Terrorfisk

A old and nasty Microsoft Sidewinder X4

Yeah, so I've been able to tell. Put it at 4GHz, will see how it works now and what temps I get. This being Semi idle (watched some TV shows, youtube and stuff) for over 2 hours http://i.imgur.com/RF4jYA1.png

I had to turn it to normal settings. I will have a look at what settings I can get it to run acceptable on today or tomorrow

Just tried Dragon Age again, FPS dropped but never below 40 @ these temps http://i.imgur.com/SsSzHu6.pngCould probably increase the clock speed of my CPU and still have acceptable temps.

Had to turn it back to stock speeds, but it's currently at a steady 20C idle with a new cooler, case and thermal paste. Gonna try and see if I can put up the clock speed a bit

Yeah, know that feel haha Hopefully a new case with better airflow and cooler will fix things

Will clean it and all that next week, getting that case and a new cooler at the same time

No, I got a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo

No I usualy don't have afterburner or hwmonitor running. Usualy only things running is Nvidia shadowplay for the FPS counter skype and sometimes a webbrowser. What cooler are you using? Edit: Never mind, saw what you were using in the Current rig under your comment. Was looking at maybe getting a Corsair Hydro H55, Antec Kühler 650 or maybe Cooler Master Seidon 120V v2. As well as getting a NZXT H230 case. Because cheaped out on the case when buying this PC

No I live in Sweden

Alright, will have to look into what a i5 MB/CPU combo would cost or what they would cost to buy seperatly. And guessing my current install of Windows wouldn't work? (OEM)

Yeah I suspected as much tbh, think a AMD FX 8320 or 8350 even would resolve it? Would rather not change platform atm or spend too much money on a new CPU. Will probably invest in a new cooler and case at the same time though.

Got 4 screen caps (2 bad 2 good) with CPU + GPU + RAM usage, temps and FPS Good ones http://i.imgur.com/gk6arzE.jpg http://i.imgur.com/TQSTSZR.jpg Bad ones http://i.imgur.com/tElrrFa.jpg http://i.imgur.com/HmO9GLl.jpg

I'll do this and post some screen caps tomorrow,

So, Dragon Age on my system is really weird in terms of the FPS, even after lowering my graphics settings. At times with nothing going on (even just looking at walls at times) it drops to sub 20s while at other times it's at a solid 60 no issues at all. It was a similar before when I started playing just after getting this PC, but no where near as bad, mostly 45-60 FPS. Sometimes when there was a ton going on it went to 30-ish, on higher settings. Is this a known issue, and if so is there any fixes? Or is it just my system? Specs: AMD FX 6300 @ 4.3 GHz MSI gaming OC GTX 780 @ Stock 8GB RAM