Installed a new PSU, suddenly my computer's performance is awful

[oggranak]

Edit: This seems to have magically solved itself. Problem disappeared into thin air without having done anything to fix it.

The old PSU was an OCZ MXSP 700w, my new one is a Seasonic X-Series 660W 80 Plus Gold.

My specs otherwise are

ASUS ASRock H55M
ATI Radeon HD 5770
Intel Core i5 750
4GB of RAM

It doesn't seem like dropping 40 watts was the problem, but I don't know what is. I'm experience an extreme drop in framerate in video games, longer load times for pretty much everything, and in general it seems more sluggish.

The framerate drops are basically from 60 FPS to 20 in some situations. Games that I never knew to drop below 60FPS are now running poorly.

When I first booted up, I got a bluescreen pretty quickly (I had never had one before that on this PC). Never got one since, but it got kinda weird. My system time changed to August 8 2010, and I started getting a warning message in Google Chrome when trying to visit google about the certificate (?), also it said only 2GB of my 4GB of RAM were usable (that fixed itself after a restart however).

Does anyone have ANY idea what this might be? Did I screw up something inside my PC when I was doing all of this? Is this PSU inadequate?

 

[Smeg45]

Did you plug everything in correctly? Did you knock something loose?

 

[oggranak]

Did you plug everything in correctly? Did you knock something loose?

I think I did, at first I wired it incorrectly and it wouldn't start so I went back to my local Canada Computers where a guy there showed me what was wrong with the wiring and I fixed it. Supposedly it should all be good now.

I've looked over the connections multiple times and I can't figure out what might be wrong, if anything is.

 

[oggranak]

Also got a dxdiag here if it's useful:

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System Information
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Time of this report: 9/14/2012, 03:08:38
Machine name: DESKTOPPC
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
System Model: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4088MB RAM
Page File: 2184MB used, 5987MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
------------
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
--------------------
Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

---------------
Display Devices
---------------
Card name: ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x68B8)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_68B8&SUBSYS_29911682&REV_00
Display Memory: 2801 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1014 MB
Shared Memory: 1787 MB
Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: HD2201
Monitor Id: GWY08AF
Native Mode: 1680 x 1050(p) (59.954Hz)
Output Type: HDMI
Driver Name: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver File Version: 8.17.0010.1124 (English)
Driver Version: 8.961.0.0
DDI Version: 10.1
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 8/27/2012 01:07:30, 1067520 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-2BF8-11CF-5671-9B09BEC2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x68B8
SubSys ID: 0x29911682
Revision ID: 0x0000
Driver Strong Name: oem23.inf:ATI.Mfg.NTamd64.6.1:ati2mtag_Evergreen:8.961.0.0ci\ven_1002&dev_68b8
Rank Of Driver: 00E62001
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C
Deinterlace Caps: {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
{6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x32315659) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
{3C5323C1-6FB7-44F5-9081-056BF2EE449D}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{552C0DAD-CCBC-420B-83C8-74943CF9F1A6}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC1,UNKNOWN) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC2,UNKNOWN) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC3,UNKNOWN) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC4,UNKNOWN) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(S340,UNKNOWN) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(S342,UNKNOWN) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
D3D9 Overlay: Not Supported
DXVA-HD: Not Supported
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled

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Sound Devices
-------------
Description: AMD HDMI Output (AMD High Definition Audio Device)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_1002&DEV_AA01&SUBSYS_00AA0100&REV_1002
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: AtihdW76.sys
Driver Version: 7.12.0000.7706 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
Date and Size: 8/27/2012 01:13:03, 95760 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Advanced Micro Devices
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0xF1F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

---------------------
Sound Capture Devices
---------------------
Description: Microphone (5- USB Audio Device)
Default Sound Capture: Yes
Default Voice Capture: Yes
Driver Name: USBAUDIO.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 7/13/2009 20:06:32, 109568 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x1
Format Flags: 0xFFFFF

