Is my PSU not able to handle my PC anymore?

LukieBoy007

LukieBoy007

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Hi,

I have a Corsair CX500W PSU and used to have a i5 3570k and a 7850 until I upgraded to a 280x in April. It has been fine ever since but within the last month or so I have noticed general slowdowns (such as FPS drops and boot time) as well as flickering within games. My CPU is currently overclocked to 4.2Ghz, I may try underclocking in in order to see if it helps. Does this sound like a PSU problem? If so, I've seen this PSU on the Black Friday sale, would you recommend it?
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Thanks for any help,
Luke. :)
 
Thanks for the quick replies guys.

I've had it for roughly 2 and a half years now. What would explain the flickering problem in games then and FPS drops? Also, in terms of a fresh OS install (I've been planning on doing one for a while) I have it on an SSD with all my games/files split across 2 other hard drives, if I simply format the SSD and reinstall Windows will my games/files on the HDD's be fine?
 
LukieBoy007 said:
Thanks for the quick replies guys.

I've had it for roughly 2 and a half years now. What would explain the flickering problem in games then and FPS drops? Also, in terms of a fresh OS install (I've been planning on doing one for a while) I have it on an SSD with all my games/files split across 2 other hard drives, if I simply format the SSD and reinstall Windows will my games/files on the HDD's be fine?
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As stulid said, I doubt that a PSU would cause slowdowns, only instability/not booting. The problem may be RAM, CPU, GFX card, throttling or similar (most probably not CPU though, they rarely die)

As for the files, most programs should be ok (you will still have to basically reinstall the programs anyway but change the install directory to the old installation files). However files will be perfectly fine (music, pictures, videos etc) but programs not so much

Have you checked temps while gaming? Also try running your CPU at stock, sometimes this can cause instability etc
 
I've reverted to stock clocks, I'll see how it goes. I'll also try a different monitor and 9 out of 10 times I can't get in to the BIOS as the resolution does not fit the screen and I can only see about a quarter of what I'm meant to see. Strange. Temps are fine as far as I'm aware.
 
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