m5a99x evo 2.0 mobo
750w bronze PSU corsair

Won't mention hard drive or cooling because its mostly irrelevant.

new parts:

i7 7700k
gtx 1060 6gb
16 gb ddr4 2400mhz corsair ram
700w GOLD psu
ASUSTeK. PRIME H270M-PLUS (LGA1151)

My games on my new rig are not performing well. LOTS of stuttering, lagging, fps jumps. Some games run very well. (GTA 5 runs at ultra 60fps) but others like black ops 3 runs at 30-50 fps with stuttering no matter what settings i use...

Things ive tried:
disabling windows services..
removing all old drivers and unused devices
optimizing games
tried old drivers and new drivers

what I have left is reinstalling windows but thats last resort... however.. my motherboards CPU power socket is 8 pin and i only have a 4 pin connected right now (was told 8 pin is just for overclocking) But do i actually need a 4 pin to 8pin adapter to make it run properly???

side note: Speccy says my mobo is at 119 degrees celcius, but I'm sure that cannot be true or it would be smoking.

drkatz42 · Apr 16, 2017

Install an 8 pin and reinstall windows.

jaslion · Apr 16, 2017

Canadian Ace :

Okay so I recently upgraded from this:

fx 8350
gtx 970
ddr3 16gb 1600mhz ram
m5a99x evo 2.0 mobo
750w bronze PSU corsair

Won't mention hard drive or cooling because its mostly irrelevant.

new parts:

i7 7700k
gtx 1060 6gb
16 gb ddr4 2400mhz corsair ram
700w GOLD psu
ASUSTeK. PRIME H270M-PLUS (LGA1151)

My games on my new rig are not performing well. LOTS of stuttering, lagging, fps jumps. Some games run very well. (GTA 5 runs at ultra 60fps) but others like black ops 3 runs at 30-50 fps with stuttering no matter what settings i use...

Things ive tried:
disabling windows services..
removing all old drivers and unused devices
optimizing games
tried old drivers and new drivers

what I have left is reinstalling windows but thats last resort... however.. my motherboards CPU power socket is 8 pin and i only have a 4 pin connected right now (was told 8 pin is just for overclocking) But do i actually need a 4 pin to 8pin adapter to make it run properly???

side note: Speccy says my mobo is at 119 degrees celcius, but I'm sure that cannot be true or it would be smoking.

You are under powering and potentially damaging your cpu. Plug the 8 pin in quickly.

Canadian Ace · Apr 16, 2017

drkatz42 :

Ordered an adapter. It's silly my new PSU didn't come with the proper adapter especially since it's modular.

I know my PC will run without using 8 pins, but I don't know how well. My knowledge in that aspect is limited and from what everyone has told me it will run, just not overclocked (which im not doing because the 7700k is 4.2ghz stock)

hoping the adapter will help. Until then, I'm open to other solutions.

jaslion · Apr 16, 2017

Canadian Ace :

What psu do you have? Even the super cheap crappy psu's have the 4+4 pin for the cpu.

Canadian Ace · Apr 16, 2017

jaslion :

I have this PSU https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152056&cm_re=700w-_-17-152-056-_-Product

RAIDMAX Vampire RX-700GH Continuous 700 watts ATX12V / EPS12V SLI CrossFire 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular PFC Power Supply Intel Haswell Platform Ready

Canadian Ace · Apr 16, 2017

it has the 4+4 pin, but my mobo has a different 8 pin than the 4+4 my psu came with.

Or I'm stupid and missing something.

jaslion · Apr 16, 2017

Canadian Ace :

jaslion :

I have this PSU https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152056&cm_re=700w-_-17-152-056-_-Product

RAIDMAX Vampire RX-700GH Continuous 700 watts ATX12V / EPS12V SLI CrossFire 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular PFC Power Supply Intel Haswell Platform Ready

Even tho it's a really bad psu it still has the 4+4pin for the cpu.
http://www.raidmax.com/power-supplies_rx-700gh.html
You shouldn't need an adapter.

jaslion · Apr 16, 2017

Canadian Ace :

The connector can only go in 1 way are you sure you weren't trying to put it in the wrong way?

Canadian Ace · Apr 16, 2017

jaslion :

I'm gonna shut down my PC and see if theres another way.
from what I saw the pins were different on the 4+4 than the 8.

jaslion · Apr 16, 2017

Canadian Ace :

jaslion :

I'm gonna shut down my PC and see if theres another way.
from what I saw the pins were different on the 4+4 than the 8.

Could you maybe take some pictures and post them to make the situation a bit clearer?

Gam3r01 · Apr 16, 2017

I can elaborate on that one.
The 4+4 pin consists of round, and square pins, as does the motherboard. However, these pins do not match up by ATX standards.
Round pins can go in both round and square holes, but square only fits in square.

Canadian Ace · Apr 16, 2017

jaslion :

Gam3r01 :

thank you for clarifying, so is it safe to put the other 4pin in the 8pin? they're all round, its just the 8 pin that takes some round, some square.

Canadian Ace · Apr 16, 2017

this is my 4+4 pin it's different than the usual...

http://www.playtool.com/pages/psuconnectors/eps4plus4.jpg

Gam3r01 · Apr 16, 2017

That would work

Canadian Ace · Apr 16, 2017

Gam3r01 :

Alright, the 4+4 is plugged in and good to go, gonna test out a game and see if my CPU was lacking power.

Canadian Ace · Apr 16, 2017

Well, black ops 3 works better. Ghost recon wildlands still stutters, but It happens to basically everyone. I don't think re-installing windows will help me with 1 poorly optimized game. I should have done a fresh install of windows when upgrading my parts, but I've already removed old drivers and hidden unused devices.
Thanks everyone for your help.

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