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PSU giving enough power

Jul 3, 2018 4:25AM PDT

Hey guys i need a bit of help, ever since i got my pc about a year ago ive had issues with in game performance and for the last year i have tried to find and fix the issue and i have finally arrived here. I believe me psu isnt giving my components enough power. An it friend of mine has assured me the past year my psu wouldnt be the issue no matter how hard i insisted otherwise now ive come here. My specs are as follows(ill be listing absolutely everything on my pc)
M4N68T motherboard
Huntkey 350 watt psu
Amd Rx560 4gb msi aero oc edition
Amd phenom ii x4 965 using stock clocks
Samsung Hd503hi 500gb hard drive
DVD RW drive (thats about all i know of the drive)
1x 4gb ddr3 1333mhz ram and 1x 2gb ddr3 1333mhz ram
Reddragon pegasus gaming mouse
cheap reddragon gaming keyboard
logitech g633 artemis headset

Thats all i have on my pc, im hoping someone has an answer because im a hair's length away from just giving up pc gaming. Also games do work, pc boots fine, makes a hell of a ruckus on startup but calms down, thermal throttling was an issue in some games so i just lowered cpu usage now thats not an issue any longer, but all my games excluding csgo run in the 40s during action and when nothing is happening it goes to 60 fps

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While I would toss that old PSU
Jul 4, 2018 10:44AM PDT

You have mixed RAM and should have odd hard to pin down issues. Both in frame rate speed and more. ALWAYS set up the memory in dual channel and never mix size or models of memory sticks.

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Psu
Jul 3, 2018 10:08AM PDT

I have no idea if it's the issue but it's way too small.

Shop for a 500w single rail unit.