Recommendation request for PC troubleshooting

[Sailordude9980]

Good Morning

I have been running into some performance / system hangups on my Gaming PC. There seems to be a thousand + malware programs that "diagnose" the problem.

What do you guys use for Windows 10?

[ShadowCaptain]

Good Morning

I have been running into some performance / system hangups on my Gaming PC. There seems to be a thousand + malware programs that "diagnose" the problem.

What do you guys use for Windows 10?

 

Run Malwarebytes /thread

 

(unless that doesnt solve it)

[RollinLower]

Malwarebytes, adwcleaner. run both and you should be fine.

[The Toaster]

Windows Defender,  Malwarebytes Free, and Common Sense.

[Sailordude9980]

How do I download common sense? (I'm kidding).

I really asking the question from a system performance point of view instead of diagnosing malware / adware etc

[Bittenfleax]

Common Sense.

I hate it when people say this. It is bollocks. Yeah okay you can have common sense, but why the hell would you want to worry about what you download all the time. Instead, you get a good AV and Anti-Malware and let that do the job. 

 

On topic:

What @ShadowCaptain said.

[The Toaster]

-snip-

Because the good ones cost money. Who wants to spend money?

[SpoonTV]

PM'D you with some help.

[Sailordude9980]

For example, I am running SLI on my PC, but I lack the knowledge (or where to get it) on reviewing / analyzing crash logs

[Bittenfleax]

Because the good ones cost money. Who wants to spend money?

Ehh. It is £30 (or LESS) a year. I find that much on the floor. 

[Aurazas]

I use avast! . And its good

[Sailordude9980]

Is looking at crash logs helpful in narrowing down a cause of failure?

[Rohit Jackdaw]

If it's too much clunky an OS reinstall would be much better

[Rohit Jackdaw]

Is looking at crash logs helpful in narrowing down a cause of failure?

If it simply hangs I don't believe something would be there in the logs

[Sailordude9980]

Ok, I wanted to be able to say "Hey you have cancer (specific) vs Hey, your kinda pale.

[Patrick3D]

Windows comes with a Resource Monitor tool, use that to narrow down where the problem is occurring. 

[Sailordude9980]

I totally forgot about that . Thanks!