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70C isn't terrible at 90-100% load, but keep in mind you are taxing your CPU when running it like this and it will shorten its life. If you can eliminate some processes that are CPU intensive or minimize your graphics settings so your dedicated GPU (do you have one?) can pick up some of the...

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When you insert your CD and enter your boot options you will see an option to format your C drive (SSD) you will also see your two hard drives there as well with their respective drive letters. Judging by partition sizes you can select the two drives and format them from there, without software...

Many SSDs are prone to failure, you tend to get what you pay for when it comes to them.

Connections seated all the way? Drivers updated to the latest and ensured no power issues with the PSU? Have you tried using the monitors on a different system?

You will notice an incredible difference in how programs run with single channel memory installed (4GB or 8) Chrome is one of the first programs you will see behave more slowly, however it does not seem like you will be doing very resource intensive tasks other than utilizing Excel spreadsheets...

If your are getting mouse input lag this definitely indicates an issue with RAM, Follow this guide View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVKoJVzvd2A

That's not very common, are you trying to press F12 immediately after turning your machine on? https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12376/windows-10-start-your-pc-in-safe-mode

That leads me to believe your CPU is on it's way out the door possibly.

So the display is working now? Also you can boot into safe mode by pressing F12 on your keyboard and selecting Safe Mode from the menu of drives listed.

Are you saying you have a sound card as well?

Download your drivers from the manufacture website for the GPU, Uninstall any current audio drivers you currently have present on your machine in Safe-mode. Install the most up-to-date versions available for your audio chipset, restart your machine. Let me know what happens after attempting this.

Your GPU on your laptop does not provide support for 4K display. Your monitor does provide support for 4K display. Your youtube videos will have an option to select quality at the bottom right which indicate resolutions that the content created uploaded. If you choose to stream 4K, the quality...

Can you verify that your memory is seated in dual channel? (One stick in the second slot, Two stick in the 4th slot) Also, applying a re-image to the machine may resolve this, if you had previous hardware installed and switched to different hardware you would still have drivers attempting to...

The fact that it displays your BIOS and nothing thereafter points to your GPU being the root issue or a configuration that is causing the motherboard to kill the process before booting (Failing self-test) Try the following to confirm the above theory: -Connect your display to your motherboard...