Does electrical damage result in significant performance decline?
Does electrical damage result in significant performance decline?
Does electrical damage impact performance in any way? Would minor surges or shorts cause a slight drop in FPS, or could it lead to more serious issues like parts failing or your rig becoming completely unusable? I’m worried about something being wrong but don’t know if the signs are clear.
Yes, parts can be slightly reduced in strength yet remain functional.
It's not possible to determine a precise level of "electrical damage." However, it seems unlikely that the situation would be exactly as described, such as "fps reduced slightly after each surge."
Could the slight drop in frames per second occur during brief or sudden spikes, rather than causing permanent damage?
Everything is
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Reduced frame rate seems improbable, but.
Destroying every part of a setup is also not likely.
Outright instability seems most likely if the system failed immediately due to electrical damage. Expect frequent crashes or hard failures needing a reset. Not every error is permanent, so there’s a possibility the CPU or GPU had to redo work, lowering performance. In such cases, I’d focus on memory or power delivery as potential causes. However, consistent errors would be necessary to notice performance drops. It would be an uncommon situation.