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DirectInput Devices
-------------------
Device Name: Mouse
Attached: 1
Controller ID: n/a
Vendor/Product ID: n/a
FF Driver: n/a

Device Name: Keyboard
Attached: 1
Controller ID: n/a
Vendor/Product ID: n/a
FF Driver: n/a

Device Name: Logitech Illuminated Keyboard
Attached: 1
Controller ID: 0x0
Vendor/Product ID: 0x046D, 0xC318
FF Driver: n/a

Device Name: Logitech Illuminated Keyboard
Attached: 1
Controller ID: 0x0
Vendor/Product ID: 0x046D, 0xC318
FF Driver: n/a

Poll w/ Interrupt: No

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USB Devices
-----------
+ USB Root Hub
| Vendor/Product ID: 0x8086, 0x3B34
| Matching Device ID: usb\root_hub20
| Service: usbhub
|
+-+ Generic USB Hub
| | Vendor/Product ID: 0x8087, 0x0020
| | Location: Port_#0001.Hub_#0002
| | Matching Device ID: usb\class_09
| | Service: usbhub

----------------
Gameport Devices
----------------

------------
PS/2 Devices
------------
+ HID Keyboard Device
| Vendor/Product ID: 0x046D, 0xC318
| Matching Device ID: hid_device_system_keyboard
| Service: kbdhid
|
+ Razer Naga
| Vendor/Product ID: 0x1532, 0x0015
| Matching Device ID: hid\vid_1532&pid_0015&mi_01
| Upper Filters: RzSynapse
| Service: kbdhid
|
+ Terminal Server Keyboard Driver
| Matching Device ID: root\rdp_kbd
| Upper Filters: kbdclass
| Service: TermDD
|
+ Razer Naga
| Vendor/Product ID: 0x1532, 0x0015
| Matching Device ID: hid\vid_1532&pid_0015&mi_00
| Upper Filters: RzSynapse
| Service: mouhid
|
+ Terminal Server Mouse Driver
| Matching Device ID: root\rdp_mou
| Upper Filters: mouclass
| Service: TermDD

------------------------
Disk & DVD/CD-ROM Drives
------------------------
Drive: C:
Free Space: 35.2 GB
Total Space: 953.8 GB
File System: NTFS
Model: WDC WD1001FALS-00E3A0 ATA Device

Drive: F:
Model: RSP F09EJK9 SCSI CdRom Device
Driver: c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys, 6.01.7600.16385 (English), , 0 bytes

Drive: G:
Model: RSP F09EJK9 SCSI CdRom Device
Driver: c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys, 6.01.7600.16385 (English), , 0 bytes

Drive: D:
Model: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223B ATA Device
Driver: c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys, 6.01.7600.16385 (English), , 0 bytes

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System Devices
--------------
Name: Intel(R) processor Miscellaneous Registers - D158
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_D158&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_11\3&11583659&0&43
Driver: n/a

Name: High Definition Audio Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B56&SUBSYS_67181849&REV_06\3&11583659&0&D8
Driver: n/a

Name: Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B20&SUBSYS_3B201849&REV_06\3&11583659&0&FA
Driver: n/a

Name: ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_68B8&SUBSYS_29911682&REV_00\4&311A4896&0&0018
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel(R) processor System Control and Status Registers - D157
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_D157&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_11\3&11583659&0&42
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel(R) 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 - 3B4C
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B4C&SUBSYS_3B4C1849&REV_06\3&11583659&0&E5
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel(R) H55 Express Chipset LPC Interface Controller - 3B06
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B06&SUBSYS_3B061849&REV_06\3&11583659&0&F8
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel(R) processor Semaphore and Scratchpad Registers - D156
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_D156&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_11\3&11583659&0&41
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel(R) 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 - 3B4A
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B4A&SUBSYS_3B4A1849&REV_06\3&11583659&0&E4
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel(R) 82801 PCI Bridge - 244E
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_244E&SUBSYS_244E1849&REV_A6\3&11583659&0&F0
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel(R) processor System Management Registers - D155
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_D155&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_11\3&11583659&0&40
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel(R) 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 - 3B42
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B42&SUBSYS_3B421849&REV_06\3&11583659&0&E0
Driver: n/a

