HELP! HELP! HELP! (FPS DROPS ALL GAMES!!!)

[N0TNUTTY]

Befor i list my specs let me tell you all whats going on
So i have fps drops or dips/st-udders when playing all types of games CS:GO,Rust,RS2:V,GTA:V,BF1 and much more!

Specs-> CPU:AMD FX-8320 Vishera 8-Core 3.5 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W FD8320FRHKBOX Desktop Processor
CPU COOLER:CORSAIR Hydro Series H55 Quiet Edition Water / Liquid CPU
MOBO:MSI 970A-G43 AM3+ (blue/black) cooler 120mm
RAM:G.SKILL Ripjaws 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 2133
GPU:SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon™ RX 480 4G D5 OC
PSU:EVGA 500 B1 100-B1-0500-KR 80+ BRONZE 500W
STORAGE:WD Blue 1TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM
CASE:DEEPCOOL TESSERACT SW Mid Tower Computer Case with Side Window
and 2 Blue LED Fans SGCC+PLASTIC+RUBBER COATING

I do try recording a lot of the games i play but i cant anymore do to st-udders and FPS drops :(

[Omega]

- Make sure your PC is not infected with malware, run Malwarebytes[www.malwarebytes.nl] and Hitman Pro[www.surfright.nl].
- Wipe your GPU drivers with DDU app[www.guru3d.com]DDU app and then download the latest version from your GPUs manufacturers website (AMD, Nvidia or Intel)
- Make sure your monitor is plugged in to the GPU and not in to the motherboard.
- Check your CPU and GPU temperatures while ingame to make sure this is not caused by overheating. Report back with the results.

[Nyarlathotep]

Playing games as volatile as Rust,GTA and CS I would put money on an infection. Just saw you have a TB mechanical HD, half of my money is on that now.

[N0TNUTTY]

What the ♥♥♥♥ are you talking about Nyarlathotep?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by HONEYBUSTA_NUT:

What the ♥♥♥♥ are you talking about Nyarlathotep?

Run CHKDSK and Diagnostics apps on your HDD

Install Malwarebytes 3.x, update, do full scan

[rotNdude]

Make sure you have at least 15% unused space on your hard drive.

[vadim]

Originally posted by rotNdude:

Make sure you have at least 15% unused space on your hard drive.

What for? Dislike SSDs HDDs don't need any free space to run at full speed.

[Omega]

Originally posted by vadim:

Originally posted by rotNdude:

Make sure you have at least 15% unused space on your hard drive.

What for? Dislike SSDs HDDs don't need any free space to run at full speed.

Temporary file storage.

SSDs don't need free space to run at 100%. The free space is used for wear leveling.

[vadim]

Originally posted by Omega:

SSDs don't need free space to run at 100%. The free space is used for wear leveling.

SSD need to have free space to any write. Because of that some SSD volume is hidden and not accessible to end user. But in case of insufficient reserved space SSD performance starts to degrade. So its always good to keep some free space on SSD.

[rotNdude]

Originally posted by vadim:

Originally posted by rotNdude:

Make sure you have at least 15% unused space on your hard drive.

What for? Dislike SSDs HDDs don't need any free space to run at full speed.

Seek time when reading fragmented files and also writing temp files to disk when available space is scattered all over a nearly full disk.

[vadim]

In such case its enough to suggest OP to defrag his filesystem. But that cannot cause frame drops. Only lags like temporal freezing.

[rotNdude]

Originally posted by vadim:

In such case its enough to suggest OP to defrag his filesystem. But that cannot cause frame drops. Only lags like temporal freezing.

It can cause frame drops.

[N0TNUTTY]

Everyone please chill out i have a buddy that does computer repair (IT) as a living and can easily help find out what the issue is but thank you all this gave me a great ball park to work around and help him look in the right dereaction to fixing this system! :)