PC Trouble.

vesuviouz

vesuviouz

vesuviouz

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Hi guys.

Bought a PC from overclockers a good while back. been having quite a few problems with it. the biggest one at the minute is sometimes the frame rate while gaming just drops right out and the play becomes very jumpy to the point of being unplayable. its not lag, it happens on all my games so its not any particular game. you get a weird crackling audio noise too while it happens. up until now i have been turning the PC on and off again to sort it, this worked for a while but now its basically happening within 5 mins of turning the PC on, ever time.

I have had the graphics card replaced once already. the specs are below.

1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290X Gaming Edition 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01)
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1)
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD

hoping someone can give me some helpful advice.

Many thanks.
 
Hmm..weird. Do you get the same sound every time it slows down?

Are you overclocking at all?

Have you checked temperatures? Download Open Hardware Monitor and check temps at load and idle
 
audio and graphics at same time.

sounds like it could be a motherboard issue?

have you tried playing the games without the gpu in? just run in low graphics off the i7?

tried gpu in a different pci-e slot? I know bandwidth will not be as great but could be worth a try in case it's a faulty slot?
 
Just fund the issue. The water cooler (Factory filled with coolant, then sealed and pressure tested - requires zero maintenance for years). this is the website description, just leaked all over the inside of my PC onto my graphics card and down onto the pins into my motherboard.

I am so angry now I could spit. phoned overclockers, they had no interest. told me to send in the broken cooler for a replacement and I had to chase cooler master for any other components damaged. coolermaster don't even have a phone number just a crappy online system so im not holding out much hope of ever getting anything from coolermaster.

these components cost what for me is a lot of money. Im absolutely livid.
 
Feel for you :(

It's always a risk with any kind of liquid cooling. OCUK are correct in that they are responsible for looking after you in regards to the cooler, but any damage caused to other components isn't their liability.

I'm guessing you built yourself?
 
Yeah self build. Has this ever happened to anyone else? could use some good advice about whats he next best steps.
 
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