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    High pitched whine in unplugged headphones

    I have a 9 month old pc. I built it myself, it has worked fine for 8 months. Over the last month, the headphones have gained a high pitched whine. There has always been some static, but it is unnoticeable when other sounds are playing. However this high pitched whine hurts my ears. It also...
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    CPU TDP too low, performance suffering

    Thank you for the responses. In order: No, I have no delidded or done any customisation regarding installation or settings. That is, beyond the automatic OC to 4.7. Memory clock is set at 'default 2133' in the bios. I just checked the bios and it all seems normal. However, it is a single 2133...
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    CPU TDP too low, performance suffering

    7700k Intel CPU, newly bought and installed. One week of runtime on the system with no stability problems. z270 Pro4 Asus motherboard. 1080 ftw Hybrid GPU. 8GB single channel ram, which I am going to be upgrading soon. 2TB Seagate HDD I ran prime95 for 10 minutes. The max temperature was 49C...
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    Home Build Inquiry

    I am building a 1500-2000 ($US) computer+monitor setup. I appreciate all advice and assistance. Current build looks to be: MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X 8G Skylake I7 6700K ASUS Z-170A Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200 C16 x8GB DDR4 Cooler master Hyper 212 EVO fan Samsung 850 500GB M2 SataIII SSD Pixio 277...