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Is vsync on? Also isn't fallout 76 still very poorly optimized? What settings and resolution are you running at? Pubg loves cpu and ram speed, but is very finicky with overclocks. What settings and resolution in pubg? Are you using any render scaling/resolution scaling?

What are your temps like? That case is very closed off and it's a mid tower cooler. You said no signs of thermal throttling, but stuttering is a sign. What are your idle temps in hwinfo64 and what do they go to when you launch a game, does hwinfo tell you it's not throttling? Did you use enough thermal paste on application and make sure to remove the plastic film on bottom of cooler? My first guess is it's getting too hot, and even if the cpu isn't throttling your vrms might be. Check with hwinfo but you can also open the side of the case and point a fan at it, see if that helps.

I have successfully retrieved data from a dead SSD before by unplugging it for 15mins or so and trying it again. If it comes back grab what you want off it.

Still have the old cpu to try? Did you reset the bios settings and confirm pbo and xmp are off?

Things to try, confirm pbo is off, turn off xmp if it's on, try turning off hardware acceleration in the browser you're using. Use DDU to uninstall graphics drivers and reinstall. (You went from having integrated to not)

I am building a custom water cooling pc and ordered 9 of the "AIGO DR12 PRO PC fans" and their controller off aliexpress. The controller that comes with them only controls 8 fans. So I figured out the pin out to use a ESP32 micro controller. The fan connections connect to the hub with 6 pins. Close examination shows 4 pins going to the LEDs and 2 to the fan hub. The fans are 5v aRGB fans. With the tab on the top, the pin out from left to right is Data out Neutral Data in 5v Neutral to fan Power to Fan 5v - 12v Data out and Data in might be reversible, I am not 100% on this and did not test it. What I am doing is using an ESP32 micro controller and this library https://github.com/jasoncoon/esp32-fastled-webserver I am only directly hooking 1 fan to the ESP32 board, then in parallel going into the 8 fan controller that came with the fans. There is a motherboard sync button that passes through my data and neutral to the other 8 fans (in parallel) Feel free to ask any questions, I had looked online for the pin out to these and asked the supplier in China and I could not find them.

Selective focus! Thanks for the competition.