New Rig

[BloodOmen]

I hate formatting, so I'll buy a new PC.

Shh, no one asked for your input. And its not an entire PC, being a spanner you didn't realise that though.

As for formatting that was a waste of time as I thought it would be, still getting WoW FPS loss despite settings not being maxed out. I'll try the SSD next but my money is on the ram/motherboard.

 

[Athan]

Hmmm, checked CPU/GPU temps? One of them isn't throttling due to its cooling failing is it ?

 

[BloodOmen]

temps with WoW running + 2nd monitor with a Twitch stream open

 

[Gwadien]

temps with WoW running + 2nd monitor with a Twitch stream open

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Whaaat, that's fine, lol.

 

[old.user4556]

I cannot advocate an SSD upgrade enough, fuck this magnetic spindle bullshit.

Super fast, completely silent, no moving parts. Made such a difference to me.

 

[Raven]

Yeah, I have two. The only thing an HD is good for is storing videos and music. OS, programs and games on SSD

 

[BloodOmen]

Hmm question about ram

2133mhz CAS 11-11-11-31 vs 1866mhz CAS 9-9-9-24

Most of the 2133 ram seems to cost an absolute fortune for good CAS timings, 1866 being a lot cheaper and still maintaining 9-9-9-24's

basically price performance 2133 doesn't seem worth it at all

I don't run VMWare or use any major video editing software so I really have no need of 16gig of ram

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-174-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387

that looks alright for the price

 

[Embattle]

I stopped using HDDs a couple of years ago in my personal computer and only use SSDs and I could never go back, as you can tell nor could any one else who has used SSDs.

I've my doubts faster memory you'll solve your problem.

 

[BloodOmen]

well everything is running at stock speeds atm, when the ssd arrives if it still hasn't fixed anything i'll order a new mobo+the above ram+case(because I need a new one and may as well buy it now if i'm putting a new motherboard in)

mate is going to overclock my cpu then as well so it'll be going from 3.5ghz -> 4.2ghz ish + ram + mobo + ssd, should solve it, i'll jump out of my window if it doesnt.

 

[ECA]

Have you updated your bios and ALL drivers ( chipset , etc ) ?

 

[BloodOmen]

Have you updated your bios and ALL drivers ( chipset , etc ) ?

Yes. Even tried previous Graphics card driver versions just in case it was the newer ones being bent.

 

[Litmus]

If your pc is running so badly, ram is not the problem(unless its faulty). i cant stress enough how little ram speed makes.

 

[BloodOmen]

If your pc is running so badly, ram is not the problem(unless its faulty). i cant stress enough how little ram speed makes.

Its not that its crawling at a snails pace its that the fps isn't what it should be and I know for a fact WoW's fps should be higher than it is.

 

[Raven]

WoW can run like shit at times though even on top-end PCs so I really wouldn't use it as a benchmark.

 

[BloodOmen]

WoW can run like shit at times though even on top-end PCs so I really wouldn't use it as a benchmark.

its happening in bf4 too

 

[Ch3tan]

Does your mobo have on board sound... have you tried with it disabled from bios?

 

[BloodOmen]

Does your mobo have on board sound... have you tried with it disabled from bios?

tried using onboard and my asus xonar soundcard, neither made a difference.

 

[Ch3tan]

Okay, have you eliminated the ram as the cause by removing a stick and testing, then putting it back and removing another?

 

[BloodOmen]

Okay, have you eliminated the ram as the cause by removing a stick and testing, then putting it back and removing another?

I havent removed any of the sticks no but I did run a memtest (not memtest86, the one windows 7 comes with)

 

[BloodOmen]

Ram or the motherboard fixed it, haven't overclocked the CPU yet but WoW's fps is pretty much never going below 60 now in any environment, nor is Battlefield 4.

 

[Litmus]

what did you do?

 

[Ch3tan]

He bought a new mobo and ram

 

[Athan]

Of course that also meant re-plugging everything, which may have mean the issue was something not quite seated properly....