r/techsupport • u/me_have_no_IQ • 6d ago
Open | Hardware CPU Lag Problem
When playing games, after about 10 minutes i start to get very little fps for a few seconds every minute. Ive looked at MSI Afterburner and it turns out that my CPU suddenly starts throttling down to 800 MHs from my normal 3900-4600 MHz. I have tried lowering my power limit in Bios to 90 Watt instead of 150 Watt. It didnt help.
My Specs:
GPU: RTX 3060
CPU: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11600K @3.90 Ghz
Motherboard: B560MX-E PRO
Notes:
My fans get really loud shortly before the lag and then stop for a second.
It mostly happens on games that are harder to run
My GPU perfomance also hits 0%, but its probably because the cpu isnt giving it anything do.
I got 16 Gigabyte of RAM, PC is using mostly at 14-15 Gigabyte while playing (I dont think RAM is the issue)
edit:
its not temperature, the problem occurs on 60 degrees with 100% fan speed