- Mar 30, 2017
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I was experiencing stutter and horrible performance with my desktop the past week. From the beginning of startup i notice my mouse lagged and i had audio chopping. Playing videos had microstutter when video began to play. PC games were stuttering and became unplayable with fps lower than 20.
I ran all types of test from googling solutions. Updated drivers, clean install using DDU, RAM tests, reseating, checking if GPU is connected properly to PCI-E slot. My temps were normal for CPU and GPU as well.
I pretty much gave up and was thinking maybe its the PSU. (doubtful but what can i do at this point)
I know my PSU (EVGA GQ 650 watt) is capable of running my desktop fine but I was thinking maybe it was faulty. I ordered another PSU (Corsair RMX 750 watt). Still waiting for it to arrive as we speak. I pretty much ran out of ideas or options until I decided to move my GPU to another PCI-E slot. Low and behold, my PC ran flawlessly.
I have one other thing I haven't mentioned. I had a couple of power outages in my neighborhood. Power would go out for a couple of seconds and return. I don't have a top quality surge protector. It's pretty much a crappy power strip bought from walmart. Could a cheap surge suppressor be the cause of damaging my motherboard ? I bought a belkin surge protector just to make sure that's not the problem.
Any input would help. Thanks so much !
intel i7-7700k CPU
1 EVGA FTW GTX 1080 (updated thermal pads)
MSI M5 z270 motherboard
Corsair hydro 100i v2 liquid cooler AIO
g.skill trident series (8gbx2) 16gb 3200mhz
EVGA GQ 650 watt PSU
Toshiba OCZ m.2 128gb (running windows and apps)
Samsung 850 EVO 256gb (running PC games)
I ran all types of test from googling solutions. Updated drivers, clean install using DDU, RAM tests, reseating, checking if GPU is connected properly to PCI-E slot. My temps were normal for CPU and GPU as well.
I pretty much gave up and was thinking maybe its the PSU. (doubtful but what can i do at this point)
I know my PSU (EVGA GQ 650 watt) is capable of running my desktop fine but I was thinking maybe it was faulty. I ordered another PSU (Corsair RMX 750 watt). Still waiting for it to arrive as we speak. I pretty much ran out of ideas or options until I decided to move my GPU to another PCI-E slot. Low and behold, my PC ran flawlessly.
I have one other thing I haven't mentioned. I had a couple of power outages in my neighborhood. Power would go out for a couple of seconds and return. I don't have a top quality surge protector. It's pretty much a crappy power strip bought from walmart. Could a cheap surge suppressor be the cause of damaging my motherboard ? I bought a belkin surge protector just to make sure that's not the problem.
Any input would help. Thanks so much !
intel i7-7700k CPU
1 EVGA FTW GTX 1080 (updated thermal pads)
MSI M5 z270 motherboard
Corsair hydro 100i v2 liquid cooler AIO
g.skill trident series (8gbx2) 16gb 3200mhz
EVGA GQ 650 watt PSU
Toshiba OCZ m.2 128gb (running windows and apps)
Samsung 850 EVO 256gb (running PC games)
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