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So I've had my 5800x since launch, the cooler is a Dark Rock 4 (non-pro) and as I'm sure most of you here have heard many times before, it runs toasty. Stock settings, Idle is around 40-50c, gaming upwards of 70c and cinebench multicore it very quickly hits 90c. I adjusted my PBO settings in...

New to these forums but wanted to share something I experienced with my new 3090. A 'Problem shared' and all that. Caveat: whilst I've been building PCs for years, please consider me new to all this and if this post is common knowledge apologies. After firing up my new GPU and benching the...

I have an older CPU, an i5 3470K, that under full load measures about 60° on Speedfan. Does this mean it's throttling/not being used to its full potential becuase it won't allow itself to overheat? Might I benefit from a better cooler than the stock Intel one it came with in order to get full...

Hi all, I built my system back in November and am using a Corsair MP510 480GB m.2 Gen 3 SSD for my OS drive. The drive is working fine (read/writes etc), however when loading a game with a lot of heavy mods, the drive makes a high pitched sound/noise. As soon as the game has loaded, this stops...

Hi all I have my pc gaming already for 4 years, I fell like I should give some upgrades but Im not really sure what I should upgrade. ASUS STRIX GTX1070 08G Intel Skylake Core i5 6600k 3.5Ghz Corsair Vengence LPX RAM 8 GB DDR4 x 2 ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming Motherboard Corsair CP-9020091 RM650x...

Hi all, Going to be upgrading my current build in Q3 / Q4. I'll be mainly using for gaming (flight sim enthusiast) but I also rip my blu rays using MakeMKV and Handbrake. I'd like to reduce the time it takes to rip my blu rays as it takes a good 30 hours odd for to rip one 1080p movie. Does...