I buypower Computer bad psu?

derekhockey87 · Jan 12, 2018

So near Christmas, i got myself a ibuypower pc with a gtx 1060 and i7 7700. (bestbuy) Now i heard things about ibuypower psu being very poor. I didn't think much of it as my pc was running great without any problems until a few days ago. Now when i play fortnite or GTA V its barely playable. I will go from 250 fps down to 10 and the game will start to lag. Then my whole computer will be delayed and it takes forever to close the game. However, if im playing another game like Civilization V or CSGO it runs fine. I know fortnite runs gpu very highly. Do you think the problem is my gpu, psu or both?

Bakhus Mps · Jan 12, 2018

Highly doubt it a PSU could cause that kind of problems. It either works or it shutsdown.
Do you have a SSD? If not, the slow down could be caused by your HDD even more so if you have 8gb of ram or less, and it used swap memory.

derekhockey87 · Jan 12, 2018

Bakhus Mps :

I have both a SSD and a hard drive. i have 16 gb or ram

Bakhus Mps · Jan 12, 2018

Is the game on the SSD?

derekhockey87 · Jan 12, 2018

Bakhus Mps :

No my GTA is on the hard drive and im pretty sure fortnite is aswell

Bakhus Mps · Jan 12, 2018

Try running them from the SSD and see if the problem persists. If it does, you have your answer, if it doesnt more digging to do.

derekhockey87 · Jan 12, 2018

Bakhus Mps :

So my hard drive might be the problem. Thing is my SSD is only 120 gb :/. I have to redownload the games to the SSD now? or is it possible to move them without totally redownloading

Bakhus Mps · Jan 12, 2018

You can copy them in turns, for checking purposes. Just make sure you use the .exe inside the instal folder, not the desktop shortcut.

USAFRet · Jan 12, 2018

derekhockey87 :

Steam games can be moved easily
To move an already installed game
Games library
Right click the game
Properties
Local Files
Move Install Folder

mjslakeridge · Jan 12, 2018

What is the specific brand and model number of the PSU? As the others have said, it is probably not the cause of the problem you are having, but I understand from other threads on this forum that some of the pre-built PC makers do indeed use low quality PSUs. They generally never mention the specs of the PSU in their PC specifications because they buy low quality PSUs in batches and use whichever PSU they have in stock at the time of the build. They will just mention that the PSU is "a 500 Watt PSU".

derekhockey87 · Jan 12, 2018

mjslakeridge :

To be honest with you i only know its from a company called "full power" and it is 600 watt

jankerson · Jan 12, 2018

derekhockey87 :

mjslakeridge :

To be honest with you i only know its from a company called "full power" and it is 600 watt

Open the case and look at the PSU and give us a model number etc.

derekhockey87 · Jan 12, 2018

jankerson :

derekhockey87 :

Open the case and look at the PSU and give us a model number etc.

ok i will when i get home. if my hardrive is the problem will i just have to get a new one?

jankerson · Jan 12, 2018

derekhockey87 :

jankerson :

ok i will when i get home. if my hardrive is the problem will i just have to get a new one?

I doubt the HD is the problem.

derekhockey87 · Jan 12, 2018

jankerson :

derekhockey87 :

I doubt the HD is the problem.

So you think the Psu is the problem most likey? I read that with bad psu the computer shuts down but mine doesn't shut down just terrible fps

jankerson · Jan 12, 2018

derekhockey87 :

jankerson :

So you think the Psu is the problem most likey? I read that with bad psu the computer shuts down but mine doesn't shut down just terrible fps

Don't know yet for sure, you have to be home so you can give us the information we need.

derekhockey87 · Jan 12, 2018

Seems to be fixed by doing nothing.

Rexper · Jan 12, 2018

Power supplies don't affect FPS.

derekhockey87 · Jan 15, 2018

Rexper :

The problem started again. what do you think is the issue

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