Recent content by sam.padrul

It was actually an Asetek OEM cooler. I bought a Corsair, replaced the whole thing, and the PC is now running at a cool 35C.

I bought it in 2015, and as of a couple days ago it was still working like a powerhouse.

I am going to open the computer back up when I get home from work and take off the cooler mount from the CPU and see if it's not fixed in a stable way, or check on the thermal paste and see if it's dried out. If things look fishy, I may just buy a new cooler system today from microcenter and...

Thanks for your reply! I did indeed open the case and air out the dust, and paid attention to the fans and cooler radiator. I also ran malwarebytes, with basically nothing found. My CPUs are running VERY hot: https://imgur.com/a/VsN3tEd

My PC, a CyberPowerPC Gamer Supreme SLC6400 I purchased a few years ago has worked like a charm for a long time. All of a sudden, today, my computer is extremely slow. I am running Windows 10. I already cleaned the dust out of it with compressed air. I don’t hear any specifically odd noise...

I have an MSI X79A-GD45 Plus motherboard. I would like to utilize a thunderbolt card for my audio interface, but I am unsure of which thunderbolt card is compatible with my motherboard. There are not very many card options, but are there others out there who have successfully added on...