Recent content by sparky8251

Seems good to me. I'd try PSU next but I don't know easy ways to test one aside from getting a known working one and trying that... Sorry I can't be of more help on this.

Let us know if the issue is fixed or not when you get enough testing done. Hope I helped!

Can always try getting proper audio drivers too. Usually people stick with the default Windows ones. They work well but are lacking some features and may have flaws for certain devices. Not sure which you have but basically every audio card these days is from creative or realtek.

The GPU would be maxed out at 100% and it would suddenly drop voltage and clock speed right? Sounds like that's the issue to me. 70c is usually the limit for CPUs and GPUs. You wouldn't happen to live where there is snow would you? If you can try cracking a window and taking the side off the...

Since it's a recent upgrade I'm going to ask if you've made sure everything has been reconnected properly including fan power and power supply cables and even the case buttons. When I replace my motherboard or PSU I almost always forget to reconnect something.

Odd question but... Have you tried licking the plug on the headset, inserting it into a jack in your computer, pulling it out and wiping it off? Back when I used a headset this would fix static issues for me every time. Granted I lived in a home with 8 pets so dust was everywhere but my point...

chkdsk won't tell you if the drive is failing/getting old. Try running a read/write test and a SMART test on the drive. If the performance is really low its definitely feeling its age and could be having issues even if the drive passes its self-tests. I had one that was passing smart tests but...

Let us know how it goes. If the blanket was touching the side you were most definitely restricting airflow and that could cause heat ups which it turn cause forced slow downs. So far I see that you have tried lower resolutions than your mate to no avail (and getting it working with lower than...

Practically every BSOD you had was a memory issue. Have you tried checking if your RAM or HDD (don't forget, you have a page file and this is used as RAM and can cause memory related BSODs) is bad. It might explain the consistency depending on the game (actual RAM requirements and swappiness...

Good to know its under load (I used to have temps at idle like that...) but it seems a tad high to me. It might not even be the issue but I'd feel a little uncomfortable running at 70 Celsius. Is your mate able to provide a temp comparison or are you able to expose it to something extra cold by...