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I'm not sure that there is a limit - I think its a little buried though its not under profile. It's here - https://linustechtips.com/main/settings/signature/ Or click your username in the top right, then go to account settings, it's under that section.

I'd go with Bitdefender if you are looking for a solid third party AV. It's only resource heavy whilst doing a full scan, quick scans and the like are really light. I tend to see between 2-3% CPU usage from Bitdefender whilst at idle.

I agree with this. I had the same issue (See here) ended up being too high voltage - Yours goes to 1.456V under load which is pushing it whilst using an all in one. If you've got the voltage set to auto in the bios I'd change it to a lower voltage, check the temps under stress than change it to adaptive.

Since this is the only factor that's been recently changed I'd look at this before even considering anything else. It takes a bit of time for compound to settle, there is a chance its settled in an unfavourable way and hence increased the temperatures. Might be worth re-applying the thermal compound to see if it has favourable effect. I've seen a 10 degree decrease in my temperatures after using MX4 though I cant say that was due purely to the compound, my AIO might just have been seated tighter so it can have a pretty big impact IMO. Best of luck!

I'd check both the PSU and its power cable for faults, definitely sounds like a grounding issue.

Glad I could help! I just knew from the way you described it, it sounded so familiar. Yeah, it's a great mouse but the software was highly annoying, looks like they still haven't patched the issue either.

Had the exact same issue a while back, ended up being an issue with Logitech gaming software for my G502. - This might make sense since you said your mouse flickers. If you have that mouse or use Logitech gaming software it's a possibility, just disable it at startup.

Microsoft stated : "In March, we released a security update which addresses the vulnerability that these attacks are exploiting. Those who have Windows Update enabled are protected against attacks on this vulnerability" they also added the actual malware to their signature based windows defender as the attack came to light. More importantly though they patched it in march for those who receive regular updates, the update information can be found here in their security bulletin.

Dear god, I can just about deal with two of those high static pressure corsair fans...Nice upgrade!

Sadly It's a bit of a lottery, though all cards are capable of coil whine to some extent so I wouldn't mess around with RMAs etc. I'd just set Vsync ON in all games, this should eliminate most of the whine since it typically occurs when the card is pushing high frame-rates as already mentioned. Also it's worth noting some PSU's are known to induce coil whine more so than others, it could be more cost effective to replace a PSU.

That is odd. I'd still revert to stock conditions until you find the cause mind. I'm assuming you're running Windows OS? Which version? If it's literally a reboot with no bluescreen/error etc then I'd be inclined to also check the PSU. Additionally like has already been suggested a CMOS reset may be of some help.

I would advise you to revert to stock configuration until you are able to identify the cause of the instability. Also, if you've you've recently changed anything that will help identify the issue.

Haha! I see what you mean... How did you get on?

Thank you!

A P O L L O - B U I L D L O G Current specifications: CPU: Intel Core i7 6700K CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 Extreme Liquid CPU Cooler RAM: 16GB Corsair 2666mhz Vengeance LPX DDR4 GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition Motherboard: Asus Maximus VIII Ranger ROG Board Operating System: Windows 10 Home (64-bit) Hard Drive: Samsung 250GB 850PRO Evo SSD Secondary Hard Drive: 1TB Case: NZXT H440 2015 Black PSU: RM 650x 12/05/17 : A splash of white? I've had this system for a while now and I'd decided it was time to change the theme.. It didn't really have one to start with so I should say give it a theme! Here's how we began... (Image to be updated) Standard and uncoordinated. Now for that splash of white.. We started with the black corsair DDR4 Memory. I masked off the PCB and spray painted the heat-spreader white using standard spray paint; some have suggested temperature resistant paint. The issue I have with that is that it means the heat-spreader retains more heat vs using a standard spraypaint which is rated for fairly high temperatures anyway. Some people also suggest removing the memory unit from the heat-spreader prior to painting, you may opt for this if you cant mask off the areas effectively. I'm not overly proud of the paint job but you only see the apical surface anyway. (Image to be updated) The next step was painting the VRM heatsink + The southbridge heatsink + The 4 CPU pump screws For this, I removed them from the Mobo and masked off the thermal pads along with the sides and inner fins to avoid too much heat retention. Again, I used standard spraypaint vs plasti dip as the layer of spray paint is much thinner than the plastidip coating thus less heat is retained. To be certain the heat sinks capacity to dissipate heat hadn't been affected too much I ran an AIDA64 benchmark, the temperatures for these aforementioned regions remained the same as prior to painting. Again, not particularly proud of the painting, this was my first time after all.. (Image to be updated) (Image to be updated) In addition to the painting I also purchased some CableMod individually sleeved white cables. After reattaching the heat sinks to the motherboard I then replaced all cables and re-installed my Corsair H100i v2, using some Arctic MX4 and the Arcti-Clean system. Noting that this and probably just reinstalling the pump a little tighter has reduced my stress test temperatures by around 10C. A touch of light was in order since my system was behind a smoke glass window.. So I decided to install NZXT's HUE+ and their Aer RGB120 Series 120 mm RGB LED Fan. And this was the final result.. (Image to be updated) Very pleased with the result. (Image to be updated) Currently waiting on NZXT's USB header hub for some additional cable management. I also have to cable-tie the white braided cables within the view of the window to keep them trained.