Name: Realtek RTL8168D/8111D Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20)
Device ID: PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_81681849&REV_03\4&35844CED&0&00E5
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel(R) QuickPath Interconnect - D151
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_D151&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_11\3&11583659&0&81
Driver: n/a

Name: Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B3C&SUBSYS_3B3C1849&REV_06\3&11583659&0&D0
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel(R) QuickPath Interconnect - D150
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_D150&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_11\3&11583659&0&80
Driver: n/a

Name: Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B34&SUBSYS_3B341849&REV_06\3&11583659&0&E8
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel(R) processor PCI Express Root Port 1 - D138
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_D138&SUBSYS_D1381849&REV_11\3&11583659&0&18
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel(R) 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller - 3B30
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B30&SUBSYS_3B301849&REV_06\3&11583659&0&FB
Driver: n/a

Name: High Definition Audio Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_AA58&SUBSYS_AA581682&REV_00\4&311A4896&0&0118
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel(R) processor DMI - D131
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_D131&SUBSYS_D1311849&REV_11\3&11583659&0&00
Driver: n/a

Name: Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B26&SUBSYS_3B261849&REV_06\3&11583659&0&FD
Driver: n/a

------------------
DirectShow Filters
------------------

DirectShow Filters:
WMAudio Decoder DMO,0x00800800,1,1,WMADMOD.DLL,6.01.7600.16385
WMAPro over S/PDIF DMO,0x00600800,1,1,WMADMOD.DLL,6.01.7600.16385
WMSpeech Decoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,WMSPDMOD.DLL,6.01.7600.16385
MP3 Decoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,mp3dmod.dll,6.01.7600.16385
Mpeg4s Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,mp4sdecd.dll,6.01.7600.16385
WMV Screen decoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,wmvsdecd.dll,6.01.7600.16385
WMVideo Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,wmvdecod.dll,6.01.7600.16597
Mpeg43 Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,mp43decd.dll,6.01.7600.16385
Mpeg4 Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,mpg4decd.dll,6.01.7600.16385
AAudioRipper,0x00200000,0,0,AudioRipper.ax,
Viscomsoft Animated GIF Encoder,0x00200000,1,0,viscomgifenc.dll,
WMT VIH2 Fix,0x00200000,1,1,WLXVAFilt.dll,15.04.3538.0513
Record Queue,0x00200000,1,1,WLXVAFilt.dll,15.04.3538.0513
WMT Switch Filter,0x00200000,1,1,WLXVAFilt.dll,15.04.3538.0513
WMT Virtual Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,WLXVAFilt.dll,15.04.3538.0513
WMT DV Extract,0x00200000,1,1,WLXVAFilt.dll,15.04.3538.0513
WMT Virtual Source,0x00200000,0,1,WLXVAFilt.dll,15.04.3538.0513
WMT Sample Information Filter,0x00200000,1,1,WLXVAFilt.dll,15.04.3538.0513
ATI Ticker,0x00200000,0,1,Ticker.ax,
DV Muxer,0x00400000,0,0,qdv.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Color Space Converter,0x00400001,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
WM ASF Reader,0x00400000,0,0,qasf.dll,12.00.7600.16385
