- Jul 5, 2017
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Hi all,
So I've been having some issues with my computer since I put it all together. The parts are mostly hand me downs from my sister's old gaming pc, which used to work perfectly well. I'm new to PC gaming so I don't know much about PC building.
Whenever I try to play a video game like Overwatch or Pay Day 2, the game seems to boot up fine. But after a few minutes playing, I experience some frame drops, freezing, and sometimes it even crashes my whole computer. When playing Overwatch, even trying to click esc to pull up the menu or just reverting back to the home menu screen, the game will freeze or the menu will take 10 minutes to show any options. During this time my CPU fan seems to run extra hard, though the temps seem relatively normal.
What might be the problem with my computer/how can I fix it?
Here are my specs:
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5Hz 6-Core Processor
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+
Memory: Anarchy 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 and Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600
Storage: Western Digital Blue 1TB 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7790 1GB
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 Plus Bronze certified ATX12V
Case: Corsair SPEC Alpha Mid Tower
So I've been having some issues with my computer since I put it all together. The parts are mostly hand me downs from my sister's old gaming pc, which used to work perfectly well. I'm new to PC gaming so I don't know much about PC building.
Whenever I try to play a video game like Overwatch or Pay Day 2, the game seems to boot up fine. But after a few minutes playing, I experience some frame drops, freezing, and sometimes it even crashes my whole computer. When playing Overwatch, even trying to click esc to pull up the menu or just reverting back to the home menu screen, the game will freeze or the menu will take 10 minutes to show any options. During this time my CPU fan seems to run extra hard, though the temps seem relatively normal.
What might be the problem with my computer/how can I fix it?
Here are my specs:
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5Hz 6-Core Processor
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+
Memory: Anarchy 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 and Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600
Storage: Western Digital Blue 1TB 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7790 1GB
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 Plus Bronze certified ATX12V
Case: Corsair SPEC Alpha Mid Tower
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