Performance problems with my setup

[Rant]

By the way, I did some research and my GPU fan model is called Wraith Prisma Stealth or something like that, but when I googled “AMD Ryzen 5 2600 fan” that is not the model that ussually appears. It that normal? Also, it moves a little if I touch it. Should it be completely fixed?

[Pyro]

Fans can be cleaned with compressed air, or some people use a microfiber cloth. The most important part is to watch for ESD (constantly be grounding yourself to the PSU/case), and to make sure the fans are held in place when you’re blowing air from them (otherwise you might cause them to overspin).

I can’t recommend a hair dryer as it could blow some moisture through or something of the sort, but it’s up to you if it’s worth the risk.

The Wraith cooler is an AMD cooler that was included with CPUs, it should be fine so long as you haven’t overclocked anything. A bit of play is fine, you don’t want those tightened down like you’re trying to break something.

[Rant]

Thank you, Pyro. And sorry about the delay of my answer. I think I will clean the fans (I contacted the manufacturer of the box because I cannot deattach the front panel…), repaste my CPU and see what happens. I will let you know. Do you think the temperatures I listed are still too high? Thank you!

[Pyro]

Technically ‘no’

I’m a bit overkill when it comes to temps, but as long as your CPU isn’t hitting that 94℃ thermal limit it is theoretically fine.

Another speccy for us to look at maybe?

The temp of the motherboard makes me think it is more of an airflow problem than anything else, but again - that ‘should’ be fine.

[Rant]

http://speccy.piriform.com/results/wJLDuOCIigolPGneb7GDNDY

That one I got while playing Fortnite with high graphics settings and while using Discord. Have a good Sunday!

[Rant]

(that’s with the lateral panels of the box removed).

[Pyro]

Messages can be edited for the first 5 minutes after posting, otherwise you’d have to ask an admin to handle it for you.

How are your peak temps looking with the changes?

Is your performance any better?

[phillpower2]

Gigabyte Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8GB GDDR5
[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Corsair VS650 80 Plus 650W - Power supply
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The PSU is complete junk, VS = Value Series and should not be used anywhere near an add on GPU, there are two versions with one being worse than the other, what colour is the label on yours, it needs to be replaced regardless of this and just wanting to know if you have the boom or the bang version.
CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 2600: [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]72 °C

The CPU is being fried, could be the PSU, could be the movement in the CPU cooler, could even be a combination of both.

Describe exactly what you mean by the below;

googled “AMD Ryzen 5 2600 fan” that is not the model that ussually appears. It that normal? [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Also, it moves a little if I touch it. Should it be completely fixed?
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[Rant]

Messages can be edited for the first 5 minutes after posting, otherwise you’d have to ask an admin to handle it for you.

How are your peak temps looking with the changes?

Is your performance any better?

GPU: around 73ºC.
CPU: 79ºC.

Those are the max temps. Performance is better, yes, but I am still playing without lateral panels.

[Rant]

The PSU is complete junk, VS = Value Series and should not be used anywhere near an add on GPU, there are two versions with one being worse than the other, what colour is the label on yours, it needs to be replaced regardless of this and just wanting to know if you have the boom or the bang version.

The CPU is being fried, could be the PSU, could be the movement in the CPU cooler, could even be a combination of both.

Describe exactly what you mean by the below;

Hello, Phill. Thank you for your feedback. I don’t know if the PSU is the bang or the boom version, to be honest. I don’t remember if I kept the box, but in the invoice “Corsair VS650 80 Plus 650W” is the only information showing. I am attaching a picture of what I can see. Is that the label you mean? I’m also attaching a little video of the GPU fan moving just by gently touching it. Which PSU would you recommend for my PC?

[Rant]

GPU: around 73ºC.
CPU: 79ºC.

Those are the max temps. Performance is better, yes, but I am still playing without lateral panels.

Actually, thinking about it, performance is more or less the same, I guess, but noise is much better.

[phillpower2]

Can I ask that you do not quote every reply as we have to read the full post to make sure nothing gets missed, thanks.

Your PSU is the worst of the two and is in fact so bad that it was rated as – Tier F • Replace immediately

I don`t use rar but if it is the fan that you mean moves and not the actual heatsink atop of the CPU I misunderstood what you meant, the CPU is still being fried so something is seriously amiss.

The present PSU 100% needs replacing, ten year warranty and best value I could find Seasonic Focus-GX-550 550W 80 Plus Gold Modular

[Rant]

Hello, Phill. Sorry for the late reply and about the quoting. I guess I will have to replace the PSU. Thank you for the recommendation. In the m eantime, I will replace the thermal paste, just in case.

[phillpower2]

No worries.

In the m eantime, I will replace the thermal paste, just in case.

Good quality thermal compounds will when correctly applied most often last the lifetime of the computer and so never need replacing unless the heatsink gets disturbed or removed, short version, if you have not disturbed the heatsink on the CPU at all look at other possible causes of elevated temperatures, dust bunnies blocking the veins on the HS and the CPU being overvolted are two things that must get checked out first.

The PSU 100% needs to be replace so do that before messing with the heatsink and CPU, no harm can be done that way.

[Bruce]

@Rant - you logged in yesterday but didn’t update - any news?