Screen Capture filter,0x00200000,0,1,wmpsrcwp.dll,12.00.7600.16385
AVI Splitter,0x00600000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
VGA 16 Color Ditherer,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
SBE2MediaTypeProfile,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder,0x005fffff,2,4,msmpeg2vdec.dll,6.01.7140.0000
AC3 Parser Filter,0x00600000,1,1,mpg2splt.ax,6.06.7600.16385
Image Effects,0x00200000,2,1,viscomaudiodata.dll,9.00.0000.0000
StreamBufferSink,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.7600.16385
MJPEG Decompressor,0x00600000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
MPEG-I Stream Splitter,0x00600000,1,2,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
SAMI (CC) Parser,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
VBI Codec,0x00600000,1,4,VBICodec.ax,6.06.7600.16385
ATI MPEG File Writer,0x00200000,1,0,atimpenc.dll,12.04.0000.20405
ATI MPEG Video Decoder,0x005fffff,1,2,atimpenc.dll,12.04.0000.20405
CustomFrameGrabber Filter,0x00200000,1,1,viscomframe.dll,8.01.0000.0000
MPEG-2 Splitter,0x005fffff,1,0,mpg2splt.ax,6.06.7600.16385
WAV Dest,0x00200000,0,0,viscomwave.dll,9.00.0000.0000
Closed Captions Analysis Filter,0x00200000,2,5,cca.dll,6.06.7600.16385
SBE2FileScan,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft MPEG-2 Video Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,msmpeg2enc.dll,6.01.7600.16385
Internal Script Command Renderer,0x00800001,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
MPEG Audio Decoder,0x03680001,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
MMACE ProcAmp,0x00200000,0,2,MMACEFilters.dll,
Viscomsoft MPEG Video Decoder,0x00800000,1,1,viscommpgdec.dll,1.00.0000.0003
DV Splitter,0x00600000,1,2,qdv.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Video Mixing Renderer 9,0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
VISCOM Overlay Text Filter,0x00200000,1,1,viscomtran.dll,
Microsoft MPEG-2 Encoder,0x00200000,2,1,msmpeg2enc.dll,6.01.7600.16385
ATI MPEG Audio Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,atimpenc.dll,12.04.0000.20405
AMD MJPEG Decoder,0x00800001,1,1,atimpenc.dll,12.04.0000.20405
ACM Wrapper,0x00600000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Viscomsoft QuickTime Source Filter,0x00200000,0,1,viscomqtde.dll,4.00.0019.0000
Video Renderer,0x00800001,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
MPEG-2 Video Stream Analyzer,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Line 21 Decoder,0x00600000,1,1,qdvd.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Video Port Manager,0x00600000,2,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Video Renderer,0x00400000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
ATI MPEG Video Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,atimpenc.dll,12.04.0000.20405
File Writer,0x00200000,1,0,WLXVAFilt.dll,15.04.3538.0513
ATI MPEG Multiplexer,0x00200000,2,1,atimpenc.dll,12.04.0000.20405
VPS Decoder,0x00200000,0,0,WSTPager.ax,6.06.7600.16385
WM ASF Writer,0x00400000,0,0,qasf.dll,12.00.7600.16385
VBI Surface Allocator,0x00600000,1,1,vbisurf.ax,6.01.7600.16385
RealMedia Writer Filter,0x00200000,1,0,viscomrmencoder.dll,1.00.0000.0000
MMACE SoftEmu,0x00200000,0,2,MMACEFilters.dll,
File writer,0x00200000,1,0,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
iTV Data Sink,0x00600000,1,0,itvdata.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Bandisoft MPEG-1 Video Decoder,0xff800001,1,1,bdfilters.dll,1.00.0001.0003
