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https://www.hcidesign.com/memtest/
 
Each instance uses 1 CPU thread for testing but you should leave 1 core (2 threads) and some RAM for the OS to run on. So for R5 3600 and 16GB memory, I suggest running 1400MB on each instance and 10 instances together. Completing 100% will be "mostly stable" and you can go back to the BIOS for further tuning. Completing 400% will be good for daily use.

So looking up the motherboard you will be able to get most of the speed from the 970 EVO
 

They're both PCIe Gen 3.0 x4 which your motherboard (and processor) will support. Keep in mind your SATA5 and SATA6 ports will be disabled when your M.2 slot is populated.

Differs per motherboard. However in your case the manual says its a "Key M" M.2 Slot meaning M.2 NVMe, not M.2 SATA.

They're both PCIe 3.0, which is the highest your motherboard supports, though the 970 evo obviously fully utilizes the bus much more.
 
In truth, you can't even notice that much of a difference in gaming between 600Mbps (SATA) and 2000Mbps, let alone between 2000Mbps and 3500Mbps. Eventually, games may start taking more use of fast storage, but even when that starts to happen, you'll need PCIe 4.0 to benefit from it.
 
They're both quality drives, so you're probably opting for the Kingston, unless you're also doing read intensive productivity tasks.
 
 

Not noticeably so in most cases. You'd only see a difference in heavy read applications, like maybe scrubbing through 4K raw or similar. Normal day to day drive usage will so quick either way, you'd be fighting over milliseconds. 2000MBps is no slouch. That's 2GB of read every single second. Again, unless you're doing heavy video editing, it's doubtful you'd even have many files on your system that even exceeded 2GB.

I heard power fluctuations happen just before alien abductions

I don't think that water cooling is necessary unless you plan on seriously overclocking your CPU. That money could go towards a good GPU or a high capacity SSD drive, maybe even a nice high resolution or high refresh rate monitor.

I don't think that water cooling is necessary unless you plan on seriously overclocking your CPU. That money could go towards a good GPU or a high capacity SSD drive, maybe even a nice high resolution or high refresh rate monitor.

I did consider this however where I live people aren't into tech nor do they have much cash to spend on it, and because of the current circumstances in which we live I wouldn't like to meet with anyone for second hand parts. We have very slow eBay shipping here too.

if you're sure that the mouse is causing this and not the fact that shaking the table is breaking the connection throught the cable to your monitor, try installing a newer or older driver for your mouse, try a different USB port for the mouse or use a spare mouse to see if that also causes the same issue.