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To add on, i am not able to ping my router when that disconnect happens, but somehow i am able to arp -a to see all devices connected in my network.

Yo guys, recently have been having this odd issue where randomly my PC loses internet connection for a short while and then returns again after minutes. Below are the clues which i have identified but have not yet led me to a conclusive answer as to what is causing the issue. 1. YouTube videos playing will stop at the buffer line 2. Discord, Skype and Games seem unaffected by this issue. i.e i cant surf chrome suddenly, but my current game session runs fine 3. Running games will face connecting to lobby issues until rectified. (Which leads me to believe that this issue only affects TCP and not UDP) 4. Disconnecting and reconnecting to the network (as i am connected via a wifi network card) solves the drop in connection. 5. Chrome upon refreshing during connection lost sometimes show unable to connect to dns servers error. 6. I have tried a separate wifi card and the issue persists, unable to connect via ethernet due to distance of pc to router. 7. I have also done a complete factory reset of Windows 10 using Windows Media Creation Tool. Honestly this issue has been haunting me for far too long, no one else in the household has this issue which leads me to be perplexed as to what could have caused this. Would honestly appreciate help of any form.

Honestly, the choice making point would be how much would you fork out for storage. In no way will a WD Blue be crippled against a WD Black. Likewise, a toshiba drive will be cheaper, but not unusable for your application (nor a noticeable downgrade) Just snatch a good price off a discounted SDD/HDD and ur gud 2 go. No need to wreck your brain cells on this.

Drivers should be always downloaded online, 1060 doesnt have SLI so no bridge. Im not surprised you forgot what it included, basically only the graphics card is important.

You can try running furmark again with your integrated GPU to rule out CPU, but at this point its clear that your GPU is defective. CPU crashes almost always result in bluescreen or freezes.

Ahh, then you can look towards replacing the HDD with SSD fully. Works wonders for games with long loading times, thinking about doing that for myself sometime soon.

Hmm thats weird, does your computer black screen if you run something GPU intensive that is not full screen? Furmark for example

There you have it, enjoy building your pc!

Honestly think you would benefit most from more storage ._. how on earth did you survive 2 years and 1 quarter with 500gbs

If you have updated your drivers recently, you can attempt to use a older driver version to see if that works(preferably the same version as the one you had before). Also try to recall if anything lead up to the issue, i.e. installed something new or dog pushed over your computer

Try DDU, reinstall driver/use a older driver. Otherwise problem is most likely hardware related.

A good indicator for damage would be if the motherboard has an unusual flex to it, or if any of the contact points it has when placed in the box looks dinked up. It takes quite a lot to break a motherboard in proper shipping box tho.

Recently my computer began acting up. ISSUE 1 : Playing rainbow six siege is where i first learnt that there was an issue with my computer, moving my mouse during low frame rates causes my screen to briefly pause and "snap" and sometimes causing my screen to feel like it's in some matrix as the input lag between my mouse and game play is around a second. ISSUE 2: Using overwatch to test the issue to see if it is game dependent i found that every time i mouse my mouse, gpu usage dips down to nearly 5% and i can get the screen to permanently freeze by moving the mouse violently. I already tried to reinstall drivers and tried a previous driver version and it didn't work out. Dying GPU is ruled out because violently shaking my mouse doesn't cause increased gpu usage. Tried different mouse, same issue. At this point any guesses is appreciated, so can anyone lend a hand?

Yeah the last slot definitely looks single slot. To be really honest at this point people usually go for the really tall cases like the mastercase series. Even putting a single slot card in there will starve the airflow in the build. Only options i see is water cooling or get a beefy case.

idk maybe do some benchmarks on it and watch it utterly destroy the note 8 in performance lol jk, maybe try out the force touch and play some appstore only games.