I got this PC from a friend( for free lol) and is having some issues

[seekario]

He gave me his PC and just bought another one.
But he always complained about having constant hip cups and crashes( also the CPU spiked to 100% and the SSD aswell) and I think is because of the positioning of the fans or could be anything .
I'll post a a few pics see if you guys can help me find the problem.
And thanks you so much for your time.

Motherboard :GA-970A-DS3P Gygabyte ( with Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO)
CPU : AMD FD8350
AMD radeon HD 7950 GYGABYTE
Power Supply : Corsair CX600
And 8 GBS of ram Corsair
Corsair Graphite Series 230T

 

[atljsf]

also post the specs

if the pc only has a a ssd reinstall windows

if it has a hard disk run cristaldisk info to know the state of the hard disk, and the ssd too

sometimes the hiccups can be related to ram, sata cables problems, so i would run memtestx86 and change the sata cables for know working ones

 

[R4DIO4CT1VE]

reinstall windows if that hasnt already been done

 

[seekario]

There is the specs and the few pics let me know if more are necessary .
And yeah I fresh Installed windows as soon as I got it .
It only has a small Samsung ssd of 250 GBS.

 

[atljsf]

the fan in the cooler, is installed to pull air or push air, to where is pushing air? to the back of the case?

it needs a good clean

the gpu is a bit old and weak, perhaps a new gpu should make it more usable for gaming but is a amd am3+ platform, is old and not the best for gaming

what case it has?

not sure why the fan is on top of the psu, the fan should take cold air form the bottom of the case, not from inside the case if the case has the air intake in the bottom

have you removed the cooler and applied new thermal paste? the fan location and cooler orientation should be fan pointing to the top of the case

 

[seekario]

well in all honesty I will do light gaming on this pc .
But at least i dont want it to keep crashing .
If possible ill like to save the whole pc , just to do some cheap fixes since i spended a lot on my laptop just recently lol.
Ill definitely clean it up tomorrow, but do you see the arrows on the fans I definitely think there are going against each other?

This is the case btw
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EUZVNHU/?tag=pcpapi-20&th=1

 

[atljsf]

sorry, don't see arrows, but on one of the pictures it seems that the back fan pulls air out and the cooler fan pulls air in in the same direction, this is a bad airflow situation, or move the direction of the cooler or put the fan on the other side if ram allows it

i never saw this corsair case, is ugly 😀

the psu is not properly mounted, is acting pulling air out, from the same direction as the gpu is trying to get cold air, so i would turn it down, with the fan pointing down to the case

talking about airflow, how many fans has in the front that case?

i see you have some decent hardware there and alot of space to improve

i suspect the problems your friend had are related to heat and the gpu so heat should get some attention with the heatsink changes, and the psu changes i mentioned, also if you can and the case doesn't have it, put 2 fans in the front taking/pushing cold air from the outside

if you can set the cooler and put the fan to point to the top of the case, put a fan there too, pulling air out of the case, if ram allows it

 

[lodders]

On the subject of fan placement, airflow etc.
Before spending any time changing anything, clean the dust off with a brush, then try gaming with the side of the case removed. This will help the PC run at a lower temperature. Check all the fans are spinning.
If it still crashes, then your problem is not related to overheating or fans or airflow.

If the PC is overclocked, make a note of the BIOS settings, then go to default settings. Try gaming again. Is it better now?