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It could be a heat issue. Over time dust reduces the heat dissipation ability of the cooling systems so unless you have cleaned the CPU and graphics coolers off you probably have a heat issue at a minimum. The PSU can get full of dust and have heat issues as well but its less likely. Try...

I would go a different route. I think youshould look into expanding your RAM. 4GB isn't much and you may be getting bottle necked there. Then I would get a tier higher video card. Either an RX480 or a GTX 1060 whichever you like. Your processor already has very good single core performance...

Is the entire PC freezing up or just the game? The typical initial strategy here is going to be reboot computer, update drivers and operating system, and then check and see what happens.

There are several I would recommend. 3DMark for Gaming Benchmarking PassMark for all around PC usage SiSoftware Sandra is something I have used but its more technically oriented. All of those offer a free version. Hope that helps!

There is a cool website called PC part picker where you can go and build a computer and it will guide you. Once you pick your processor from there it automatically only gives you options that work for your motherboard and memory. It makes it a lot easier to put it all together. What is the...

It could be one of the new recording features added either to Windows or Nvidia Drivers in the last few months. Windows has an Xbox Game DVR app that it added which should be turned off. It requires you to log into the xbox app which is annoying but it is on by default and pretty easy to turn...

You have had this problem on two PSU's now and when you make a change to your GPU it fixes the problem. It's probably a GPU issue not a PSU issue. Try doing a Kelvin burn in test from the MSI Afterburner App with default clocks on your GPU. If the problem occurs you should be able to monitor...

Well there are a ton of variables. It could be that something is consuming more resources or it could be a hardware issue. I saw a guy a similar problem the other day where a video card had been removed, cleaned, and reinstalled but not seated all the way into the slot. So the OS could see it...

The new i5-7400 costs $10 more and fits in the same socket so its a couple of years newer but yeah its a solid build. I love Mushkin Blackline memory!

It could just be your computing and graphics resources are being maxed out or some setting changed. If anti-aliasing got bumped up you will take a big hit to your FPS for example. Here is a guide for maximizing your CS:GO performance...