[SOLVED] i am adicted to checking my cpu usage

[Dexxly_uk]

hi i am adicted to checking my cpu usage i get a voice in my head telling me to open task manager and check my usage it is affecting my mental health pls be kind and help.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Replace "gaming" with "CPU checking", and you'll be halfway there.

The Twelve Steps - Computer Gaming Addicts Anonymous

The Twelve Steps of CGAA provide a program of living that treats the mental condition of addiction. We suggest the 12 Steps for compulsive gamers.

cgaa.info

 

[Dexxly_uk]

Replace "gaming" with "CPU checking", and you'll be halfway there.

The Twelve Steps - Computer Gaming Addicts Anonymous

The Twelve Steps of CGAA provide a program of living that treats the mental condition of addiction. We suggest the 12 Steps for compulsive gamers.

cgaa.info

Oh ok

 

[Obiwancanabi]

if you minimise task manager to the system tray you can see it in real time im not sure all the steps to get it shown but in general it would look like this, my mouse cursor is hovering over it to show the numbers but you cant see the cursor in the screenshot

 

[Dexxly_uk]

if you minimise task manager to the system tray you can see it in real time im not sure all the steps to get it shown but in general it would look like this, my mouse cursor is hovering over it to show the numbers but you cant see the cursor in the screenshot

The main reason I check is I keep thinking my 4 pin cpu cabel ain't working when it is

 

[tbjerry07]

hi i am adicted to checking my cpu usage i get a voice in my head telling me to open task manager and check my usage it is affecting my mental health pls be kind and help.

MSI afterburner has a overlay that displays your cpu gpu usage and temps on your screen even while you're full screen

 

[mdd1963]

The main reason I check is I keep thinking my 4 pin cpu cabel ain't working when it is

If you are referring to the supplemental ATX12V CPU connector, it pretty much has to be working, as you'd have no display at all without it...

 

[HappyTrails]

The afterburner is nice. Check usages and fps in game along with heat. Notice some things I try turn on in afterburner just stubborn no work. For me bottom line how many fps in demanding titles like the cyberpunks and rdr2.

 

[Dexxly_uk]

If you are referring to the supplemental ATX12V CPU connector, it pretty much has to be working, as you'd have no display at all without it...

Oh ok thanks

 

[Obiwancanabi]

This old meme comes to mind, if you are like everyone else worrying about FPS, Temps and the CPU you forget to just enjoy the moment, be like grandma

maybe its an age thing tho, eventually you just stop giving any f***s and make the best out of what you have. just enjoy whats right in front of ya

 

[Deleted member 2838871]

maybe its an age thing tho, eventually you just stop giving any f***s and make the best out of what you have. just enjoy whats right in front of ya

Yep... If I gave any f&#^s at all I'd have paid scalper fees for the 5950x... but I don't... so I went with the 10900k.

If I were 20 years younger I'd have probably went with the AMD.

 

[Darkbreeze]

If you are referring to the supplemental ATX12V CPU connector, it pretty much has to be working, as you'd have no display at all without it...

Actually, not "pretty much", but 100% if there was a problem there you'd know it, because the system would fail to work at al other than some lights and fans. So the fact that it works, means it works, period.

The fact that it works basically says "There is nothing here to see, please move along", so you can 100% stop worrying about that now and move on to worry about other things, that might actually matter or make a difference somehow. This, is a non-issue.

 

[Prad_Bitt]

This old meme comes to mind, if you are like everyone else worrying about FPS, Temps and the CPU you forget to just enjoy the moment, be like grandma

maybe its an age thing tho, eventually you just stop giving any f***s and make the best out of what you have. just enjoy whats right in front of ya

This is why I have my net graph in csgo turned off. It helps with ping loss and fps, but I get caught off so many times because I'm looking at the damn figures instead of who's peeking in front of me. Same with GTA and Cyberpunk, it ruins the experience when you go on grass and immediately check fps to see. How low it goes, and from 120 to 50, is not a very good feeling

 

[Prad_Bitt]

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Oh ok thanks

You could also just change the cable if that helps lol

 

[Darkbreeze]

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You could also just change the cable if that helps lol

Actually, you really can't, unless you have a PSU with dual EPS 4+4 pin cables. Most have only a single 4+4 pin EPS cable (Which separates into two 4 pin cables for systems that only require a single 4 pin EPS cable), and only one half of that will fit if you have only a single 4 pin EPS/CPU socket on your motherboard. The other half will be "keyed" differently than the other one to avoid them being installed wrong when both are in use.

So, no, you can't do that unless you have dual EPS 4+4 (8 pin)connectors.

 

[Prad_Bitt]

Actually, you really can't, unless you have a PSU with dual EPS 4+4 pin cables. Most have only a single 4+4 pin EPS cable (Which separates into two 4 pin cables for systems that only require a single 4 pin EPS cable), and only one half of that will fit if you have only a single 4 pin EPS/CPU socket on your motherboard. The other half will be "keyed" differently than the other one to avoid them being installed wrong when both are in use.

So, no, you can't do that unless you have dual EPS 4+4 (8 pin)connectors.

Oh damn I didn't know that! My bad

 

[Flayed]

hi i am adicted to checking my cpu usage i get a voice in my head telling me to open task manager and check my usage it is affecting my mental health pls be kind and help.

There are worse things to be addicted too

 

[Darkbreeze]

There are worse things to be addicted too

That's for sure! But there's better things too, like actually playing the game. LOL.