How to tell if my CPU or GPU has gone bad?

[heyty4thehelp]

I play arma 3 and I should get 25 fps on ultra settings but i'm getting 25 on all LOW setting.s.

anything I can do to test to make sure they're ok ? I bought 2 fans that went out on me, and thinking maybe it's a overheatin issue.

I also get a dxgi_error_device_removed error on my gpu when playing arma sometimes...idk what that is.

 

[envy14tpe]

I'd keep the back and top. Then add 2 front fans and 1 bottom. More air is coming in and it will get out with venting and exhaust fans. This seems to be a great way.

Just curious. What case fans did you get? And what case?

 

[heyty4thehelp]

I have a nxzt case(forgot the name) it has a mesh front including the drives where u would put a cd drive.

and I bought a really nice medical grade mesh for the side cover to keep dust out(forgot the name of the mesh company, suppose to be one of the best)

and I got 3x 120 MM rosewell fans(I'm broke!), but i just finished installing them and they work good...I didn't get to see your post before putting them in, so I just put 2 front air in /1 back, 2 top air out for now.. I can go back in and switch it tomorrow

I cleaned up everything in my case, and looked at my CPU fan and the metal behind the fan on my cpu is pretty dusty....I wish I could take the fan off the cpu cooler and clean it. that's why I wanted to get the cool master hyper evo cpu cooler, because you can take it the fan and clean it easily. I need to clean that up for sure...

the fans run nice and not that loud. I'm gonna play some arma 3 and test it out, then I'm going to run those benchmark test for cpu/gpu later on.

I didn't have any q-tips, so I couldn't clean my gpu fan or cpu fan that good. I'll pick some up tomorrow and scrub the fans with a q-tip.

anyone have any advice on how to clean a dusty fan that's simple and gets all the dust off the corners and inside the fan blade?

edit:: still a few tiny lag spikes for like a good 1 second....only when I loaded it, seems to be doing ok atm. I'll see if I get any lag spikes during a shootout.

 

[envy14tpe]

Try using static wipes once you remove fans and everything is unplugged to clean them up. Don't worry too much about it looking like new. As long as it isn't caked on then its ok.

 

[heyty4thehelp]

I did the 3dmark benchmark test and Idk if the scores are suppose to be good or not

i try to compare results, but it kept giving me 2x gpu sli to compare with and couldnt compare my result with other single gtx 660's

it did good all the way until the final one that gave me 10 fps, but all the other my fps look good....

i did a diagnostic run on my ram and it look fine...

i did the command prompt for my HDD test and it said "ok"

i thought to do a benchmark on a gpu, it just had 1 single picture and u ran the test for few hours to see if something happens...

i would love to know if my gpu does as good as other gtx 660s....it said the top popular CPU'S and #2 was the AMD FX-8320, so that makes he happy knowing my cpu is super popular...

Im gonna do a benchmark next on my CPU, is there not a way to take the fan off only on my cpu cooler to clean the metal behind it? will doin a benchmark give it a chance to burn it up?

prime95 is the name of the program, but it seems to only be good to check for overclocking? does not that test to see if my cpu is good or bad?

 

[heyty4thehelp]

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/8159048?

 

[heyty4thehelp]

http://www.futuremark.com/hardware/gpu/NVIDIA+GeForce+GTX+660/review

gtx 660 score on their site, 6870

mine 4674. shouldn't mine be at 6870 or is that score because someone overclocked their 660 for it?

 

[heyty4thehelp]

bump

 

[Mercian]

I can't help you any further on this, sorry

 

[naturesninja]

Your VRM's may be overheating on your mobo as it is a 4+1 design with no heatsinks. That mobo can barely handle a 95w CPU, let alone a 125W one. Have you tried any other games other than those two?

 

[naturesninja]

Also, if your system overheated before due to lack of airflow, it may have made a underperforming mobo, worse.

 

[heyty4thehelp]

i dont lag on CS:GO

only on arma 3, the only two games I play. I jus get tiny spikes every 20 mins and sometimes i get huge 5 sec lagspikes

 

[heyty4thehelp]

really sad, because I had lots of ppl look at it and help me build it on this web site and another from pcpartpicker and had tons of suggestions..

spent lots of money tryin to build a nice machine that will last a while, and if my mobo cant handle my cpu then ima be upset nobody told me so...

i checked newegg for my mobo and couldnt see the 95w limit on the mobo(still cost $70)....

I'm curious how long do u think this computer will last for new games? how many years?

and will I have to replace my mobo ?

I put new fans into my computer already....

I would like to use USB 3.0 ports, but if i remember correctly, it didn't come with something to run 3.0 on it?idk

 

[envy14tpe]

That mobo is a suitable for a 8320, but I wouldn't expect much of an overclock considering it isn't heatsinked (as mentioned above). I didn't see anywhere that suggests this has a 95W limit. So, I'm highly doubtful of that. The mobo can run a 8350 too, so...should be fine. I'd get a better cpu cooler than the crap stock one. Your CPU could be getting hot and proper cooling (even if no overclock) could help.

As for USB 3.0 : It has 2 on the back, but I don't think it has a front panel header for USB 3.0 for the front of the case.