Popular first-person shooters experience significant performance declines.
Popular first-person shooters experience significant performance declines.
I acquired the previous graphics card (AMD Radeon 6950) and a fresh power source (700 watt) from my brother. During this time, I experienced several issues. Diablo 3 showed intermittent frame drops when facing large enemy waves, and occasionally the system would freeze or fail to respond to programs. I had been considering a hardware upgrade to resolve these concerns, possibly due to the age of the graphics card. Consequently, I installed the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (MSI), a new motherboard (ASRock B75 Pro3-M, CPUSocket), 8GB dual-channel DDR3 RAM at 665MHz, and a 932GB Seagate ST1000DM003 SATA hard drive. I retained my Intel Core i7 2600 @ 3.40GHz processor and the original power supply. Over the past few months, these components have continued to cause problems, worsening after about one to two months. My League of Legends sessions became unstable, often dropping to 0-30 frames per second, with occasional brief freezes. Temperature checks revealed the CPU reached around 60°C, which was not critically high but still a concern. My friends confirmed the CPU temperature was within safe limits. I attempted to reinstall the game client without success. I also started playing World of Warcraft recently and found it extremely difficult to play, with FPS plummeting from 95 to 0-20. Freezing seemed to occur when someone leveled up or joined a match. Additionally, my Google Chrome has been behaving oddly since the beginning; I noticed it would freeze after leaving an open tab for about an hour. Interestingly, on some days I had no issues at all, and everything ran smoothly. I updated drivers for the CPU, GPU, motherboard, etc., and performed benchmarks that showed normal performance. After installing the new components, I downloaded Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit and conducted stress tests, which also reported stable operation. Despite these improvements, I’m still unsure if my CPU is failing or if the power supply might be malfunctioning. Thank you for reading. Restarting my PC helps after playing for 2-3 hours, but it then starts lagging again.
The information about your power supply isn't specified. A 700W rating alone doesn't provide enough details.
Check your PSU model and verify compatibility with a 700W PSU from the manufacturer's list.
I often hear about OCZ PSUs besides the ZT line. It might be the one you're referring to.
It might be due to a failing hard drive. Execute a tool named HD Tune, which provides diagnostic checks.