Hello everyone, I recently reformatted my pc and installed windows 8 after a period of minimal use. I have encountered some issues that I cannot figure out an I am hoping you can help me. Here is the hardware:
Asus m4a88t-m le
AMD Phenom X2 BE 555
stock cooler from FX60
4gb Gskill DDR3 1333
7200rpm drive
Windows 8 pro
I bought these components 2 years ago to quickly and cheaply replace my dead gateway. I don't really play games, just your occasional fps. When I got everything I unlocked the other 2 cores making it technically 4 core, and had it clocked up to around 3.4. It never ran hot or gave me any problems. The pc ended up having some issues with ad-ware and crap so I tossed in an old hdd just for work purposes and it was hardly touched until this week. I cleaned it up, re-installed the original drive and a fresh install of windows 8. I installed steam and attempted to play some counterstrike and it was so choppy it was unplayable. I installed speedfan just to get some temps and realized the pc is running pretty hot. It was around 45-50c idling in an air-conditioned room, 50-60c idling in a warm room. I ran prime95 and it gets up to around 70c before crashing. I ran prime95 2x and both times the pc shut down in the first half hour. I set the clock back to factory, and locked it back to a dual core but its till idling at 50c right now. I just have chrome open and Comodo scanning. Beside crashing under prime and the CS issue, there are no issues. Its fast and smooth for everything else.
I cant explain the temps at all. I was thinking the choppy game might be due to a driver problem. Asus doesnt make a windows 8 driver for this mobo. I have a Radeon x1800 laying around I can experiment with but it doesn't fit the motherboard so I have to order an extender before I can try it. Ive also heard about drivers problems between old cards like that and win8. Its not an internet speed issue Im currently getting about 100/40 on speedtest.
Any input would be appreciated.
Asus m4a88t-m le
AMD Phenom X2 BE 555
stock cooler from FX60
4gb Gskill DDR3 1333
7200rpm drive
Windows 8 pro
I bought these components 2 years ago to quickly and cheaply replace my dead gateway. I don't really play games, just your occasional fps. When I got everything I unlocked the other 2 cores making it technically 4 core, and had it clocked up to around 3.4. It never ran hot or gave me any problems. The pc ended up having some issues with ad-ware and crap so I tossed in an old hdd just for work purposes and it was hardly touched until this week. I cleaned it up, re-installed the original drive and a fresh install of windows 8. I installed steam and attempted to play some counterstrike and it was so choppy it was unplayable. I installed speedfan just to get some temps and realized the pc is running pretty hot. It was around 45-50c idling in an air-conditioned room, 50-60c idling in a warm room. I ran prime95 and it gets up to around 70c before crashing. I ran prime95 2x and both times the pc shut down in the first half hour. I set the clock back to factory, and locked it back to a dual core but its till idling at 50c right now. I just have chrome open and Comodo scanning. Beside crashing under prime and the CS issue, there are no issues. Its fast and smooth for everything else.
I cant explain the temps at all. I was thinking the choppy game might be due to a driver problem. Asus doesnt make a windows 8 driver for this mobo. I have a Radeon x1800 laying around I can experiment with but it doesn't fit the motherboard so I have to order an extender before I can try it. Ive also heard about drivers problems between old cards like that and win8. Its not an internet speed issue Im currently getting about 100/40 on speedtest.
Any input would be appreciated.