iTV Data Capture filter,0x00600000,1,1,itvdata.dll,6.06.7600.16385
ATI Video Scaler Filter,0x00200000,1,1,atimpenc.dll,12.04.0000.20405
Viscomsoft Mpeg Encoder,0x00200000,2,0,viscommpgenc.dll,1.00.0000.0000
Viscomsoft MPEG Audio Decoder,0x00800000,1,1,viscommpgadec.dll,1.00.0000.0003
Viscomsoft Mpeg Source,0x00800000,0,0,viscomsplitter.dll,1.00.0000.0000
DVD Navigator,0x00200000,0,3,qdvd.dll,6.06.7600.16385
MMACE DeInterlace,0x00200000,0,2,MMACEFilters.dll,
Overlay Mixer2,0x00200000,1,1,qdvd.dll,6.06.7600.16385
AVI Draw,0x00600064,9,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
RDP DShow Redirection Filter,0xffffffff,1,0,DShowRdpFilter.dll,
Microsoft MPEG-2 Audio Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,msmpeg2enc.dll,6.01.7600.16385
WST Pager,0x00200000,1,1,WSTPager.ax,6.06.7600.16385
MPEG-2 Demultiplexer,0x00600000,1,1,mpg2splt.ax,6.06.7600.16385
DV Video Decoder,0x00800000,1,1,qdv.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Viscom Audio Encoder,0x00200000,1,0,viscomaudioencoder.dll,9.00.0000.0000
SampleGrabber,0x00200000,1,1,qedit.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Null Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,qedit.dll,6.06.7600.16385
MPEG-2 Sections and Tables,0x005fffff,1,0,Mpeg2Data.ax,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft AC3 Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,msac3enc.dll,6.01.7600.16385
StreamBufferSource,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Smart Tee,0x00200000,1,2,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Overlay Mixer,0x00200000,0,0,qdvd.dll,6.06.7600.16385
AVI Decompressor,0x00600000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Viscomsoft QuickTime Writer,0x00200000,1,0,viscomqtenc.dll,1.00.0000.0000
AVI/WAV File Source,0x00400000,0,2,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Wave Parser,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
MIDI Parser,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Multi-file Parser,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
File stream renderer,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Viscomsoft Mpeg Splitter,0x00800000,1,1,viscomsplitter.dll,1.00.0000.0000
ATI Video Rotation Filter,0x00200000,1,1,atimpenc.dll,12.04.0000.20405
Microsoft DTV-DVD Audio Decoder,0x005fffff,1,1,msmpeg2adec.dll,6.01.7140.0000
StreamBufferSink2,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.7600.16385
AVI Mux,0x00200000,1,0,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Bandisoft MPEG-1 Audio Decoder,0xff800001,1,1,bdfilters.dll,1.00.0001.0003
Line 21 Decoder 2,0x00600002,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
File Source (Async.),0x00400000,0,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
File Source (URL),0x00400000,0,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Infinite Pin Tee Filter,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Enhanced Video Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,evr.dll,6.01.7600.16385
BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter,0x00200000,2,0,psisrndr.ax,6.06.7600.16385
FLVDecoder,0x00800000,0,2,viscomflvdec.dll,9.00.0000.0000
MPEG Video Decoder,0x40000001,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
IL FL Studio DXi,0x00200000,1,1,FLSTUD~2.DLL,1.00.0013.0000
IL Multi FL Studio DXi,0x00200000,1,1,FLSTUD~1.DLL,1.00.0013.0000

