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System shut-downs while under gaming load can usually be attributed to one (or more) of the following: 1) Temperatures going above safe threshold 2) Clock speeds are too high and become unstable 3) Faulty RAM 4) Power delivery from the PSU is insufficient From your original...

That totally depends on what you are using your system for. For gaming, you will see slight benefits in most games (1-2%), a significant benefit in a small amount of RAM intensive games, and absolutely no difference in non-RAM intensive games. The best thing to do would be to find specific...

What is your budget (include currency type)?

Is 550 watts enough? Sure is. Should you use the Corsair VS? No. You should not. Why? Because the entire VS range is not designed for gaming loads at all. Even Corsair themselves only recommend using any VS power supply in light home/office builds built for word processing and internet...

For me personally (and it seems the majority of other gaming-centric PC owners), Refresh Rate > Resolution for gaming experience. I went from a 1080p monitor to a 1440p and barely noticed the difference, in part because of the huge impact going from 60hz to 165hz had. I could easily go back...

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My suggestion, based on your current use case and the state of the market, is to wait for Coffee Lake to come out and then upgrade to an i7. Once it does, you can expect to see a wave of cheap used i7s, if not even a price cut on new ones. Coffee Lake is supposed to hit later this year.

You cannot use the wireless Xbox One controller with Windows 7. Only Windows 10 supports it. If it is really important to you, I suggest upgrading to Windows 10, which you can officially still do completely free of charge by going through the Accessibility page of Microsofts website -...

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