Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread - Page 372

On September 11 2014 12:02 Cyro wrote:
If the usage is through svchost that's often done by malicious software

On September 11 2014 13:08 Banaora wrote:
It could be malicious software. It could also be some kind of dysfunctional software or driver. I'm also still not convinced the power plan is not the issue because apart from Samsung's SSD Magician there are other kinds of "optimising" software in the internet that change these settings without explicitly telling you. So if LimeNade hasn't done so already restore the "Balanced" profile to standard settings might be helpful.

So MalwareBytes didn't find anything - you could give Autoruns from Microsoft TechNet a try http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx and have a look at what programs and drivers are automatically started when Windows starts up. And see for yourself if any one of them could be the trouble maker.

If it is malicious software though you most likely will not find it listed and my best advise is format and reinstall.

Oh and from my experience these "free" antivirus software programs like AVG Free usually cause more problems than they solve. Just use Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows 7 and nothing else.

On September 11 2014 15:07 Cyro wrote:


You're looking at memory usage, not CPU usage

On September 11 2014 16:34 Cyro wrote:
:D

8:30am here

On September 12 2014 03:15 Incognoto wrote:


http://pcpartpicker.com/p/p8RFCJ

^This actually works for 1080p tbh, medium to high settings.

You have a 3.6 GHz i3 and a GTX 750 Ti (only $130 after mail in rebate).

Haswell refresh and GTX 750 Ti should consume below average power so we can get a below average PSU which is the CX 430, which currently has a $20 rebate on it, which makes it a $20 PSU. That's worth.

N200 is the case, it's a solid budget case. You also get a single 4 Gb RAM module with this case, which on newegg gets you an $8 discount. You can then buy that same RAM module again and get a 2x4 Gb kit at $68 instead of $72. I guess it's $4. You could almost just not buy the second RAM module and stay at 4 Gb, though that's a personal choice. I checked my system today and running steam / streams / starcraft 2 / browsers at the same time. Didn't go over 4 Gb of RAM usage.

Standard HDD since SSD is kind of out the build's build, imo.

On September 12 2014 03:37 Incognoto wrote:


I don't know how good Athlons are, ouch, can't comment. However I can qualitatively say that Intel Haswell processors are probably better than that CPU. Games generally speaking, I know this is true for games like Dota that use the Source engine, prefer high performance in a single thread (or task). Intel is the king of single-threaded performance with their Haswell processors, so the fast i3 that I put in my build should be better for games than that Athlon. You'd have to overlock an FX processor to 4.5 GHz+ to approach Haswell single-thread performance at 3.6 Ghz. So I'm going to say that my build already has the better processor for games. On that basis alone I prefer my build.

Otherwise the N200 is also an excellent budget case, it comes with two 120mm fans and it's a wide case, which makes it nice.

The video card in that build is a bit better than the GTX 750 Ti, however it does consume more power. Given the budget PSU, I like the GTX 750 Ti better. Not to say that getting an AMD card would make your system catch on fire (the linked build also uses a budget PSU), however the AMD card consumes more power and produces more heat (heat isn't good and it also makes for a noisier system). the advantage of the GTX 750 Ti over the R9 270X is that it consumes way less power, produces less heat and it remains a strong card. The card can also overclock and get very close to the 270X's performance.

That said, the card in my build has a $20 rebate on it, you're getting a $150 card at 13% less expensive. Since it suits your needs anyway and doesn't go over budget, the 750 Ti is better in this case (though you need to go through mail-in-rebate obviously).

My build has 8 Gb of RAM, which is kind of better than 4 Gb. 8 Gb should be completely sufficient, 4 Gb can maybe limiting if you open a lot of different programs (skype, web browsers, games, steam, etc).


I'm a bit skeptical about those linked builds though, scrolling down you find a slow, locked, i5 (3.2 GHz) CPU with a Z97 board. Z97 boards are meant for overclocking generally speaking (see OP), so it doesn't make sense to put it with a locked processor that can't overclock. That build would have been better with a fast i5 4690 and a cheaper B85 board for example. The PSU in that build is also shit for such a build.