Major fps drops while playing games

Doisne

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Since I got the old gpu (AMD Radeon 6950) and the new power supply (700 watt) from my brother I have been having these problems. Diablo 3 had some fps drops while engaging a big wave of enemies and sometimes my computer had some problems that programs weren't responding.

I actually wanted to upgrade my computer for a while and was hoping to fix some of my problems I have been getting (Maybe the gpu was having some problems, because of age?).
So I got the: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 760 (MSI), a new motherboard : ASRock B75 Pro3-M (CPUSocket), a new RAM: 8,00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz and a new Hard Drive: 932GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH162 (SATA).
I kept my CPU: Intel Core i7 2600 @ 3.40GHz and my power supply: corsair cx750.

Since I have been using this build, my computer kept these problems and it has become even worse after 1-2 months. My league of legends started having really bad problems with having major fps drops to the 0-30 fps, sometimes it froze for a couple of seconds. I have been checking my temp for so far, because it's getting pretty warm in my room, but it never has been to a dangerous lvl and it got checked by some of my friends that have some knowledge about it, the highest my CPU got was about 60 degrees. I have tried to reinstall the client, but nothing helped.

I started playing World of warcraft aswell since a week ago and it was impossible for me to play. Fps keeps dropping from the 95 to 0-20. I noticed though when someone lvled up or someone joined somehow that's the point where it freezes.

I reupdated my drivers from my cpu, gpu, motherboard, etc. I have run benchmarks what seems to be completely fine and it ran smoothly. Since I got my new upgrades I did get Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit.
And I have been running tests that burden my computer.

Is it possible my CPU is dying? (I already got it for around 3-4 years)
Somebody on an other forum told me to post this problem here, because maybe it's a driver/software problem?
http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/174517-major-fps-drops-while-playing-games/

Programs I have open while playing games: imgur: the simple image sharer

Thank you for reading:)

 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    ?
Could be overheating or software issue. CPUs don't just die. On rare occasions with a heavy OC maybe. But modern CPUs as long as they are properly cooled will last. In fact a silicons chip lifespan is hundreds of years, OCing it would reduce it by what maybe 50%? By the time it dies it will already be obsolete.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    AMD based
    Motherboard
    AMD based
    Memory
    16 GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon based
    Sound Card
    onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Asus VX238
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    120 GB SSD
    1TB storage
    PSU
    Thermaltake Toughpower XT 775W
    Case
    Thermaltake Dokker
    Cooling
    Xigametek Darknight II
    Keyboard
    Logitech gaming
    Mouse
    Roccat gaming
    Internet Speed
    30 mb
    Browser
    IE :D
    Antivirus
    Huh?
What level are you setting the graphics card at? Have you tried the lowest settings in all games? See what average FPS you get there. I doubt your CPU is to blame as you would suffer multiple BSODs and other issues from that. I know that the 6 series is still ok graphic wise, but they are a little old now.

When you re-installed your graphics drivers did you completely remove the old ones first? What graphics card did you have before? Was its drivers completely removed before you installed this one? As I have had issues from a random set of old drivers buried deep inside my C:\ one before.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    i7 4770
    Motherboard
    ASUS H87M-Plus
    Memory
    Crucial, god knows what model. 1033 240pin 16gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI AMD Radeon HD 7870
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell Ultrasharp 21.5" / ASUS 17" secondary
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Corsair 60GB Force Series LS 2.5inch SSD
    1TB Western Digital
    500GB Hitachi
    PSU
    Coolmaster 600W
    Case
    In-Win Dragonslayer
    Cooling
    Fans, lots of fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech G105
    Mouse
    Sharkoon Fireglider
    Internet Speed
    Terrible
    Browser
    Chrome / Firefox
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender / MalwareBytes
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