Recent content by Terence McCormick

I reset my PC because of some lag issues and everything was fine. Got all my applications and everything back installed. I shut down my computer (Windows shut down, not a hard reset) and when I turn it back on I get some error saying something happened and windows cannot boot properly. I...

How can I test it? And a failing SSD can make my games lag? None of my games are installed on the SSD just windows

I know this might be a hardware issue, but it started happening out of nowhere. The first time it happened, I fixed it by factory resetting my PC, but I must have done something because now it's back again and this time worse. Before it only happened in games but now it happens in chrome, games...

I fixed it all I did was factory reset my SSD, guess I must have messed with a setting or some app who knows, but thanks for trying to help

I believe it's green with white lettering, idk if it's even a CX variant I've had it for nearly 5 years lol, that's what I remember it being

These are my clock speeds and Usage when the lag happens: Core Temp When Lag Happens Task Manager When Lag Happens As I said, it's almost like it's trying to thermal throttle, but why would it start to throttle at 52 degrees? This makes no sense to me

I don't think it's a thermal issue, I have a Hyper 212 EVO cooler and Arctic Silver thermal paste on it, and my temps never exceed 50 degrees, even while gaming. One thing I have noticed is when the usage drops, the core clock and temps drop as well, almost like it is trying to thermal throttle.

RAM: PNY Optima 8GB PSU: Corsair CX450 Watt Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M Plus/USB3 I'm going to try to reset my bios and see if that helps at all

These FPS drops used to happen to me, but it usually involved my GPU, not CPU. When I ran Prime95 and kept and eye on my cpu temps/usage, the usage always went to 33 percent, always in the same pattern, but my temperature is at a cool 50 degrees. This happens on any CPU intensive game, but the...

There really seems to be no trigger for it, I'll just be on Youtube, or playing a game when my screen goes black, and my pc reboots as if I pressed the restart button on my case, and no BSOD pops up I built this pc around 3.5 years ago and no issues with it until now. My guess it's my PSU...

I am not going to spend 220 dollars on a monitor, so are their any reliable cheaper options that I could get? Maybe refurbished? Also if it is 24 inches that would be a bonus

I found a 3470 on craigslist for 50 dollars, and I do not know if it's still worth buying when there is all these new cpu's coming out