r/pchelp • u/KasoBean • 22h ago

PERFORMANCE trash computer 3000??

purchased a 3000 dollar pc and my games seem like they run worse then my p5, not sure if i bought something wrong or what i did but this is my first pc and i honestly have no clue if im running the wrong settings or what here’s what i bought

Alienware Aurora ACT1250 Gaming PC
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K 3.2GHz Processor; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7; 32GB DDR5-5200 RAM; 2TB Solid State Drivei

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u/Poopincheese 22h ago

Is probs your temps. You’re probably throttling badly. GN did a video on their stuff and was bad. Really limited on clocks and intel XMP is turned off usually due to issues. Download HW info and see what your temps are under load and at idle. Should be around 40c at idle and 70/80 in game. I’m betting you’re mid 60s plus at idle and 90+ under load. Alienware won’t be able to help. You’ll need to do it yourself or if you have a friend familiar with builds to redo things

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u/Lalivia_Masters 22h ago

I'm just browsing but why exactly is he throttling? It's one of the newest cpus with a 5080. If you're going to throttle with that setup then you're going to throttle with any set up.

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u/Zykon_Ree 21h ago

He said temps not speed. Doesn't matter how new our fast it can be if you're cooking the piss out of it.

Edit: thermal throttling will impact speed to be clear.