Hello friendly members of the LTT community,
Let me start of by saying I am young (16), however have a fairly good understanding of computers/ terminology. however please don't go using massively complicated terms without an explanation as I don't have a degree in IT. With that in mind I play a lot of videogames, and over two years I saved up money from holiday jobs to build my OWN PC . Needless to say when i got it working I was incredibly happy, however after having the computer for a year I have started noticing a small constant stuttering that is really...really...annoying. It's very small, however constant, despite having a high framerate it seems like every frame stutters slightly. I have tried re-installing windows, formatting my SSD and HDD, re-installing drivers, running with one stick of ram, running with different ram slots, running a lower overclock on CPU and RAM, it's not a thermal issue, while my CPU runs at 84*c max on load (I run my I5 3570k at 4.7 ghz on a hyper212 evo...yes it runs stable i left it running for 2 days with aida 64 stress test running and the peak temperature was 84*c. Anyway, my only thought is a PSU Issue however I'm not exactly rich, so buying a new PSU is out of the question for now.
[Edit] Yes the rear 120mm fan is blu tacked (sticky tacked) to the rear 90mm fan hole. My front fan broke and I ordered new ones last time I had some cash and 2 came so I just detached the rear fan and tacked this one of the rear 90mm mount... ghetto af but it works!
~Specs~
-I5 3570k {at 4.7ghz
-R9 270x [Asus]
-Asus P8Z77 -v -lx
-Hyper 212 Evo
-HyperX blu black RAM {at 1800 mhz}
-WD blue 1tb HDD
-Samsung 840 Pro 256gb
My second question is whether there is anything I can do to imrpove the airflow in my (admittadly small) ATX ase, with a non-modular PSU [see pictures]
Thank you for taking the time to look over my post, please tell me if you would prefer me to format the post in a different way
Yours -Dragoon