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Hi everyone, Suddenly, my System Image backup size looks bloated. Before it looks fine and didn't noticed the size until recently. I backup my SSD bootdrive everyday using the backup scheduler to my other internal HDD. It's a Kingston SSDNow 120GB drive with about 40.5GB being used. I only do backup using System Image as a whole and not include data files. Before, the System Image backup size is about 50GB which is still acceptable for me. But now it went to 140GB, more than double it's size. I made sure that the backup settings is to only retain the latest backup. And when I try to manually delete WindowsImageBackup folder to redo my backup. It still tells me that I still have 100GB of backup size even though I deleted the folder even in the Recycle Bin. I checked that the WindowsImageBackup is only 30GB before I deleted it, that's why it's confusing me that the backup size in the Backup and Restore window is so large. I don't have an extra storage right now to try and transfer my files on my HDD and try to reformat it. I've attached screenshots and also listing details that might help you guys on my problem: Windows 10 Pro | Version 1703 | OS Build 15063.540 CPU AMD FX-8320 | RAM 8GB | GPU R9 290X | SSD 120GB | HDD 3TB Hoping someone else have an idea if this is a bug or I'm doing something wrong here. Thanks in advance.

Thanks everyone. But if you guys were me, would you do it? Is it worth it for you?

Do you think it will be a major bottleneck that renders the card inefficient compared to what I have now? Or will it give a worthy upgrade instead?

Good day, I'm planning on upgrading my graphics card. I currently have an AMD Radeon R9 290X Reference using Kraken G10 with Corsair H55, since the stock cooler sounds like it will explode just browsing using Google Chrome. Will my FX-8320 which is clocked at 4.00GHz (stable) significantly bottleneck a GTX 1070? Or is it even a worth it upgrade from what I currently have since I'm only gaming at 1920x1080 at 60FPS, but planning to buy a higher refresh rate monitor with the same native resolution. Many thanks.

The best I had was at 4.00GHz at stock voltage without any throttles on stress tests, I guess that will be my restore point. I think I'll stay a bit on the current values and see if it really affects my daily usage because it really reduced the loading times on some of the games I'm playing without any issues of thermal throttling, as of now atleast.

I guess so, and this is the only one I could find that uses UEFI in my country, so it got me real good finding it. That's why I'm planning an upgrade. This is a bit off topic, but if you guys have time. Could you check out the other thread that I made. The option for a GPU upgrade is to set me up in the future.

I think my board's CPU socket gets really high, I also read somewhere that others do not advice using this board for OCing. I got this board since I really wanted a budget M-ATX form factor setup without reading too much on what the Pros and Cons the board has.

Socket temp stays at 76 deg. celsius at max and my board is M-ATX using a M-ATX cast so it's so crammed inside. I can't put up any DIY fans on top of the CPU socket, I guess this is my hardware limit.

Thanks man, will try fiddling with LLC on/off and see what's the result for me.

What software are you using to monitor socket temps?

I noticed that it thermal throttles when core temp gets above 50 deg. celsius. On an hour stress test, max temp I got was 55 deg. celsius. By the way, where can I find LLC?

Yup, already got them all disabled. But is it weird that it still thermal throttles even though I disabled CPU throttling on BIOS?

I overclocked my FX-8320 to 4GHz at stock voltage (1.315v) and it's very stable without thermal throttling on stress tests. I'm planning to have an upgrade for my rig, so I decided to squeeze out some more on my CPU before doing that. I ended up to 4.2GHz at 1.35v. I run stress test for an hour and it's stable enough that it won't go BSOD, but it thermal throttles. I'm thinking that since this is a stress test, it won't be this much using it in real world scenario like gaming on optimized games. I know how OC works, but only as a beginner. Is it safe to stay at my current values? I haven't encountered games that made me BSOD and thermal throttles at this values as of now. My MoBo is ASRock 970M Pro3 using Corsair H55 AIO as the cooler. By the way, using this values made my games load noticeably faster compared to stock (3.5GHz), specially on Skyrim (Oldrim) and Metro Last Light Redux.

This looks great for your needs. I would say the PSU is a bit much, but since you got it with a promo, it fits in.

Temps looking good, how's the FPS now?