Pc running slow and crashing. Some green dots too.

colew171

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My pc keeps running really slow and crashing on me. I have also had green dots appear on my screen. I also had a virus recently but it seems to have been removed. Everything is new but the hard drive and the power supply. I have 16G of ddr 4 ram, an Asus GTX 1060 6G, and an i7-7700k 4.2 ghz. can anymody tell me whats going on and maby what i need to replace.
 
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I don't discount anything to be honest. Based on the symptoms you've described thus far, I'm leaning heavily toward it be a GPU issue. But truly, you're going to have to tease it out via collecting data (thermals), stress testing, and collect more data.

Start off with the Intel Processor Diagnostic Tool. Then check RAM with Memtest86.

Next, pull stats with GPU-Z while running FurMark to stress it out. Check values before, as they run, and after.


The GPU has been running a bit warmer than usual usually in the ballpark of 70-75c

 


That's warm, but should be able to handle up to 80c. From what I've read, if it got up to 90c is when damage can occur.

What PSU are you using? It could just be starved for power if you're below requirements.

Stress test the GPU with some graphic bench-marking. If you run into the issue again, it might be a GPU issue. At which point, I'd look into RMA-ing that card for a replacement if I were you.
 


Corsair CX Series, CX600, 600 Watt. I didn't have any issues at first.

 


I figured the GPU was having issues but i didn't think it would make my PC start running slow that's why i came here if you see any other issues like a hard drive issue please say so
 
I don't discount anything to be honest. Based on the symptoms you've described thus far, I'm leaning heavily toward it be a GPU issue. But truly, you're going to have to tease it out via collecting data (thermals), stress testing, and collect more data.

Start off with the Intel Processor Diagnostic Tool. Then check RAM with Memtest86.

Next, pull stats with GPU-Z while running FurMark to stress it out. Check values before, as they run, and after.
 
Solution


Fan speeds are rising with the temps i set them myself. Regarding the 12v rail though i don't know what that is.