PC random freezes and gaming lag!

xenzo33

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My friends pc is doing some random freezes and its gets lag or fps drops in games the pc is almost new he bought it a month ago! all of the drivers are currently updated!
Specs:
Mobo:Aerocool Strike-X
Cpu:Amd fx 8320 stock
Ram:Hyper x fury black 1866mhz 4gb
Motherboard:Asus m5a97 le r2.0
HDD:WD GE 1TB
PSU:MS-TECH MS-N600 600w
CPU FAN:Thermaltake Contac 21
GPU:Evga gtx 750 ti ftw 2gb
 
Solution
Few things can be issue:
First you can have to small amount ram for some games.
Second to weak/poor quality PSU * I bet that this is issue 😉
Third Overheat check CPU temps.
he had a low profile cpu cooler but change to watercooling but temps from bios are on 44c :/ the psu is bad quallity like mine but it seems to be ok i have a 750w ms tech one and no problems!
 


You have identical PC specification ?

Oven more think VRM overheat on mobo put a fun to col down VRM mosfets.
 
no i have:
gpu: Xfx r9 280x dd black edition
cpu: amd fx 8350 stock oc
motherboard: asus m5a97 le 2.0
mobo: aerocool strike x xtreme
psu: ms-tech ms-N750-val750W atx
ram:Hyper x fury blue 1866mhz 8gb
hdd:Wd be 1TB
soon Cpu fan:CM Hyper 212 evo
 
His PSU is different series I still bet that is PSU issue.
Your PSU have only 450W for 12V line * theoretical in real test most liekly this PSU will burn and kill PC before reach 400W load
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His PSU have lower wattage.
I will personally do not event touch this PSU with stick :no:

All good quality PSU are listed here * tiers 1,2 and 3 can be used for gaming PC
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html
Tier 5 are Junk, all not present are in 99,99% cases junk.
 


Simply borrow a friend your PSU and test his PC, most liekly this solve issue.

And newer do synthetic burn test on your PC because this can kill your PSU and entire PC.

In normal use your build can drain up to 350W in synthetic up to 500W * to much for your PSU.
 
To exclude CPU issue Run http://www.ocbase.com/index.php/download to check how CPU will behave * look for clock drops.

To exclude GPU issue Run furmark http://www.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/ * look for clock drops.
About GPU to monitor load use GPU-Z http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/ and show me GPU load Graph.

Do not do both at this same time.

If this is not PSU, can viruses or drivers issue update them and update Motherboard bios, do windows clean install *format HDD.


 
drivers are full updated and also used older ones. he said that motherboard is updated and support 8320. also malware bytes saw no virus.
i will tell him to run the programs asap and i will tell you!