My girlfriend's system is:
Ryzen 3 3200G
16 GB RAM
RX 570
Recently, she noticed weird FPS drops while playing Overwatch. They don't happen often, but are very noticeable, and the OW isn't really the kind of game that should stress that system.
Running HWINFO for diagnostics, I was able to find that her CPU would sometimes shoot to 88+ degrees(that's on stock cooler). What I'm wondering now is whether that's the culprit. I know that she should really upgrade the cooler(or at least change the thermal paste), but the question is whether 88 degrees would actually cause thermal throttling and thus cause the FPS drops. I've also noticed that sometimes, her cores would clock at 1300 MHz(though it doesn't seem like it happens when the CPU has those temp spikes), which seems a bit too low. My own Ryzen 5 2600x doesn't seem to get below 2300 MHz.
Ryzen 3 3200G
16 GB RAM
RX 570
Recently, she noticed weird FPS drops while playing Overwatch. They don't happen often, but are very noticeable, and the OW isn't really the kind of game that should stress that system.
Running HWINFO for diagnostics, I was able to find that her CPU would sometimes shoot to 88+ degrees(that's on stock cooler). What I'm wondering now is whether that's the culprit. I know that she should really upgrade the cooler(or at least change the thermal paste), but the question is whether 88 degrees would actually cause thermal throttling and thus cause the FPS drops. I've also noticed that sometimes, her cores would clock at 1300 MHz(though it doesn't seem like it happens when the CPU has those temp spikes), which seems a bit too low. My own Ryzen 5 2600x doesn't seem to get below 2300 MHz.