My PC has declined a lot in performance lately.

I overclocked it a while ago, it worked well for a while, and now it chugs a lot. I auto-tuned it back to normal (bringing it down 8 degrees celsuis) but it still chugs. It's not uncommong for my computer to randomly turn itself off, either, so maybe an issue of overheating? But it worked very well for the last 2 years, so I don't understand why it's having issues lately.

My specs are:

My processor is Intel Core i5 CPU, 750 @ 2.67 GHz

4 gigs of RAM

Graphics card is Radeon HD 5870

Running Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit)

It can't be an internet problem, either, as I have a password on my router and it wasn't an issue in the past. It struggles to run Super Monday Night Combat and Left 4 Dead 2 (didn't have an issue with this game in the past). The drivers are up to date, I believe.

What can/should I do?

What I do in this situation is reformat my comp, if things are still being an issue then I would check each peice of hardware to see if any of it is dying. Also its good to check inside your computer for dust and clean that out.

Also last but not least try a few different gprahics drivers, some work better for others. Also do a defrag, DEFRAGGLER is good.

When is the last time you did a Defrag?

I use Auslogics degrag, its the best free one that I have ever seen. (be sure to do a disk cleanup too)

Also clean all the dust out of your case and fans/heatsinks. This can also cause it to run harder, hotter, and sometimes lose performance.

Have you ran a virus scan in a while, we use Nod32, so this isn't something we worry about much... They have a 1 month free trial of Nod32 (version 5) at Eset.com you could do.

When is the last time you did a Defrag?

I use Auslogics degrag, its the best free one that I have ever seen. (be sure to do a disk cleanup too)

Also clean all the dust out of your case and fans/heatsinks. This can also cause it to run harder, hotter, and sometimes lose performance.

Have you ran a virus scan in a while, we use Nod32, so this isn't something we worry about much... They have a 1 month free trial of Nod32 (version 5) at Eset.com you could do.

Lach0121

I overclocked it a while ago, it worked well for a while, and now it chugs a lot. I auto-tuned it back to normal (bringing it down 8 degrees celsuis) but it still chugs. It's not uncommong for my computer to randomly turn itself off, either, so maybe an issue of overheating? But it worked very well for the last 2 years, so I don't understand why it's having issues lately.

What can/should I do?

Trinexxx

If your PC is shutting down, this honestly sounds to me like a hardware issue. Maybe your overclock put too much stress on the system, somewhere. Maybe your PSU is starting to fail. Maybe a hard drive. There could be a number of reasons. Definitely defrag your hard drive, and run checkdisk on it to ensure no bad clusters.

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I overclocked it a while ago, it worked well for a while, and now it chugs a lot. I auto-tuned it back to normal (bringing it down 8 degrees celsuis) but it still chugs. It's not uncommong for my computer to randomly turn itself off, either, so maybe an issue of overheating? But it worked very well for the last 2 years, so I don't understand why it's having issues lately.

What can/should I do?

RobertBowen

If your PC is shutting down, this honestly sounds to me like a hardware issue. Maybe your overclock put too much stress on the system, somewhere. Maybe your PSU is starting to fail. Maybe a hard drive. There could be a number of reasons. Definitely defrag your hard drive, and run checkdisk on it to ensure no bad clusters.

It sounds like your PSU is dying. If it starts making a grinding sound, replace it ASAP or it'll fry your entire PC

make sure u got enough free space on your hard drives. if your c-drive is really full, and since ur only using 4gb of ram, it may run bad if the pagefile has no space to use.

ur hard drive maybe failing also if its jerking randomly. just a thought

Did everything you guys said and it runs better now. Just realized that my cord is messed up and that explains the power outages, for a while I thought it might have been from hooking it up to my HDTV too often.

Overclock might have damaged your CPU.

The higher heat and voltage warps and damages it over time.

That's why they say don't OC anything new.

OC when the system is in final stage of its life.

My old PC, after I oc'd it for a few months, started getting unstable.

Then when I turned off oc it wouldn't even boot.

Turn it back on, it boots.

Turn it back off, no boot.

I think basically the OC melted some of the transistors so they only work on a higher voltage.

Recommend not to oc, unless the system is in its final stages of life and you don't mind buying new hardware.

Hard drive defrag, registry clean up, registry defrag, manually go into registry and delete JUNK (you'll find a lot of crap in there that you thought was long gone from your PC), but make sure you know what you're doing. Scan for viruses, malware, spyware, and all that junk as well.

You might also need to scan your hard disk for errors. They could have a bad sector, or clusters. A disk check might be needed.

I bet its the motherboard.

The overclocking probably damaged it.

Which model do you have?

I overclocked it a while ago, it worked well for a while, and now it chugs a lot. I auto-tuned it back to normal (bringing it down 8 degrees celsuis) but it still chugs. It's not uncommong for my computer to randomly turn itself off, either, so maybe an issue of overheating? But it worked very well for the last 2 years, so I don't understand why it's having issues lately.

My specs are:

My processor is Intel Core i5 CPU, 750 @ 2.67 GHz

4 gigs of RAM

Graphics card is Radeon HD 5870

Running Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit)

It can't be an internet problem, either, as I have a password on my router and it wasn't an issue in the past. It struggles to run Super Monday Night Combat and Left 4 Dead 2 (didn't have an issue with this game in the past). The drivers are up to date, I believe.

What can/should I do?

Trinexxx

I definitely should refrag, totally forgot about that. Haven't done one yet, so that is most likely the issue. [QUOTE="Lach0121"]

When is the last time you did a Defrag?

I use Auslogics degrag, its the best free one that I have ever seen. (be sure to do a disk cleanup too)

Also clean all the dust out of your case and fans/heatsinks. This can also cause it to run harder, hotter, and sometimes lose performance.

Have you ran a virus scan in a while, we use Nod32, so this isn't something we worry about much... They have a 1 month free trial of Nod32 (version 5) at Eset.com you could do.

Trinexxx

Some good suggestions on this thread for you to try. Since no one elaborated what disk cleanup is, it gets rid of files you don't need, like Recyclebin, Error Log files. Since you don't know what disc cleanup is.. Then you haven't ran it before, which means you need to, this will also get you back some space on your hdd.

Start> All Programs > Accessories > System Tools> Disk Cleanup. If you haven't done it at all, it will take at least a few minutes to complete.

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jhalter1

As mentioned above install CCleaner and run it. I suggest you also install malwarebytes and run it to make sure you have no unwanted nasties chewing resources. I like perfectdisk for defragging.darksusperia

Agreed!

CCleaner, Malwarebytes and Deffragler (same company as ccleaner) are a must imo for keeping your comp running well :)

clean it?

If your pc is turning itself off then I would say it's overheating, especially since you've overclocked. If you haven't already I'd get a can of compressed air and blow out the dust from all of your fans. You'd be surprised what a difference that can make.

I definitely should refrag, totally forgot about that. Haven't done one yet, so that is most likely the issue. Hmmm, what do you mean by disk clean up? I usually uninstall things I don't use anymore, is that what you mean? Just getting rid of everything unnecessary? Trinexxx

Auslogics is pretty good, in addition to defragging the HDD, I also defrag the Windows Registry periodically.

Disc clean-up usually involves deleting junk files, temp internet files, dumping the Recycle Bin.

That's pretty sad. But don't worry because they will definetely find out what it is. I believe that if MB doesn't cause the problem then probably is your PSU. You can tell them to try updating your BIOS.

Don't worry about Diablo III. The servers are gonna give a lot of errors in the first days so you won't miss much.