I recently faced an issue with my computer freezing. I played battlefield 3 with the cpu and gpu graph open and I found out that I'm getting these massive spikes that result in ~5sec screen freezing. This happens like every 30secs and makes gaming unplayable.
This also happens when I'm just browsing the internet so I doubt that it's a cpu heat issue.
Any ideas on what's causing this or how to fix it?
specs:
win7
i7 4770k
gtx770
16gb ddr3
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>>53593842
What have you tried to do to fix it?
>>53593901
ran a virus scan, downloaded new grapics card drivers, tried shutting down several processes without result
>>53593901
I replaced my heatsink's thermal paste with mayonnaise, as apparently it works really well. I thought it was a joke at first, but there are all sorts of videos and articles on it.
>>53593842
INSTALL GENTOO
/G/ IS NOT YOUR PERSONAL TECH SUPPORT
>>53593931
2 recommendations
1 - remove graphics card and see how it goes
2 - Live USB with your preferred distro and test
In both occasions, use your brain and take your own conclusions.
>>53593934
gr8 b8 m8 I r8 8
>>53593842
Upgrade to a Mac.
>>53593842
Disable hyperthreading and add some voltage to your GPU.
to add: There is always a windows notification sound effect when the freeze happens.
Pull ram out and try one stick at a time. Also check pagefile.
Check how hot your peripherals are actually getting anon.
It's probably getting extremely hot and the PC is unable to perform.
>>53595204
Yeah i'm also leaning towards cpu overheat. I'll buy a new cooler and some paste
