All of the sudden getting a fraction of my previous fps

[I ar Caboose]

I have an rx480 and an i5 6500 and would play games like cs go, battlefield1, and gta v  at 75+ fps high ish settings. I turn on my pc today and cs go is running at sub 25 fps, and battlefield1 and gta v are literally unplayable. I have no idea what happened. I updated my gpu drivers and restarted my pc multiple times, but nothing changed. Really need some help. 

[Shiv78]

DDU clean drivers and roll back to the last version you know worked well. 

[I ar Caboose]

2 minutes ago, Shiv78 said:

DDU clean drivers and roll back to the last version you know worked well. 

lol sorry. Im not exactly a pc expert so not exactly sure what you said sorry. I think you said to like uninstall and reinstall drivers, but not really sure what you mean by roll back to the last version. Apologies 

[Mohenjo]

Check your temps as you play, you could be thermal throttling. 

[I ar Caboose]

2 minutes ago, Mohenjo said:

Check your temps as you play, you could be thermal throttling. 

i don't think its that as it didnt start off at a good fps then gradually got worse. I just turned it on today and it as like that. (and it was at room temp because it wasnt on)

 

[error404_life]

check windows didn't be retarded and put you into power saver mode or somthing

[The Sloth]

look at what background programs you have, use HWmonitor to monitor usage 

[I ar Caboose]

1 minute ago, error404_life said:

check windows didn't be retarded and put you into power saver mode or somthing

This is how it should be right?

[error404_life]

yeah balanced or hp is usually fine. nerdslayer1 is probably right, it sounds like there is crap running in the background. Is task manager showing high CPU usage at idle? 

[I ar Caboose]

3 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

look at what background programs you have, use HWmonitor to monitor usage 

Ok ill try that

[I ar Caboose]

1 minute ago, error404_life said:

yeah balanced or hp is usually fine. nerdslayer1 is probably right, it sounds like there is crap running in the background. Is task manager showing high CPU usage at idle? 

I think these are pretty normal. CPU usage seems to move from 9-15%

[I ar Caboose]

10 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

look at what background programs you have, use HWmonitor to monitor usage 

Seems to be working but not too sure what to look for.

[The Sloth]

Just now, I ar Caboose said:

Seems to be working but not too sure what to look for.

 

 

your CPU is throttling hard

[I ar Caboose]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

your CPU is throttling hard

?? really? thats wierd. Its in the same climate conditions as it was a couple days ago and when I first built it. Never had any indications of a problem until now 

[The Sloth]

Just now, I ar Caboose said:

?? really? thats wierd. Its in the same climate conditions as it was a couple days ago and when I first built it. Never had any indications of a problem until now 

that's not normal, repaste your thermal paste and open a window, what cooler do you have? 

[error404_life]

 disable dynamic frequency scaling in the bios

[error404_life]

oh wait yeah you're temps are way up

[Shiv78]

How are you hitting almost 100C on a stock 6500??!!

 

I'd check the cooler and make sure it isn't loose or broken

[I ar Caboose]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

that's not normal, repaste your thermal paste and open a window, what cooler do you have? 

Just the stock cooler that came with it and the pre applied thermal paste. The research i did before building it led me to believe that if i wasnt overclocking or anything I should be fine but.. idk. maybe not?

[I ar Caboose]

1 minute ago, Shiv78 said:

How are you hitting almost 100C on a stock 6500??!!

 

I'd check the cooler and make sure it isn't loose or broken

Yeah thats what i just did and the cooler is fine?!?!? lol idk what wrong...

[The Sloth]

Just now, I ar Caboose said:

Just the stock cooler that came with it and the pre applied thermal paste. The research i did before building it led me to believe that if i wasnt overclocking or anything I should be fine but.. idk. maybe not?

get a cheap cooler such as a T4 or 212, you will get much better temps. 

[Shiv78]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

get a cheap cooler such as a T4 or 212, you will get much better temps. 

Or a Cryorig M9i, quieter and cooler and usually cheaper 

[I ar Caboose]

hold on... i think it might be loose.. give me a minute

[error404_life]

Also the pre applied thermal paste is usually cheap rubbish. 

[I ar Caboose]

Welp, it seems the problem is solved. looks like two of the peg things holding the cooler had come loose, probably due to my pc being at my feet and me bumping into it now and then (yes im working on relocating it) ive had it on for a little bit now and it seems to be at much more normal temps. havent loaded up any games yet, but i think i should be good. Thanks guys <3