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My computer that I just recently built keeps freezing and lagging during gaming and just doing nothing on the desktop. I could barely even watch a youtube video but when I play a game its a little better but it still takes a while to just load steam or the game . We did just recently have two very short blackouts (10 seconds tops) but my computer was plugged into a surge protector and then I turned it off right after the power came back on . The specs are MSI gaming h110m micro atx motherboard, 8 gigs of ram, core i5 6400 2.7ghz, GTX 970 4 gig, 1 TB, and a 500 watt power supply. I'm running a non-activated version of windows 10 home.

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Most likely the hard drive. If you want real speed, get a ssd as your boot drive. Oh and BTW,

2 minutes ago, BurntNewt said:

 GTX 970 3.5gb VRAM

 

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Your power supply may be fucked. 

 

Try checking your bios, just to make sure nothin fishy is goin on there.

 

also ^ it is probably your HDD

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ok thank you Ill do that when I turn my pc back on Im gonna leave it off for a bit incase the power goes again 

 

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Might be a PSU or HDD issue. Or a VRAM limit.

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I checked the voltage in the bios screen and the 12 volt and the 5 volt are where they are supposed to be 

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1 minute ago, BurntNewt said:

I checked the voltage in the bios screen and the 12 volt and the 5 volt are where they are supposed to be 

BIOS is not accurate. You can't measure PSU rails with software.

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1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

BIOS is not accurate. You can't measure PSU rails with software.

do you know how i can check it then?

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do you know how i can check it then?

You can't - you need specialized equipment. What PSU are you using?

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1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

You can't - you need specialized equipment. What PSU are you using?

I am using a Seasonic SSR-550RM 550W 80 PLUS Gold ATX12V/EPS12V Power Supply

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I am using a Seasonic SSR-550RM 550W 80 PLUS Gold ATX12V/EPS12V Power Supply

Hmmm, okay. Post a screen shot of the HDD SMART chart. Then check your VRAM usage via GPU-Z with 361.75 drivers and if that isn't the reason then RMA the PSU to SS.

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what does non-activated copy of windows10 mean........ never been updated to give you the firmware you need to run apps right?

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11 minutes ago, LabRat said:

what does non-activated copy of windows10 mean........ never been updated to give you the firmware you need to run apps right?

Pirated.

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12 minutes ago, LabRat said:

what does non-activated copy of windows10 mean........ never been updated to give you the firmware you need to run apps right?

He either pirated the OS or never bothered to click the "Activate Product" button.

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17 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Hmmm, okay. Post a screen shot of the HDD SMART chart. Then check your VRAM usage via GPU-Z with 361.75 drivers and if that isn't the reason then RMA the PSU to SS.

I checked the status in command prompt and it said ok. but I couldn't find GPU-Z to check my VRAM usage 

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11 minutes ago, BurntNewt said:

I checked the status in command prompt and it said ok. but I couldn't find GPU-Z to check my VRAM usage 

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

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