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Ok sounds good. RTX 2070 super here I come! Thanks!

Usually around 50-60% usage in current AAA games. I was leaning toward the GPU considering it usually runs at 80-100% usage while gaming.

Hello all, Just wondering what others thought about this issue. I currently have an i7-6700k and a z270 motherboard paired with a radeon vega 56. Thinking about upgrading to a ryzen 7 2700x or i7-8700k and rtx 2070 super. Just wondering what would give me the biggest performance boost in the...

I have a 144 Hz monitor. I mostly just want to get it for future proofing. There are a lot of games coming out in the next 6-12 months that I really want to be able to play at a decent framerate/resolution.

Hey all, right now I have an Asus STRIX Vega 56 and was wondering if picking up a new RTX 2060 super or RTX 2070 would be any performance increase? TIA Other specs: Intel i7-6700k MSI Z270 Pro Gaming Carbon 16GB Trident Z RGB

Core 1 has always been about 2-7 degrees hotter. However, testing with the i5-7500 did not show a single core getting way hotter than the others. Just talked to Intel about warranty, since I bought the processor secondhand (ebay) they will not honor the warranty. I think I want to try deliding...

Update on the situation: I disassembled the whole cooler bracket and meticulously put everything back together making sure to use the right amount of thermal paste, tightening in the "X" pattern, etc. Still getting temps on core 1 well higher than the others. Thinking about delidding the CPU and...

Awesome! Will be trying again tomorrow to see if that makes a difference. Thanks for the help!

Do you think it would be worth trying to delid and replace the TIM? I've heard that eventually it can wear and hurt thermals.

Yes, I was hoping that re seating the cooler would solve the problem but I'm afraid that hasn't fixed it. Would running that hot damage my CPU?

It hit 100C when I was benchmarking and doing some light gaming (BFV) while the other cores were around 70

specs: i7 6700k ASUS strix b250f coolermaster hyper 212 ASUS ROG STRIX Vega 56 16 GB GSKill Trident Z 2 TB WD HDD 512 GB SSD 850W Corsair PS I just got a new cooler (Coolermaster Hyper 212 Black) and tried installing it earlier today. However, now I get temps fluctuating a lot from 40C to 100C...

I just got a new 1TB Samsung SSD and want to use it as a boot drive, but I currently have a HDD as a boot drive. How would I make my PC boot from the SSD?