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This might be a noob question but what exactly is the ring ratio? Is it worth it to increase it? And if so what would be a "good" ratio and what voltage should I increase when necessary? Specs: i7 10700k (5.0 GHz all Core, 1.28V VCore) MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Plus

I feel you.

Sorry to hear that

Sorry about that. I am translating what I see from german into english.

I actually don't know, sorry

1. Right click the Start button and select Control Panel. 2. Make your way to System and Security. 3. Click System. 4. Click Advanced system settings from the left sidebar. 5. Select the Hardware tab. 6. Press the Device Installation Settings button. 7. Choose No, and then press the Save Changes button.

Sounds like fun

I think there's not much you can do about that unless you can find another driver. I don't think that there is a compatibility mode for drivers or something similar.

Does it boot in safe mode?

But when not specifically stressing cache it passes?

Coil whine itself is completely normal since every coil does vibrate at (and depending on) load. So it might have been there all along. I am by no means an expert but I'd say that its fine.

Since I don't have a 10 series GPU I don't know how much it needs. Thought it might not hurt to ask

I know. What I meant was that it should get the full 16x on most mobos. And if it gets significantly less than that might be the problem. OP already said that the cpu usage is normal

No one can say for sure but you at least know they are still attached. Otherwise they wouldn't make noise anymore. These coils are inside of some 'glue' (silicone paste I believe) to keep them from audibly vibrating (which is normal). I think that one of your coils managed to shake itself loose when it dropped and isn't kept from vibrating anymore. It might have been damaged in the drop but I would continue to use it like normal. It's not worth it to replace or try to fix it and break something just because something might be broken.

Is it possible that the GPU isn't getting enough pcie bandwidth? Can you check with something like HWiNFO64 that it is indeed getting PCIe 3.0 16x (8Gb/s)?