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Pikaaa
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Whenever I play a video game my CPU gets to 98%-100%, and my friends say there's never get that high. Wondering if theres anything I can do to fix it, I'm very certain I put my computer together correctly so it could be something I downloaded

I have an i5-6500 if that helps so its fairly new.

Any ideas?
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Could be anything tbh.

Whats your current specs?

What game are you playing?

Does your friend have the same CPU?

What resolution do you play your games at?

Do you have any Anti-virus?

Have you checked task manager to see whats using the CPU?
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Start by checking your CPU idle usage 2-5 minutes after you login. If it's above 15% when idle, there is something running that is using up a lot of resources. You can go through your entire task manager list sorting highest CPU usage items first.

Like Adam said above, also check your antivirus. If it's deciding to run scans while your gaming, your CPU usage will be very high.
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Make sure you dont have more than one Anti Virus running at once.
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