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High CPU

Forum discussion tagged with High CPU.
  1. KokoAkos

    Question High CPU usage for seconds cause massive FPS drops

    Hi. During the week, this problem appeared, which mainly occurs while playing, the CPU usage jumps up completely randomly for a few seconds. The fps drops from locked 120 to below 20. Thanks to Process Explorer, it was revealed that all this happens because of the "services.exe" system process...
  2. N

    Question High CPU usage while gaming

    Intel Core i7-9700F Nvidia RTX 3060 Adata SU630 240GB Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018) Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 2x8GB Asus PRIME H310M-E R2.0 usually when im playing discord, brave and streamlabs are open i have a 144hz monitor but game doesnt feel right when i set it to 144hz new ssd is...
  3. Dutchcow27

    [SOLVED] High cpu usage doing...nothing?

    So I’ve been having a super high cpu usage ever since I plugged my second monitor in. Like my discord idling at 30-45% and my Spotify at around 20-30%. I’ve done almost everything I could think of, from checking if I have any viruses to sfc and repairing my OS. All my drivers are completely up...
  4. mongerr

    [SOLVED] My Pc have around 100+ or sometimes up to 200+ less fps than other pc with same build or worse! HEEELP please

    Before i say anything i wanna share my build: CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K GPU: Galax Nvidia RTX 2060 Ram: 1x16 GB Corsair Vengeance 3000MhZ Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 UD SSD: Western Digital 480GB HDD: Seagate barracuda 2TB Air cooler: Noctua NHD15 PSU: Evga 600W 80 gold plus My userbenchmark...
  5. G

    Question Low GPU/HIGH CPU Usage

    I have an RX 580 8 GB and Ryzen 5 2400G with 2x8 GB RAM 3000 MHz and I have around 36-50% GPU Usage and 80-99 CPU Usage (I can't overclock anything without getting blue screens btw)
  6. N

    Question Regular CPU usage spikes

    So I installed a ryzen r5 3600 in my pc yesterday. Unfortunately, I keep getting regular CPU usage spike when doing absolutely nothing with my pc. The culprits appear to be WMI Provider Host and Winmgmt Windows Management Instrumentation. They spike every ~15 seconds, quite regularly, up to ~45%...
  7. N

    Question 100% usage

    my pc its using 100% someting that never did before, because of this "wup" i search on google and found nothing going to post some pictures so you can see CPU - i5-6600 only wup - View: https://imgur.com/nnlxDOJ only csgo - View: https://imgur.com/w9Vpy3Q csgo and "wup" running - View...
  8. N

    Question High CPU Usage!

    i have high cpu usage while playing games ( fortnite - the division 2 ) i dont know why this is happening but i recently got a 144hz monitor idk if thats related or not.. it wasnt like this before, it might has something to do with the monitor. anyway im getting a new cpu mobo ram soon but this...
  9. A

    Looking for a laptop

    Should I consider a laptop with amd a9 8 GB ram or ryzen 3 with 4 GB of RAM considering both a ddr4 one??
  10. D

    SSHD Partitioning scheme

    I am changing the HDD on my laptop to a SSHD. I have a problem here: I got my laptop with only one partition, that is, C: drive. Obviously, Windows is on that. On my new SSHD, I want two partitions. One I will solely keep for Windows and the other for Games and Multimedia. Suppose I have...
  11. I

    [WTS] I5-2500k, G.skill ddr3 8gb ram, hyper 212 evo

    Sold this can be locked or deleted ty
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    Cheap Pc build for Skyrim ultra plus mods?

    I want to build a PC for gaming mainly skyrim with high graphics and around 50 mods but have no experience with it. Is this possible for around 500$ I also have 2 4gb ddr3. What OS should i get and how much? My screen I have is 1680 x 1050, is that fine or should i spend more for 1920 x 1080. If...
  13. Chiekotz

    Installed Windows 7 but Drivers won't install

    Installed Windows 7, everything went fine I have these on my USB drive that i got from Gigabyte 1. chipset drivers 2. AUdio drivers 3. LAN drivers 4. USB drivers When i click the .exe files, its says The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running. Check...