Solved PC not working properly

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mina

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Hi!

So a few months ago, a burning smell came from my pc. I found out it was the psu and changed it. However, my pc does not peform as well as it used to. For example, I used to be able to play games on high settings, but now they start stuttering at low. I thought maybe it was the new psu, so I changed it to a new one, however the problem still persists. My pc even becomes very slow if I have too many applications open (like chrome and a game running) which it did not do before the incident.

I dont know what to do as I spent a lot of money and now it is not performing as it used to

pc specs:
1060 3gb
ryzen 3700 X
16gb ram ddr4
1 tb hdd
my psu is 700 watts
 
Hello

Do you know if the psu caused a power surge ? Also give us your complete psu spec's with the new one. Which games do you play ?
 
hi! im not sure if it caused a power surge as everything was working fine (it was just the smell) until i noticed my pc started being a bit slow.

my current psu is the justop 700w, ATX, non-modular.

I play games such as genshin, elden ring, final fantasy, rdr2, gtav (mostly single player rpg) For example, I could play genshin at max settings easily, but now it stutters even at lowest settings, and sometimes freezes if chrome is running at the background
 
More than likely you will need to replace the psu, also it would be suggested to get one with at least a 5 to 10 year warranty.. I would do it ASAP so no more pc damage occurs,
 
veeg said:
More than likely you will need to replace the psu, also it would be suggested to get one with at least a 5 to 10 year warranty.. I would do it ASAP so no more pc damage occurs,
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This will then be my 3rd time changing the psu :( I feel like theres another underlying issue maybe? But if so, can you recommend some good budget psus? I am on a tight budget unfortunately
 
mina said:
my current psu is the justop 700w
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There is one thing that is possibly worse than using a known poor quality brand of PSU and that is using one that is unheard of, for brands of PSU to trust and brands to avoid please refer to the links in my sig.

Giveaway signs that the present PSU is garbage, unhears of brand, no efficiency rating, no warranty information, it cannot even produce even 600W and it costs less than £30.00.

Lets see if anything else is going on;

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.
 
mina said:
Hi!

So a few months ago, a burning smell came from my pc. I found out it was the psu and changed it. However, my pc does not peform as well as it used to. For example, I used to be able to play games on high settings, but now they start stuttering at low. I thought maybe it was the new psu, so I changed it to a new one, however the problem still persists. My pc even becomes very slow if I have too many applications open (like chrome and a game running) which it did not do before the incident.

I dont know what to do as I spent a lot of money and now it is not performing as it used to

pc specs:
1060 3gb
ryzen 3700 X
16gb ram ddr4
1 tb hdd
my psu is 700 watts
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oh and i misnamed my cpu! it is a ryzen 7 1700 sorry
 
phillpower2 said:
There is one thing that is possibly worse than using a known poor quality brand of PSU and that is using one that is unheard of, for brands of PSU to trust and brands to avoid please refer to the links in my sig.

Giveaway signs that the present PSU is garbage, unhears of brand, no efficiency rating, no warranty information, it cannot even produce even 600W and it costs less than £30.00.

Lets see if anything else is going on;

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.
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i think i see the problem.. my cpu temps are really high even though im just on chrome (80c)
 
Partition 1
Partition ID: Disk #2, Partition #1
Disk Letter: C:
File System: NTFS
Volume Serial Number: FCE9EF72
Size: 118 GB
Used Space: 108 GB (91%)
Free Space: 10.3 GB (9%)
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Couple of problems going on there but the capacity of the SSD that Windows is installed on is a major one, the drive needs to be at least 250GB, as to why is explained below;

For Windows to be able to run efficiently and to be able to update you need to have between 20 and 25% of the partition or drive available on a HDD and an SSD between 10 and 15% as free storage space at all times, if you don`t you risk Windows becoming corrupt or not being able to update which 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 space on the C: drive/partition and we can go from there.

Just a fyi, Windows should always be installed on either its own drive or on a seperate partition on a larger drive, this reduces the amount of free space that is required to be kept available + it makes creating a regular back a whole lot easier.

A 256GB SSD or separate partition on a larger capacity drive should be the minimum capacity allowed for.

An appropriate PSU and freeing up the storage space should be your first two priorities.
 
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