Recently my PC has started hitting max CPU utilization while playing games (other than games that aren't graphically intensive), and then my game will have a massive lag spike for about 15 seconds. This is a newer issue, it mostly started after I replaced my gpu. I've considered that my GPU swap has caused the throttling, however one of my friends has the exact same CPU/GPU combo and has had no issues.
Here's the relevant info:
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU
AMD FX-8350
CPU Cooler
Corsair Hyper Evo 212
RAM
16.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 2133MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)
GPU
6144MB GDDR6 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660Ti (Zotac)
As I said my PC will eat up my CPU and then I get an FPS drop for about 10-15 seconds, then it's back to normal. The problem is it happens frequently, as in multiple time in the span of 5 minutes. I took the side of my case off and put a box fan pointing inside to see if it was just a heat issue due to the new card putting off too much. When I do that I don't have the problem as frequently, maybe once or twice an hour. So I suspect it's a cooling issue, but my cpu on average hits 55c at the highest, so I'm at a loss here. Any ideas of whats up? Is it a dreaded VRM issue?
Here's the relevant info:
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU
AMD FX-8350
CPU Cooler
Corsair Hyper Evo 212
RAM
16.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 2133MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693)
GPU
6144MB GDDR6 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660Ti (Zotac)
As I said my PC will eat up my CPU and then I get an FPS drop for about 10-15 seconds, then it's back to normal. The problem is it happens frequently, as in multiple time in the span of 5 minutes. I took the side of my case off and put a box fan pointing inside to see if it was just a heat issue due to the new card putting off too much. When I do that I don't have the problem as frequently, maybe once or twice an hour. So I suspect it's a cooling issue, but my cpu on average hits 55c at the highest, so I'm at a loss here. Any ideas of whats up? Is it a dreaded VRM issue?
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