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Keep what you have. ANY cooler should run at 10-15c. over ambient if it is mounted well. Likely, you have not got your cooler mounted properly. Verify that all 4 pushpins are through the motherboard and locked. If you nudge the cooler, it should not wiggle. You will need to buy some thermal...

If you have it, try it. No harm can come. It works, good. If it does not, go to plan B. If you want to have more ram, replace what you have with a matched kit of the size you need.

7700K and GTX1080ti is as good as it gets for a top end gaming build today. You might wait for Oct 5 to see what the I5-8600K brings. On your build, buy a 2 stick ram kit. Do not plan on adding 8gb later, it may be incompatible. I suggest with your budget, it is better to buy a 2 x 8gb kit up...

Ergotron makes some of the best mount hardware. I use two of these for exactly your reason. One is for a 40" 4k monitor. https://www.ergotron.com/en-us/products/product-details/45-228#/ They are expensive, but you will be impressed by the quality. You may well be ok with one with different...

Buy yourself a #2 magnetic tip Philips head screwdriver for assembly. Past that, the motherboard will usually come with the necessary sata cables.

What is your motherboard? Look for the cpu support list for your motherboard. Likely, you will need a current bios level for aI5-7500 to work. CPU-Z will tell you what you have now and the bios level. Past that a cpu change will not require you to do anything else. Windows will not require...

Ram is sold in kits for a reason. A motherboard must manage all the ram using the same specs of voltage, cas and speed. Ram from the same vendor and part number can be made up of differing manufacturing components over time. In your case, the new stick differs by the cas number. Test each...

For a sata device, you can use a usb to sata adapter cable like this: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812120102&cm_re=sata_usb_adapter-_-12-120-102-_-Product I have use this many times with the Samsung ssd migration aid. For a m.2 device, something like this...

GTX1060 is a sideways move for performance. More power efficient would be the only benefit. The time to upgrade is when you install a game that needs more graphics power, or you install a higher resolution monitor. Then, when you upgrade, make it a meaningful jump. With todays cards, that...

My suggestion is to build initially using integrated graphics. I would expect to see limited performance, but it will give you a better idea of how strong your discrete graphics card should be. GT1030 is not considered as a gaming card. Most likely, a GTX1050 would be appropriate. Also, 4gb is...

Likely a hard drive problem. Consider cloning to a ssd. Samsung migration aid can do it and the performance results are wonderful. Another possibility is that dust has accumulated in the cooling system and the cpu is throttling due to heat.

VS is similar with two 6 pin pcie connectors. Corsair is a reputable brand. It will have sufficient overload protections to keep from damaging anything if it overloads. Cheap/low quality units skimp on this. Under heavy load, the cooling fan might spin up and become noisy.

$110 r3 1200 has a passmark rating of 6857 and a single thread rating of 1717. A very decent budget gamer. The G4560 has a rating of 4930/1984. Better for most games that depend on a fast single thread, but, not as good for multiplayer games which likes more threads. G4560 word is out that it...

In theory, you should be able to. The VX450 does have the requisite two 6 pin pcie connectors, and the rest of your system is not particularly power hungry. I would try it. If the power is insufficient, I would expect to see issues such as display artifacts.

I7-4790K buys you 4 more threads. If you need threads, that is a reasonable upgrade. More threads is good primarily for multiplayer games. If you need better single thread performance, I5-7600K or I7-7700K@5.0 is an option. But, since that involves a motherboard and ram change, I would wait and...