Degrading Performance - Can't Find The Cause

[Ste]

I'm a web designer, so I'm running some pretty hefty apps all day long. Photoshop and Dreamweaver never get shutdown and I normally have my mail client and browser open all day as well.

I ment Anti Virus and spyware programs.

 

[Neverender]

I use AVG and Ad-Aware.

Anyway, I went out and spent $100 on fans. Threw in another 120mm case fan into the front, replaced the stock Intel CPU fan with a Zalman CPU fan/heatsink. Also cleaned up the cables. At first boot, my CPU was running at 21*. After playing F.E.A.R. for half an hour with all settings maxed and getting over 50 FPS the entire time, it was at 35*. Needless to say, the temperature was most definitely the issue.

Oh, and the results from the Counter Strike Source benchmarks - a constant 115-118 FPS!

I uploaded a photo of my rig after installing the new fans and cleaning up the cables, so you all can check it out.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbrett/72195386/

 

[Nitestick]

good work!!!