Recent content by orkistos

I don't think it's sold outside my country. It's called INNOVATOR SHADOW 2. Here are its specs:

I removed that top fan like you suggested. The thermals stayed pretty much the same, maybe slightly lower. Do you have any recommendations? I saw that gamersnexus recommended the Peerless Assassin 120, however I am not sure if there will enough space for the RAM since I plan to add another 16GB...

Update: After trying the changes out some more, it seems there are still whole chapters of games that my CPU stays at 90C even after all the improvements. Thanks for the suggestion! I will try it and post an update tomorrow.

Very helpful image! If I am not mistaken it is exactly as RodroX said, top and rear fans are exhaust same as cpu fan and the front ones are intake. I just checked for dust, and while not clean, it should be clean enough not to cause problems as I could see in between the heatsink from one side...

Thanks for all the replies! So, from what I can tell, I was indeed running XMP 2.0. After updating the chipset drivers, I saw maybe a 1-degree average improvement, and the lag spikes stopped. I am currently using the High Performance power plan. RAM is generic G.Skill Ripjaws V 2x8, which...

The lag spikes occur on almost any game except easier to run competitive ones like league and valorant. Task manager would show less than 50% on both cpu and gpu and I would still get lag spikes (ram ~70%). I tried PBO "Disabled" and "Auto", but nothing really changed. CPU temps are always...