Poor performance on a new gaming PC?

[Deleted48155638User]

Hello!

 

Not long ago I decided to buy a gaming PC to experience Skyrim in high performance, but that was not to be.

It boots up the game by the speed of sound, but right at the main menu (when the smoke appears) the fps drops down to 2-5.

 

I've tried other games, newer, but it's the same problem. The start menu is at 50 and then in-game the performance dies.

At this point I'm suspecting a bad combination for my PC or that it's some sort of setting somewhere. Another thing I did notice when I looked around the details is that I have 0GB dedicated VRAM. But I want some advise from others who know better about these things so, any help is appreciated. :)

 

My specs:

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-8350k

CPU Cooler:DEEPCOOL GAMMAXX 200T

GPU: GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6GB

RAM: 8GB

OC: Windows 10
SSD: Kingston 120GB A400

HDD: WB Blue1000GB

Case: Antec P8 Performance

 

[HeyYou]

Processor is weak for a 'gaming' PC....... an i3????? You should be able to upgrade that without changing the system board..... an i5, or i7 would certainly wake it up. :smile:

Edited November 19, 2018 by HeyYou

[jabberslops]

My specs:

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-8350k

CPU Cooler:DEEPCOOL GAMMAXX 200T

GPU: GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6GB

RAM: 8GB

OC: Windows 10

SSD: Kingston 120GB A400

HDD: WB Blue1000GB

Case: Antec P8 Performance

 

A possible reason your system is slow on games is that you likely installed them to your 1TB drive, and if it's pre-built, it might one of the re-branded Green drives that are 5400RPM; the Blue series were "historically" 7200RPM but now come in both 7200 and 5400RPM.

 

*Edit* Newegg and Amazon have the Samsung 860 Evo 1TB for $128 right now on sale.

 

Processor is weak for a 'gaming' PC....... an i3????? You should be able to upgrade that without changing the system board..... an i5, or i7 would certainly wake it up. :smile:

I'm not sure if you are being sarcastic, but that i3-8350k is essentially a rebranded i5-7600k (quad-core at 3.8Ghz)

Edited November 20, 2018 by jabberslops

[HeyYou]

 

My specs:

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-8350k

CPU Cooler:DEEPCOOL GAMMAXX 200T

GPU: GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6GB

RAM: 8GB

OC: Windows 10

SSD: Kingston 120GB A400

HDD: WB Blue1000GB

Case: Antec P8 Performance

 

A possible reason your system is slow on games is that you likely installed them to your 1TB drive, and if it's pre-built, it might one of the re-branded Green drives that are 5400RPM; the Blue series were "historically" 7200RPM but now come in both 7200 and 5400RPM.

 

*Edit* Newegg and Amazon have the Samsung 860 Evo 1TB for $128 right now on sale.

 

Processor is weak for a 'gaming' PC....... an i3????? You should be able to upgrade that without changing the system board..... an i5, or i7 would certainly wake it up. :smile:

I'm not sure if you are being sarcastic, but that i3-8350k is essentially a rebranded i5-7600k (quad-core at 3.8Ghz)

 

Have a look here. I do not consider that a 'gaming' cpu....... considering it rates worse than a THIRD gen i5........

[jabberslops]

 

Have a look here. I do not consider that a 'gaming' cpu....... considering it rates worse than a THIRD gen i5........

 

So you consider a score that is an average of all the scores of the CPU benchmark from Passmark to be an actual indicator of how well it can play games? Passmark doesn't test games, so I guess actual benchmarks done with actual games means nothing to you. By your own standards I could post this and you lose your own argument. Any person could search for benchmarks on the i3-8350k and see it is a good gaming CPU.

Edited November 20, 2018 by jabberslops

[HeyYou]

 

 

Have a look here. I do not consider that a 'gaming' cpu....... considering it rates worse than a THIRD gen i5........

 

So you consider a score that is an average of all the scores of the CPU benchmark from Passmark to be an actual indicator of how well it can play games? Passmark doesn't test games, so I guess actual benchmarks done with actual games means nothing to you. By your own standards I could post this and you lose your own argument. Any person could search for benchmarks on the i3-8350k and see it is a good gaming CPU.

 

No. I it isn't. There is no such thing as a "Gaming" i3. They simply aren't designed for that. It's intels low-level (but, not lowest) processor.

 

I build machines for a living, and even my least informed customers would look at me sideways, and walk out, if I suggested an i3 for a gaming machine. The price/performance value simply isn't there.

Edited November 21, 2018 by HeyYou

[Deleted48155638User]

Hello I want to thank you all so much for the help! I got it working now as it should. At last, Skyrim in HD!

[xrayy]

i can confirm that my old config with my even slower i5 6600k @ 4,6 ghz, 16gb ram and my 1060 6gb was fully capable of heavyly modded skyrim in 1080p.

so an overclocked i3-8350k is absolutely ok if you run no other tasks. have fun playing!

Edited January 5, 2019 by xrayy

[SHADOW2KK]

Get a 8th Gen i5 or i7 CPU instead and enjoy

[watsson7278]

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