My pc has been freezing randomly lately, sometimes it'll be within 1 hr of me turning it on and only having chrome/excel open. And other times it will be as I am starting a video game on my PC. I recently bought a new graphics card and more ram, so I know that is not the issue. The big question is if its my CPU or my PSU.
I ran a test on my CPU with OCCT for 1 hr under large load and it had random drops from "normal" frequency to very low/near zero. In my opinion that shows that its the CPU that is failing, but I am looking for advice from people with more experience since it may just be my PSU.
PC Build,
16 GM Ram, new
16 GM Ram, 4 years old
ASUS Radeon RX 560, new
PowerColor PCS+ Radeon HD 7950, 4 years old
Cooler Master Seidon 240M(liquid cooler), 4 years old
AMD FX-8320, 4 years old
GIGABYTE GA-990FXA motherboard, 4 years old
Bronze 80 Plus 750W PSU, 4 years old
I ran a test on my CPU with OCCT for 1 hr under large load and it had random drops from "normal" frequency to very low/near zero. In my opinion that shows that its the CPU that is failing, but I am looking for advice from people with more experience since it may just be my PSU.
PC Build,
16 GM Ram, new
16 GM Ram, 4 years old
ASUS Radeon RX 560, new
PowerColor PCS+ Radeon HD 7950, 4 years old
Cooler Master Seidon 240M(liquid cooler), 4 years old
AMD FX-8320, 4 years old
GIGABYTE GA-990FXA motherboard, 4 years old
Bronze 80 Plus 750W PSU, 4 years old