Out of curiosity what antivirus if any are you currently using? There used to be a longstanding compatibility issue between a particular AV vendor and AI suite 3 though this may have been fixed. I also had a few issues with AISuite3 and ended up uninstalling it, I use the BIOS for any changes I wish to make now. P.S With some digging on the net I've found these steps have solved the specific issue you are having in numerous cases: Uninstall AI Suite 3 completely, stop all ASUS AiSuite3 related services and delete the ASUS folders in your C drive folders (Program files and Program data). I see that you have CCleaner on your system so utilise this to remove registry keys not in use by ASUS AI Suite3, after doing this you should do a hard reboot. After you've completed that, re-install AiSuite3 again making sure to do so as an administrator. - Following any of these instructions is done at your own risk and is purely aimed to assist you.

This seems a little more acceptable. Just goes to show how one tiny detail can make the difference. Thank you for the help.

Thanks for this. Only just looked and it's running at 1.37V which is far too high for a simple 4.2 OC. I must have overlooked this whilst tweaking. Going to retest with lowered voltage at 1.25.

It's mounted correctly as far as instructions are concerned. Though I might un-mount and remount to be certain. That's what I had originally thought, I've had the machine running since last year and performs just fine under normal loads for games usually, although this time around that test shows significant rise for only 25% load. Thanks for the replies.

I'm new here so hello ... Okay so I’m just wondering what exactly is going wrong with this cooler, I’ve seen numerous people run stress test benchmarks such as prime95 with temperatures maxing in the 80’s with my CPU + Cooler Config. However, after conducting a short 7-minute stress test with Prime95 my temperature shortly exceeded (TjMax) for my processor. Which is 100 degrees Celsius. Tjunction Max is defined as the maximum temperature the cores can reach before thermal throttling is activated to prevent damage. NB: I’m fully aware stress tests are unrealistic loads applied to the CPU, this was conducted to set my upper limits for water loop temperature and custom fan curve. After reading around there are a few people who have said their mounting screws were a little loose, I've checked and it seems stable, any suggestions on what this may be or if this is just normal behaviour for AIO's with P95. Thanks in advance for any replies. Test: Idle Idle water temperature is at 31.7 Idle CPU average core temperature is 34 Ambient room temperature is 27 Load at idle is 3% Idle Fan speed is - 840RPM Game Test 7 minutes Game CPU load Water temperature is 33.2 Game load average core temperature is 55 Ambient room temperature 27 Load at Game test 25% Game load fan speed is at 25% -840RPM High Load Prime95 Torture Test 7 minutes High CPU load water temperature is 36.1 High CPU load average core temperature is 99 Ambient room temperature is 27 Load at high test 100% High load fan speed is at 2580RPM Test conditions: I allowed temperatures to reach +/- 1 degrees Celsius of the idle temperature before running each test, load tests were carried out for 7 minutes each. Set up Configuration. N:B The Corsair H100i v2 is installed according to manufacturers instructions on the water block pump header on the board with CPU-FAN_Monitor Disabled in BIOS to prevent boot error message. Below are idle temperatures + fan curve. Set to 25% Fan speed until 31 Degrees Celsius. Specifications: CPU: Intel Core i7 6700K CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 Extreme Liquid CPU Cooler 2xSP120 Fans mounted in push configuration at top of the case. RAM: 16GB Corsair 2666mhz Vengeance LPX DDR4 GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition – Reference blower exhaust type. Motherboard: Asus Maximus VIII Ranger ROG Board Operating System: Windows 10 Home (64-bit) Hard Drive: Samsung 250GB 850PRO Evo SSD Secondary Hard Drive 1TB Case: NZXT H440 2015 Black - three front mounted intake fans, one exhaust fan all running at 900RPM. PSU: RM 650x Modular