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I cleaned out the fans and my CPU heatsink and noticed that my thermal paste had completely dried up and eroded so I checked my CPU temps and I was running easily at 100c under no load, maybe 82c-100c 🤦‍♀️ Replaced the thermal paste with whatever brand they sell at Best Buy and now I'm running...

Ok so I removed the two 4G sticks of Crucial and now I just have the one 16G of Kingston, thanks again for the advice I had no idea about the mixing kits thing. With only the one stick I am now reaching 2666mhz so I assume that is a notable improvement. I noticed the turbo speed thing but to be...

Thank you for the suggestions. So, just for clarification, if I were to upgrade my RAM without upgrading the CPU, should I be looking at DDR4-2400? I am also going to try removing the Crucial sticks and seeing if I get better performance out of just the Kingston, and maybe vice-versa.

So I recently traded out my current GPU for one that I believed to better match my more powerful CPU and a new PSU to match the increased power demand. I traded an AMD RX 470 and EVGA 100-w1-0430 430w PSU for a GeForce 3060 and a Thermaltake Smart BM2 550w. I expected to see much improved...