is my cpu dying?

[Simple Slimy]

i5 3470

No temps are not high

lag spikes really really high cpu ussage with simple programs that have had no issue in the past 

and games are having huge lag spikes

i have 16gb of ram

and 2 ssd's in raid

[Skiiwee29]

If you have HIGH cpu usage with minimal tasks, sounds more like you have malware or a virus on your system rather than a dying CPU. 

[Simple Slimy]

Just now, Skiiwee29 said:

If you have HIGH cpu usage with minimal tasks, sounds more like you have malware or a virus on your system rather than a dying CPU. 

fresh copy of windows

not even a week old

 

[Skiiwee29]

3 minutes ago, Simple Slimy said:

fresh copy of windows

not even a week old

 

Whats your full system specs? Can you also provide a screenshot of your task manager with the High CPU load and sorted by CPU usage. 

[Vishera]

Try testing with Prime95,if you get errors or warnnings then your CPU is bad.

This program is really good at spotting bad,faulty and unstable CPUs due to it's reliance on accurate calculations.

[Simple Slimy]

7 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

Whats your full system specs? Can you also provide a screenshot of your task manager with the High CPU load and sorted by CPU usage. 

[Constantin]

47 minutes ago, Simple Slimy said:

i5 3470

No temps are not high

lag spikes really really high cpu ussage with simple programs that have had no issue in the past 

and games are having huge lag spikes

i have 16gb of ram

and 2 ssd's in raid

This is a quite old CPU, do not expect much out of it

[Simple Slimy]

16 minutes ago, Constantin said:

This is a quite old CPU, do not expect much out of it

it's really not that bad otherwise of this

it was fine for gaming and i can play games at ultra and still get good framerates

just cause it's old doesn't mean its bad and newer does not mean better 

and yeah a modern i5 would be better but this is near the same as a ryzen 3 2200g or a i3 8100 or a i5 7400

[Simple Slimy]

18 minutes ago, Constantin said:

This is a quite old CPU, do not expect much out of it

https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-7400-vs-Intel-Core-i5-3470/3886vs2771

[speed258]

Is it overclocked? Is you psu old? Could be psu cant provide stable power, try with other psu(take friends or from other pc), from my expierence I never saw dying Intel cpu, but saw 5 times dying AMD cpu so you probably safe from cpu dying term, check also chipset temps probably chipset is overheating due to burned thermal paste

[Simple Slimy]

1 minute ago, speed258 said:

Is it overclocked? Is you psu old? Could be psu cant provide stable power, try with other psu(take friends or from other pc), from my expierence I never saw dying Intel cpu, but saw 5 times dying AMD cpu so you probably safe from cpu dying term, check also chipset temps probably chipset is overheating due to burned thermal paste

no it isnt overclocked and i think my psu is old its a 500w unbranded coolmaster psu

[speed258]

1 minute ago, Simple Slimy said:

no it isnt overclocked and i think my psu is old its a 500w unbranded coolmaster psu

I would advise try other psu, hmm also check SSD temps while gaming, It could be also that SSDs in raid is overheating but this is just <1% theory, PSU issue is more real

[Simple Slimy]

1 minute ago, speed258 said:

I would advise try other psu, hmm also check SSD temps while gaming, It could be also that SSDs in raid is overheating but this is just <1% theory, PSU issue is more real

the ssd temps are perfectly normal aswell as my chipset 

[speed258]

Just now, Simple Slimy said:

the ssd temps are perfectly normal aswell as my chipset 

Well it could either PSU or maybe something wrong with RAID, but I highly advice try change psu.

[Simple Slimy]

i will be getting a new psu soon then 

[Constantin]

40 minutes ago, speed258 said:

hmm also check SSD temps while gaming

LOL. Did you really said that? 

[speed258]

2 minutes ago, Constantin said:

LOL. Did you really said that? 

This funny but in reality its below 1% chance, in our company we had laptop which struggled while watching youtube videos and browsing, issue was that ssd managed to reach 88-99C, we changed that broken ssd and everything went ok.

[DoctorNick]

Try a clean install and maybe drop the SSD raid 0 setup.