WDM Streaming Tee/Splitter Devices:
Tee/Sink-to-Sink Converter,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7600.16385

Video Compressors:
WMVideo8 Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,wmvxencd.dll,6.01.7600.16385
WMVideo9 Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,wmvencod.dll,6.01.7600.16385
MSScreen 9 encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,wmvsencd.dll,6.01.7600.16385
DV Video Encoder,0x00200000,0,0,qdv.dll,6.06.7600.16385
MJPEG Compressor,0x00200000,0,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Cinepak Codec by Radius,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Fraps Video Decompressor,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Intel IYUV codec,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Intel IYUV codec,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Bandi MPEG-1 Video Decoder,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft RLE,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft Video 1,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
VP60® Simple Profile ,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
VP61® Advanced Profile,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385

Audio Compressors:
WM Speech Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,WMSPDMOE.DLL,6.01.7600.16385
WMAudio Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,WMADMOE.DLL,6.01.7600.16385
ATI MPEG Audio Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,atimpenc.dll,12.04.0000.20405
IMA ADPCM,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
PCM,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Ogg Vorbis (mode1),0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Ogg Vorbis (mode2),0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Ogg Vorbis (mode3),0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Ogg Vorbis (mode1+),0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Ogg Vorbis (mode2+),0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Ogg Vorbis (mode3+),0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft ADPCM,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
GSM 6.10,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Messenger Audio Codec,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
CCITT A-Law,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
CCITT u-Law,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
MP2,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
MPEG Layer-3,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385

Audio Capture Sources:
Microphone (5- USB Audio Device,0x00200000,0,0,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385

PBDA CP Filters:
PBDA DTFilter,0x00600000,1,1,CPFilters.dll,6.06.7600.16385
PBDA ETFilter,0x00200000,0,0,CPFilters.dll,6.06.7600.16385
PBDA PTFilter,0x00200000,0,0,CPFilters.dll,6.06.7600.16385

Midi Renderers:
Default MidiOut Device,0x00800000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth,0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385

WDM Streaming Capture Devices:
,0x00000000,0,0,,
USB Audio Device,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7600.16385

WDM Streaming Rendering Devices:
AMD HD Audio HDMI out #0,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7600.16385
HD Audio HDMI out,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7600.16385

BDA Network Providers:
Microsoft ATSC Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft DVBC Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft DVBS Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft DVBT Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSNP.ax,6.06.7600.16385

Multi-Instance Capable VBI Codecs:
VBI Codec,0x00600000,1,4,VBICodec.ax,6.06.7600.16385

BDA Transport Information Renderers:
BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter,0x00600000,2,0,psisrndr.ax,6.06.7600.16385
MPEG-2 Sections and Tables,0x00600000,1,0,Mpeg2Data.ax,6.06.7600.16385

BDA CP/CA Filters:
Decrypt/Tag,0x00600000,1,1,EncDec.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Encrypt/Tag,0x00200000,0,0,EncDec.dll,6.06.7600.16385
PTFilter,0x00200000,0,0,EncDec.dll,6.06.7600.16385
XDS Codec,0x00200000,0,0,EncDec.dll,6.06.7600.16385

WDM Streaming Communication Transforms:
Tee/Sink-to-Sink Converter,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7600.16385

Audio Renderers:
AMD HDMI Output (AMD High Defin,0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Default DirectSound Device,0x00800000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Default WaveOut Device,0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
DirectSound: AMD HDMI Output (AMD High Definition Audio Device),0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385

---------------
EVR Power Information
---------------
Current Setting: {5C67A112-A4C9-483F-B4A7-1D473BECAFDC} (Quality)
Quality Flags: 2576
Enabled:
Force throttling
Allow half deinterlace
Allow scaling
Decode Power Usage: 100
Balanced Flags: 1424
Enabled:
Force throttling
Allow batching
Force half deinterlace
Force scaling
Decode Power Usage: 50
PowerFlags: 1424
Enabled:
Force throttling
Allow batching
Force half deinterlace
Force scaling
Decode Power Usage: 0

 

[marshal11]

try resetting the CMOS maybe. clear your BIOS and let it rescan your system

 

[oggranak]

I just tried that. When you say clear my BIOS/etc., is that a second and separate step? Sorry, I'm not really tech-savvy

Anyway, resetting the CMOS didn't really do anything for my problem. : (

 

[davec80]

The old PSU was an OCZ MXSP 700w, my new one is a Seasonic X-Series 660W 80 Plus Gold.

My specs otherwise are

ASUS ASRock H55M
ATI Radeon HD 5770
Intel Core i5 750
4GB of RAM

It doesn't seem like dropping 40 watts was the problem, but I don't know what is. I'm experience an extreme drop in framerate in video games, longer load times for pretty much everything, and in general it seems more sluggish.

The framerate drops are basically from 60 FPS to 20 in some situations. Games that I never knew to drop below 60FPS are now running poorly.

