Update - I attempted to test the system with my backup (cheaper and old) PSU, which is an OCZ 500w - the sytem immediately started hissing/smoking - I quickly turned the power off but the damage was done, the wire going into the 4 pin cpu mobo socket had completely melted into the socket. So now...
Hi all,
Post is as the title says basically.
PC Specs are as follows:
CPU: i5-4960 @ 3.5 ghz
GPU: GTX 970 4GB
RAM: 8gb ddr3 (Exceleram 1600mhz)
HD: Seagate Barracuda 250 GB (its ancient!)
PSU: Corsair 500w
Motherboard: MSI H81I LGA1150 Mini-ITX
Background - I built this system a year and a...
Game performance is as it should be (i.e Fallout 4 is running at 60fps on near max settings) - I just wondered if it is likely to make the CPU die if its using all of its power all the time/is it just going to use loads of electricity and make the pc a lot louder?
I went into the BIOS and disabled 'Speedstep' and that seems to have fixed the problem (clocks run at 3.5ghz as they should) - is not having this enabled a big deal? Should I look for a more permanent solution is basically what im asking.
Clock change does not spike at all past 800mhz when opening any application.
Windows is already on high performance, its one of the things I initially tried doing :/
I didn't but I havent really been playing games recently, I've been barely using my pc or when I have done its just been...
Thanks for explaining - I've done what you asked, it is reporting that each core is running at 800.10 mhz (all of the time as far as I can tell), although the column after has 'multiplier' in which it says x8. I've no idea what this means since I've not used the program before :/
I've read...
Update - I tested out my PC with dota 2 (a game which again I should be able to max out) and the story was the same (around 20-40fps) and not changing when I changed any of the settings, I ran the game at different resolutions and with completely max and completely minimum settings to no avail.
I can't test at the moment but I played XCOM 2 recently and had pretty poor performance, although I put that down to the game being buggy etc (and poor performance was widely reported by people playing the game)
I have a Corsair Builder Series CX 500 Watt
I've run the game with MSI afterburner stats so I can monitor GPU, CPU and RAM usage, it seems to be a CPU issue as all 4 cores hover between 80% and 100% usage all the time. Having said that, I'll be in a very non demanding area (e.g. standing right...
Hi, I hope this is the right place to post this, I've just started playing fallout 4 however despite having a fairly decent computer, I am getting pretty bad performance issues.
I've had between 25-45 fps in an unpopulated area (the truck stop near the start of the game for anyone who has...
Thats what made me make the thread - I've seen loads of people with very similar settings saying they were basically maxing out the game.
I've tried running it with as many processes as possible closed and it still doesn't run well.
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