Major lag help

Chris112 said:

I accidentally kicked the power cord out of the power board

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This would cause hardware as opposed to software damage and what you describe suggests that the GTX1060 could be involved.

If the computer is a desktop can you post the brand and model name or number of the power supply (PSU).

Download then run Speccy (free) and post the resultant url for us, details here, this will provide us with information about your computer hardware + any software that you have installed that may explain the present issue/s.

To publish a Speccy profile to the Web:

In Speccy, click File, and then click Publish Snapshot.

In the Publish Snapshot dialog box, click Yes to enable Speccy to proceed.

Speccy publishes the profile and displays a second Publish Snapshot. You can open the URL in your default browser, copy it to the clipboard, or close the dialog box.

Chris112 said:

http://speccy.piriform.com/results/R14Xgl6gKJPShEingZIAjpz

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We can see a few things going on in Speccy but until we have the PSU information we can`t do anything

No worries but fwiw it wasn`t how the info was requested so we weren't to know it was there

Not a good choice of spec PSU and should never have been used anywhere near a computer that has an add on GPU, Corsair recommend the CX range for the following;

CX Series power supply units are an excellent choice for basic system builds and desktop PC computer upgrades, offering high reliability and low noise.

Note the word "basic" this means either integrated graphics or only the most basic of add on GPUs, anything no good for gaming basically, that said being an older GPU there is no point in getting a better PSU.

Back to your Speccy report, will only mention the most urgent for now as not only will it be causing you performance issues etc but also putting Windows at risk of corruption and the SSD at risk of failure.

Please note that the storage capacity of the SSD that Windows 10 is on is too small, the smallest capacity SSD that I will use for Windows on its own is 256GB and being that Windows 10 looks to be the last version of Windows to be numbered an instead to be continually upgraded instead I will in future be using a minimum of a 500GB SSD instead.

Partition 1
Partition ID: Disk #0, Partition #1
Disk Letter: C:
File System: NTFS
Volume Serial Number: 945879D9
Size: 110 GB
Used Space: 105 GB (94%)
Free Space: 5.74 GB (6%)

The following is an explanation as to why Windows own and other updates will not install.

For Windows to be able to run efficiently and to be able to update, on a mechanical HDD you need to have between 20 and 25% of the partition or drive available as free storage space at all times and on an SSD between 10 and 20%, if you don`t you risk Windows becoming corrupt or not being able to update which also puts you at risk of malware attack.

Data only storage devices should not be allowed to get any lower than 10% of free storage space of the full capacity of the drive/partition on the drive, this also to avoid data corruption.

Please note that storage devices can physically fail if the amount of free storage space is allowed to drop below the required 10 or 20/25% minimum.

Uninstall as many unused programs, games, videos and music files as you can and get yourself another means of backing up to, post back when you have between 20 and 25% ** free storage on the C: drive/partition and we can go from there.

** You need to free up so much more space because Windows updates are so far behind.

No rush as calling it a day here as its getting late, take as long as you need and please only post back after you have freed up the space, got Windows fully up to date and tested the PC by using it as you normally would to see how it behaves.

Windows Defender is up to date but Windows 10 itself is not, go here and see if you are able to download and install the latest version of Windows 10 which is 20H2

You are welcome

See how things go after the install and a spell of gaming then post back with an update for us, if the problem persists we will check your temps and voltages + provide the info for testing your GPU.

In addition to the above, you have two different specs of RAM, two Xs 1600MHz sticks and two Xs 1333MHz sticks, it will not make your PC lightening fast by removing them but in case you are not already aware having the 1333MHz RAM in the board means that your 1600MHz RAM is being clocked backwards to match the speed of the slower RAM, this is normal as you can make faster RAM go slower but you cannot make slower RAM go past its maximum tested capability, addition to the addition looks like you need to enable XMP in the BIOS so that your RAM gets OCd, its only running at 1066MHz atm when with the four sticks in the board it can run at 1333MHz.