pls help! #2

[Guest]

so the shit storm continues, after re installing drivers it worked on furmark with no gpu usage drops, so i started playing some bf4, the fu#### lag started again,

this time even worse gpu usage drifting all-around in afterburner, and fps dipping to 2 every few seconds

 

 

 

WTF is the problem!?!?!?!?!?!

 

 

 

as you may see this is VERY frustrating................

[minibois]

so the shit storm continues, after re installing drivers it worked on furmark with no gpu usage drops, so i started playing some bf4, the fu#### lag started again,

this time even worse gpu usage drifting all-around in afterburner, and fps dipping to 2 every few seconds

 

 

 

WTF is the problem!?!?!?!?!?!

 

 

 

as you may see this is VERY frustrating................

How are the temps?

[Guest]

How are the temps?

temps are okay, as always hovering around 70-76c max while gaming/furmark

[Sauron]

It looks like overheating.

[Sauron]

temps are okay, as always hovering around 70-76c max while gaming/furmark

 

Is this the GPU or CPU?

[Guest]

Is this the GPU or CPU?

gpu, cpu is around high 60's and low 70's c

[Gentlekatt]

gpu, cpu is around high 60's and low 70's c

try to reapply thermal paste

[Guest]

and also my cpu doesnt for some reason use all of it's cores at full potential (i7 3770)

[Sauron]

Wait, I just noticed it's an alienware... it's probably the PSU. 330 watts is really stretching it for that system, and alienware PSUs notoriously are garbage. Get a corsair CX430 and see how that goes. Even if it doesn't solve the problem it's still safer for your machine...

[Guest]

try to reapply thermal paste

few weeks ago i did reapply thermal paste to cpu, idle temps dropped few c but not otherwise, crappy small cooler inside alienware x51

[Timmy-P]

Yeah... Try cooling that down a bit. Custom fan curves are your friends.

[Guest]

Wait, I just noticed it's an alienware... it's probably the PSU. 330 watts is really stretching it for that system, and alienware PSUs notoriously are garbage.

not possible, (alienware psu are good quality imho even small oc is doable in gpu) it's been working for over a year almost 1 and half years without problems, so yeah

[Guest]

go look a pic of the x51 on google it has external psu

 

Wait, I just noticed it's an alienware... it's probably the PSU. 330 watts is really stretching it for that system, and alienware PSUs notoriously are garbage. Get a corsair CX430 and see how that goes. Even if it doesn't solve the problem it's still safer for your machine...

[Sauron]

not possible, (alienware psu are good quality imho even small oc is doable in gpu) it's been working for over a year almost 1 and half years without problems, so yeah

 

The fact that it worked before doesn't mean it isn't having problems now... and being able to do a little OC doesn't mean the psu is of good quality. Stressing a cheap PSU to its maximum for prolonged periods of time is the perfect way to break it or cause it to malfunction. Trust me, it's very much possible. And it's worth a try since a CX430 is like 25 bucks and it doesn't seem to be a software problem. I know the PSU is external (which by the way only indicates me that it's likely to be the problem), but the components inside all have standard connections afaik, so you can open it and use a desktop PSU with it (I have seen videos with people doing that).

 

That's my 2 cents anyway, if you don't want to try it there's not much more I can do for you. Unless it's overheating, but you said it isn't (between 60 and 70 is perfectly fine for an i7).

[Guest]

well, shit, im not buying new psu to just test it, bc im saving for REAL computer, i remember that x51 r1 model has total of 150w for gpu so, it shouldn't be problem and the external psu doesn't feel any hotter than usual.....