When I first booted up, I got a bluescreen pretty quickly (I had never had one before that on this PC). Never got one since, but it got kinda weird. My system time changed to August 8 2010, and I started getting a warning message in Google Chrome when trying to visit google about the certificate (?), also it said only 2GB of my 4GB of RAM were usable (that fixed itself after a restart however).

Does anyone have ANY idea what this might be? Did I screw up something inside my PC when I was doing all of this? Is this PSU inadequate?

Just a thought, but maybe you should put the old power supply back in?

 

[oggranak]

Just a thought, but maybe you should put the old power supply back in?

Not the worst idea I've ever heard. I'm far too tired tonight to do that, but I'll try it tomorrow. At least then I know if it's the power supply or something else.

 

[lilotimz]

A power supply should never cause the problems you're seeing; especially such a ultra high quality power supply such as the seasonic x series.

At worse; a bad power supply will cause random crashes / freezes and/or not booting.

Seems like something is up with your actual system. Put old power supply in and boot it up to see if it's fixed. If it is fixed ; request a RMA and get another one. A defective X series psu is very rare though it does happen. If the same problem still occurs with old power supply; something is definitely wrong with your system.

 

[das_stig]

CPU clamped down hard and not lifting in a corner forcing it to throttle to stay within thermals?

 

[willyroc]

Try reseating CPU, RAM and GPU. I'd also give the old PSU a shot. If it is the new PSU, it could be a faulty unit not supplying enough power to the components. Then I'd RMA it and get another PSU of the same model.

 

[Rugger]

First: The Seasonic X650 is more than sufficient for your system. In fact a good quality 400W PSU is more than sufficient for your system.

This sounds more like a driver/software issue than a PSU issue. Is it happening in every game or just some games? Have you tested performance in benchmarks? Do you have the most recent drivers and all Windows updates installed? Were any driver/Windows updates installed prior to the poor performance starting? Have you checked for any errors in the system event log?

 

[oggranak]

First: The Seasonic X650 is more than sufficient for your system. In fact a good quality 400W PSU is more than sufficient for your system.

This sounds more like a driver/software issue than a PSU issue. Is it happening in every game or just some games? Have you tested performance in benchmarks? Do you have the most recent drivers and all Windows updates installed? Were any driver/Windows updates installed prior to the poor performance starting? Have you checked for any errors in the system event log?

As far as I am aware, my drivers are current.

It is happening in all games.

I have not yet used any performance benchmarks.

As for the system event log, where can I find that?

CPU clamped down hard and not lifting in a corner forcing it to throttle to stay within thermals?

I'm not sure what kind of solution that would entail.

Try reseating CPU, RAM and GPU. I'd also give the old PSU a shot. If it is the new PSU, it could be a faulty unit not supplying enough power to the components. Then I'd RMA it and get another PSU of the same model.

Wish I knew how to reseat the CPU, because I feel like if it's anything, it's the CPU, though I really don't know.



If I took this into a place to hand over to someone with a little more experience to figure out, do you think they could resolve this? Money isn't an issue here (except in the sense that I can't buy a new computer)

 

[Smeg45]

Open the start viewer, type event, hit enter, look in the system and application logs, hit filter on the right side and filter by error, then by critical. Anything stands out? Also check your temps with Hwinfo and reliability monitor.

 

[chugot9218]

How was the PSU plugged in incorrectly?

 

[willyroc]

Try old PSU again.

 

[oggranak]

Okay, this is going to sound really weird, but I took my computer in to Canada Computers. They ran a bunch of diagnostic tests and phoned me up four days later to tell me that they couldn't find anything wrong with it.

I was kind of pissed off, to be honest. I was sure that I'd never find out what was wrong.

I took it home and lo and behold they were actually right. The problem is gone.

I have no idea what caused it or what fixed it. Now I just get to hope that it doesn't come back.