(01-21-2014, 10:03 AM)pauldacheez Wrote: mdamax, if that graph's a temperature graph, either you're dripping liquid nitrogen on the thing at a regular interval as its only form of cooling or it's overheating and downclocking itself repeatedly. I'd recommend reapplying the thermal paste and possibly investing in a better cooler. These are the two I usually recommend:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/noctua-cpu-cooler-nhd14
Also, you mentioned you're using Dolphin 4.0? Go get 4.0.2, it's slightly better: https://dolphin-emu.org/download/
kinkinkijkin: XAudio is usually the less-problematic one from what I hear. It's also the one that isn't a deprecated API in Windows. >_> If it works for you, cool, whatever, but it's not gonna stop his CPU from overheating.
This is my current cpu cooler, shouldnt it be fine?
Also whenever I turn on my pc after a good night's rest, it barely has lag spikes.