icantthinkofaname
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So I decided to upgrade CPU, mobo and ram as my old I5 2500k started running hot and seemed to be at the end of it's life.
Please bear in mind that I dont know a huge amount about PC stuff.
My problems are.
1. When opening any program/app it takes from 15 to 30 seconds for anything to happen. Once the program/app has started it runs as intended. This could be a game of cards or my latest game craze DayZ.
2. During and after I download, specifically games from Steam my pc will start to lag both screen and sound. This is so bad that I have to hit the reset button, I cant move the mouse to press restart.... Other downloads seem fine.
3. Random sound lag when surfing the net. It is like a stutter that lasts only 1 to 3 seconds.
I5 6600k (not overclocked) – new
Corsair H100i
ASUS PRIME Z270-A - new (I had a new MSI Intel Z270 PC MATE but swapped it for the Asus)
G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series DDR4 2400mhz 4gb x2 - new
Asus GTX 980
Kingston SSD A400 240gb - new
1TB HDD
Corsair HX1000 1000W
Windows 10
Edit: Temps - neither the CPU or GPU ever go over 65c when running games or even during diagnostic testing.
I've run memtest86 for 24 hours with both sticks of ram at the same time and then 12 hours for both a sticks of ram singly. The results were error free.
I ran Prime95 for almost a whole day and no errors. I also ran Intel Processor Diagnostic Tool 64bit and no errors.
I have tried a new and old SSD, a different GPU, a new mobo and I still have the same issues.
I am at a loss with my limited experience with these things and I am not throwing anymore money at it. So I thought I would ask for some advice before I return the CPU and RAM. Those are the two components I havent been able to swap when testing so surely it is one of the two, even though memtest86 and Prime95 test have no errors.
Some advice would be helpful.. Thanks
Please bear in mind that I dont know a huge amount about PC stuff.
My problems are.
1. When opening any program/app it takes from 15 to 30 seconds for anything to happen. Once the program/app has started it runs as intended. This could be a game of cards or my latest game craze DayZ.
2. During and after I download, specifically games from Steam my pc will start to lag both screen and sound. This is so bad that I have to hit the reset button, I cant move the mouse to press restart.... Other downloads seem fine.
3. Random sound lag when surfing the net. It is like a stutter that lasts only 1 to 3 seconds.
I5 6600k (not overclocked) – new
Corsair H100i
ASUS PRIME Z270-A - new (I had a new MSI Intel Z270 PC MATE but swapped it for the Asus)
G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series DDR4 2400mhz 4gb x2 - new
Asus GTX 980
Kingston SSD A400 240gb - new
1TB HDD
Corsair HX1000 1000W
Windows 10
Edit: Temps - neither the CPU or GPU ever go over 65c when running games or even during diagnostic testing.
I've run memtest86 for 24 hours with both sticks of ram at the same time and then 12 hours for both a sticks of ram singly. The results were error free.
I ran Prime95 for almost a whole day and no errors. I also ran Intel Processor Diagnostic Tool 64bit and no errors.
I have tried a new and old SSD, a different GPU, a new mobo and I still have the same issues.
I am at a loss with my limited experience with these things and I am not throwing anymore money at it. So I thought I would ask for some advice before I return the CPU and RAM. Those are the two components I havent been able to swap when testing so surely it is one of the two, even though memtest86 and Prime95 test have no errors.
Some advice would be helpful.. Thanks