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Superadude

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PC Specs:
AMD Black Edition FX‑8320E 3.2 GHz 8‑Core Processor
ASUS STRIX GeForce GTX 980 Overclocked 4 GB
HyperX Savage - DDR3 - 16 GB: 4 x 4 GB
Kingston SSDNow V300 - solid state drive - 120 GB - SATA 6Gb/s
Western Digital 1TB HDD
MSI 970 GAMING
Windows 10

Ran passmark on this build because it has been running all games at much lower FPS that it used to. I did a fresh clean install about 9 days before running the passmark. I decided to come on here because I cant run Witcher 3 anymore which used to run at at least 70 FPS on max graphics.I checked my temps and my CPU maxes out at 40 C and my GPU maxes at 60 C so those should be fine. The only thing I can think is drivers are conflicting or something... If anyone could give me any ideas that would be great!

Thanks

UPDATE: Reinstalled again and only installed important drivers. Here are the benchmarks:
CPU: 3390 (Older AMD FX-8150 at 7552)
GPU 2D: 224 (Normal GTX980 gets 894)
GPU 3D: 3239 (Normal GTX980 gets 10341)
RAM: 692 (Average 4GB of RAM at 912)

Disk is running fine.

UPDATE: Just checked each ram stick individually and they all individually benchmark low. Was worried a bad ram stick might be causing this but it looks like its not that. Thinking its a motherboard issues, anyone know how to diagnose that?
 
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elbert
Its your motherboard's VRM's overheating and unable to support higher watt CPU's. Try to aim a case fan around the area of the CPU. Also lower voltage manually to keep the VRM's from getting to hot.
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Superadude

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K I updated the BIOS and retested, its not working. I tried to clock my CPU up to 4Ghz and then nothing worked and I had to reset my CMOS. Everything still running slow. Not just CPU, everything. Any other suggestions? Do I need a new MOBO? CPU? GPU? Is there anything else I can try?
 
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Disable Cool'n'Quiet in bios and your motherboard only supports 140w. Now your CPU is binned as a lower speed possibly because it could do 4Ghz at the 125w tdp. Doesn't mean it cant but you would need to do a good job with manual voltage settings. Also for cooling you need fans blowing on the VRM's as most 970's do. What aftermarket heatsink do you have for the 8120E?
http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-MSI/970_GAMING.html
 
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I have a Corsair Hydro H60 liquid cooler on it. I will try turning that off again and let you know what happens. I turned it off when I initially tried to overclock the GPU and it died. I might have to manually mess around with the power settings. Thanks for the update I'll post something when I can try that tonight.

Also side question, would it be my CPU that is causing everything to slow down? This computer used to run much faster so IDK why it would all of the sudden slow down because of the CPU. If so I could just get a new CPU, I've been meaning too since I bought this PC.
 
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