My PC can’t really run anything well after I was away from it for about a year. It used to run great, no problems until I came back to it. The specs are:
CPU: Intel i5-4570 @3.2
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 760
RAM: 8GB
Storage: 1TB disk drive
Power supply: Thermaltake Smart 850W
Running Windows 10.
I had the computer stored at a relative’s house for about a year before being able to retrieve it. Now, the issue is general slowness. Some stuttering with the mouse, programs are slow to respond, games that used to run at high settings don’t work at all or are unplayably slow. I checked all the wires, and didn’t see any issues, but there’s definitely more dust that I haven’t been able to completely remove. Task manager shows no issues, everything seems to be running just fine on there. I’ve run the windows RAM diagnostic, which produced no issues, and then I reset the computer with the disk clean option. Still slow.
When I first got the PC on again, not remembering everything about it, I plugged my DVI into the internal GPU without realizing, then saw that that was running poorly so I tried the power mode and I got a black-and-white glitchy screen and then a crash. Then the computer would shut off just as it turned on, cycling like that. I waited a while and it worked again, but I got BSODs a few times more. Then I realized I had to plug it into my better GPu. Since that day and the reset, no issues there, so I stopped worrying that the power supply is the issue.
I’m not sure what my next steps for troubleshooting are... I built the PC in 2016 and again, it ran great until 2019. Maybe it’s time to upgrade, but I’d prefer not to spend a ton if there’s something I can do here. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
CPU: Intel i5-4570 @3.2
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 760
RAM: 8GB
Storage: 1TB disk drive
Power supply: Thermaltake Smart 850W
Running Windows 10.
I had the computer stored at a relative’s house for about a year before being able to retrieve it. Now, the issue is general slowness. Some stuttering with the mouse, programs are slow to respond, games that used to run at high settings don’t work at all or are unplayably slow. I checked all the wires, and didn’t see any issues, but there’s definitely more dust that I haven’t been able to completely remove. Task manager shows no issues, everything seems to be running just fine on there. I’ve run the windows RAM diagnostic, which produced no issues, and then I reset the computer with the disk clean option. Still slow.
When I first got the PC on again, not remembering everything about it, I plugged my DVI into the internal GPU without realizing, then saw that that was running poorly so I tried the power mode and I got a black-and-white glitchy screen and then a crash. Then the computer would shut off just as it turned on, cycling like that. I waited a while and it worked again, but I got BSODs a few times more. Then I realized I had to plug it into my better GPu. Since that day and the reset, no issues there, so I stopped worrying that the power supply is the issue.
I’m not sure what my next steps for troubleshooting are... I built the PC in 2016 and again, it ran great until 2019. Maybe it’s time to upgrade, but I’d prefer not to spend a ton if there’s something I can do here. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
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