i5 6600k

[the erector.]

Hello! recently i just bought a new pc and it has an i5 6600k and a 1070 8gb windforce oc card, 8 gigs of ddr4 3000mhz ram gskill rgb and when i play fortnite my cpu usage is at 100% at all times and my frames drop badly. my temps are usually 48-52 degrees Celsius so i do not know what to do?

[rahl97]

Reinstall drivers is usually a good starting point for any problem like this. 

[5x5]

All you can do is upgrade to a proper CPU for that GPU. Used i7 6700/7700 or Ryzen 5 if changing platform

[the erector.]

1 minute ago, rahl97 said:

Reinstall drivers is usually a good starting point for any problem like this. 

I actually just updated bios to latest version, and download all graphical drivers are there drivers for my cpu?

[the erector.]

Ill look into that ! thanks

[rahl97]

3 minutes ago, the erector. said:

I actually just updated bios to latest version, and download all graphical drivers are there drivers for my cpu?

Just as troubleshooting steps id recommend making sure you're updated on your latest intel chipset driver, also updating/reinstalling your graphics card ones. 

[balderm]

That CPU should handle Fortnite pretty easily, source me since i was using it till last November. 

What CPU Cooler are you using? Since if you got something decent you can easily overclock all core to 4.5ghz with by setting the voltage to 1.33v, that should greatly help with that, the stock 3.9ghz is not really enough to keep up with a lot of modern titles.

That being said, also try and not do 40 things at the same time while gaming, that's a pretty old CPU and having Youtube, Discord chat, Spotify, some programs to control your chassis fans and so on running in background can kill your performance if the game is demanding enough.

[the erector.]

12 minutes ago, balderm said:

That CPU should handle Fortnite pretty easily, source me since i was using it till last November. 

What CPU Cooler are you using? Since if you got something decent you can easily overclock all core to 4.5ghz with by setting the voltage to 1.33v, that should greatly help with that, the stock 3.9ghz is not really enough to keep up with a lot of modern titles.

That being said, also try and not do 40 things at the same time while gaming, that's a pretty old CPU and having Youtube, Discord chat, Spotify, some programs to control your chassis fans and so on running in background can kill your performance if the game is demanding enough.

i actually play with nothing opened other than fortnite, im using a coolermaster hyper 212 evo and the temps are very nice 45 degrees is really the most it gets and im running at 4.5 ghz