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Do that. I've contacted them before about AM4 mounting hardware. They responded quickly and were very nice.

Happy Birthday. If you are going to spend $100 on a CPU cooler, return the 3600x and get a 3700x instead. Otherwise get a solid but reasonable cooler for <$50.

It's a stress test and 65Cish is really good for a stress test. Most workloads don't stress a CPU like a stress test would so it's pretty good.

I'm not sure what the issue is. What are you running when your CPU goes up to 83c? Has temps always been that high or is this the first time you've noticed them?

I suspect AMD and intel will be coming out with new sockets in 2020 or 2021 so it's a bad time to buy anything with the future in mind. It's hard to know what the availablility of Ryzen CPU's are going to be in the future, especially after they stop making compatible CPU's. I can image the final compatible series of CPU's will keep their value and prices for new CPU's on that platform will stay high if intel's previous final generations for each platform are anything to go by. If you can wait I would. If you can't it's still worth waiting until you can afford at least a feature rich B450, 3600, and a decent video card. To me it's a waste to buy a CPU that's only good enough for now rather than one that will be outdated in the next year or so.

Since your CPU doesn't have a built in GPU doing that test isn't going to tell you anything. Also I don't think it will boot without RAM.

I would look at reviews for X570 motherboard to help you decide. I'm partial to Gigabyte and Asus, but that's mostly for personal preference and I've bought ASRock motherboards, too for their use of Thunderbolt 3 ports. At a certain point you are just paying for the higher tier branding and some extra features you may or may not be interested in. I'm not sure how many fans come with the Meshify C, but I would plan on buying at least one extra fan if not three. If you have room in your budget I would get the 3900X since you aren't planning any upgrades.

$20 isn't wasted if a larger PSU is needed during the next upgrade. $20 is a lot cheaper than another $80 to $100.

The price range for PSU isn't large so spending an extra $20 isn't going to kill anyone.

It's not really as bad as people make it out to be.

At the $500 mark you'll get a computer that can barely do anything today and you'll be looking to upgrade it the moment you start up your first game. Even if it takes 12 months you'd be better of saving up and getting better components. At the $500 range every $20 to $50 more spent on better parts will give significant performance gains. At $750 you could get a better CPU and GPU at $1000 you could get a computer that will be good enough for three years.

I would never recommend someone cheap out on their power supply. Just because current hardware is so efficient doesn't mean it's going to stay that way and what if SLI makes an unlikely come back? A 500watt power supply will limit their hardware in the future. I wouldn't throw away a good power supply just because it's 7 years old.

There's no need for an aftermarket cooler on a 3600. Why spend $100 on a CPU cooler at that price range when they could just get the 3700X instead for the same money?

How much money will those cost you and how much would a 1TB SATA SSD cost you?

A powersupply can be passed from built to built for decades so I would go with more than you need and check where its most efficient, too. Some PSU's are more efficient at 80% of rated output and some are lower or higher in that range.

That isn't a permanent solution, but it will show you if the system is being held back by its lack of airflow.

RAM speed doesn't matter as much on Intel systems and 3200Mhz is generally regarded as the "sweet spot" Most if not all Z-motherboards supports XMP which is, according to https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/intel/xmp : Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) is a specification serving as an extension to the standard JEDEC SPD specifications developed by Intel. XMP is intended to make overclocking easier and more accessible to new users through profiles and predefined overclocking configurations that are known to be stable. I would skip MSI due to their policy on their components ruining other components. I had an MSI motherboard ruin any RAM modules place in the slot closest to the CPU and they refused to replace the RAM modules and wouldn't' replace my new, but faulty, motherboard with a new one. The sent a refurbished one instead. 1000watts is a lot and I don't know if computer components in the future will ever needs that much. I stick to 750w - 850w just incase computer parts get crazy in the future. The i9 9900K was $100 more weeks ago on Amazon, but Amazon doesn't seem to have any stock right now and the lowest price I could find at the moment is around $550. The drive isn't showing a price on PCPart Picker and while an NVME drive is faster on bootup, if you are trying to save money I'd with with a regular M.2 SSD from an established brand.

Make sure it works.

I'd save up another $200 and get a better all around computer. If you have a good foundation you won't need to upgrade as soon. That computer you can get for $400 to $500 will be good enough for today, but will start to feel slow as soon as you put a new game on it.

I'd skip the All In One liquid coolers and get an air cooler instead. It will be cheaper and easier to put together since it's one or two fans and a backplate and that's about it. I would recommend the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black or the Noctua NH-U12 Chromax The AMD CPU comes with a cooler so one isn't necessary. I would make sure you got a good motherboard since you'll have it for at least 5 years, perhaps one with built-in wifi.

I looked over the case and the pictures weren't the best. Have does it run without the cover on?

How long is she going to keep this computer? At this price point every $20 - $50 more you spend will equal a noticible performance increase or will be easier to upgrade in a year or two. Consider spending a bit more and get a better power supply, motherboard, CPU and 16GB of RAM. If you can't justify it I don't think the CPU really matters that much today, but at least with AMD you could upgrade to a better CPU in a year or two, though I have no idea how long supplies of 2000 and 3000 series CPUs will last. The issue with going intel is their CPU's are in limited supply right now and they might not be available at good prices in a year or two when an ungrade might be necessary.

I don't know how long you've had it or if you bought it new, but perhaps some dust has built up in it? Have you thought about drilling out the rivets and taking off the chassis cover?

I would check out the manufacturers manual on that laptop or ask their tech support. I'm not sure what is or isn't compatible with your laptop.