Hardware issue?

[Waam214]

Noo, i meant mb as in “my bad”, my apologies. Im not sure if i want to try replacing more parts of the computer yet. But the cooler is acting a bit off, making strange noises from time to time. I have tried cleaning the cooler but it doesn’t appear to have helped. Could the cooler be bad even if the temps are fine?

Im also thinking of checking the thermal paste on the cpu but i need to repaste if i remove the cooler right? If so, i would have to order some paste. Also is it possible the mother board is getting too old? Im just not sure where to go from here, im completely lost.

[Pyro]

I’ve used Noctua’s NT-H2 thermal paste, if you’re repasting I would recommend this with no hesitations, otherwise you could get away with any name brand really. Repasting is a good thing to do along with normal system maintenance (repasting can be done once every couple years or so). Please not, you must use thermal paste and a good one at that, there is no secret household concoction that does the job better, and the use of improper substances can wreak havoc on a computer.

I see you have a custom power plan setup, I would set it to Balanced.

Any over/underclocking you have done should be undone, all of your BIOS settings should be set back to the default settings, here is my default response detailing how to do these things and a few other good practices:

1. Clear up system space, try deleting some old files/programs and running the following programs, try to keep at least 20-25% of your disks as free space.

Run Disk Cleanup (check all the boxes) this will delete things such as your recycling bin, so make sure you don’t have any files you want to keep.

Run Defragment and Optimize Drives, run this on your drives.

1. Disable any overclocking or changes to power/performance settings

Turn off XMP/any overclocking you may have done (if any)

Settings > System > Power and sleep > Additional power settings
Make sure your power plan is set to balanced, anything else could tamper with the wrong settings and cause issues.

1. Check for Operating System Corruption

Right click on the Windows logo in the bottom left and select Windows Powershell (Admin)
Run these three commands separately:

sfc /scannow

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

These will take a while to run, do not close out of Powershell while they are running, if one fails then move onto the next and then loop back around.

Note: It doesn’t hurt to make a system backup before you make all these changes, save any important files of folders. While these changes shouldn’t cause any issues, better to be safe than sorry.

1. Unplug unnecessary devices.
   If you have a gamepad, extra monitor, external hard drive/flash drive, or anything that is not essential to using the computer plugged in, unplug it. You should be left with your monitor, mouse and keyboard.

Once you have completed all of these tasks, restart it (using the restart option in the power menu) and re-test.

[Waam214]

Thanks for your reply! I have disabled the overclocking on my ram, all bios back to default. I also cleaned up as much system space as i could (40-50%), power plan is now set to balanced as well. I ran all the listed commands in Windows Powershell (admin), and unplugged all unnecessary devices. Issue still remains after reset sadly

[Waam214]

I ordered some Noctua’s NT-H2 thermal paste, i also ordered a display port to dvi adapter for my monitor, because my new gpu does not have any dvi display ports. So im currently only running 60hz.

[Pyro]

I would stay away from adapters, if you need to change outputs, buy an actual cable that has two different ends. It eliminates some failure points.

Have you tried using only one monitor? Having different monitors can cause a slew of issues, try each one on their own and see if that makes a difference.

On top of this, mess around with having V-Sync on and off, does that change anything?

[Waam214]

Currently im only using one of my monitors as i only have 1 hdmi cable available, but i have tested the other monitor too. I have played around with the v-sync and it doesn’t really seem to make a difference. Fps gets higher when disabled but the performance is just about the same.

I will reorder to a cable with two different ends instead of the adapter. Thanks for your reply!

[Waam214]

It looks like something is going on with my CPU. Whenever i download something the usage jumps to a steady 100% and everything starts lagging. Same thing happens when i have several sites open, however this does not seem happen when i play games. This only recently started happening btw.

Heres a video clip:
[MEDIA=vimeo]721316831[/MEDIA]

[Pyro]

Jumps in CPU usage are not abnormal when downloading, I’ve seen my FPS halve when downloading something and playing a game.

You could try killing some higher usage programs, I would start with AVG.

Windows Defender and some common sense goes a long way, and it doesn’t suck up as many resources as a lot of other antivirus/antimalware services.

[Bruce]

@waam - you revisited the site yesterday but have not responded.
still need help?

[Bruce]

abandoned