My games keep freezing and I think it is because of an overheated CPU

[hudsonacreman]

I have always been able to play games on my computer fine with my current parts (I had a budget build). I have a 7th gen i3 and a 1050 ti. Everything is compatible and I have had it for a year. I recently (about a month) started to receive these freezes and crashes that will completely ruin any game play and have gotten progressively worse. At first it wasn't that bad and I would only get occasional freezes about once a day. Then it evolved to crashes once a day, along with tons of freezes throughout the day. I figured it might be hardware, so I went and opened my PC. When I looked inside my CPU cooler was only stuck in with one peg in the top corner so it want even covering the CPU (I used the stock cooler). I am pretty sure that the root of these crashes is based on my CPU. I am not sure if my CPU just needs more thermal paste or if I had fried my CPU beyond repair. If you could help me out that would be great! Thanks!

 

[hudsonacreman]

I just ran a match of Fortnite with Task Manager in the background and noticed that the "CPU" started out at 85ish but lowered to 40ish but the "Disk" was at a steady 100%

 

[SchizTech]

First, confirm that you did replace the loose cooler.

As far as troubleshooting everything, there are diagnostics for RAM (memtest86 or Windows Memory Diagnostic).

For HDD, use Seagate Seatools

 

[Geef]

Also use the Intel Processor Diagnostic Tool. Just make sure when you open it your ready to not be able to do much of anything until it finishes cause it uses all cores at 100% while its testing.
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005567/processors.html

 

[hudsonacreman]

First, confirm that you did replace the loose cooler.

As far as troubleshooting everything, there are diagnostics for RAM (memtest86 or Windows Memory Diagnostic).

For HDD, use Seagate Seatools

I already tried the Ram test and had no difference, I am trying to run the Seagate test but it doesn't detect any Seagate hard drives even though I have one.

 

[SchizTech]

First, confirm that you did replace the loose cooler.

As far as troubleshooting everything, there are diagnostics for RAM (memtest86 or Windows Memory Diagnostic).

For HDD, use Seagate Seatools

I already tried the Ram test and had no difference, I am trying to run the Seagate test but it doesn't detect any Seagate hard drives even though I have one.

That test should run on any brand of HDD (which is why I tend to recommend it). Is it detecting the drive at all?

 

[hudsonacreman]

First, confirm that you did replace the loose cooler.

As far as troubleshooting everything, there are diagnostics for RAM (memtest86 or Windows Memory Diagnostic).

For HDD, use Seagate Seatools

I already tried the Ram test and had no difference, I am trying to run the Seagate test but it doesn't detect any Seagate hard drives even though I have one.

That test should run on any brand of HDD (which is why I tend to recommend it). Is it detecting the drive at all?

It passed all the tests I ran.

 

[hudsonacreman]

Also use the Intel Processor Diagnostic Tool. Just make sure when you open it your ready to not be able to do much of anything until it finishes cause it uses all cores at 100% while its testing.
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005567/processors.html

I just ran this test and it passed every section

 

[hudsonacreman]

So far I haven't been able to notice any differences and it passed every test.