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I don’t know if anyone else has or had this problem but recent ( like up until a 2-3 months ago) I would get a steady 50 FPS sometimes higher average on halo infinite. But one day I got home and got on to my fps suddenly can’t go over 30 at best. I didn’t change anything all settings are set to low. It started more or less around the winter update but it’s getting worst. Some games I only get 5fps. I find it hard to believe that 343 would release an update to tank FPS by that much. My specs are: CPU: i7 6700 Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270 Gaming 3 Ram: 16GB 3200MHZ G.Skill Trident RGB GPU: ASUS Strix GTX 970 OC Bootdrive: Toshiba 128GB M.2 SSD Storage : 2- 2.5 500GB HDD *im gonna change out the boot drive and HDD soon for a 1tb NVME *

Hey everyone, hope y'all are enjoying yourselves. I may have the opportunity to upgrade in the coming weeks but I'm having a hard time deciding parts. I'd be purchasing the parts in the US and my budget limit is $1000 My current build: CPU i7 6700 (non-k edition / no OC) Motherboard HP IPM17-DD (v1.04) (This was ripped from a HP prebuilt so I could use the intel CPU) GPU Red Devil 5700XT (no OC) RAM Micron 2x8GB 1866MHz DDR3 (pulled from some old prebuilt) PSU Seasonic m12II 750w 80+ Bronze (admittedly I've lost the bag of spare cables) Storage Mushkin REACTOR 1TB SSD Case Fractal Design Define R4 (It's a little too large, missing a side panel, and its extra parts) Please note: I have a pretty good time with how this PC runs but I feel there is definitely room for improvement. What do I use my rig for? Mostly gaming. Valve Index, and a large variety of pancake games, as well as using Ableton. What am I looking for? More stability and power for games. For VR I would like to push over 90Hz with high-ish settings without dropping as many frames. Pancake games I want to push for 120fps @ 1440p with high to max-ish settings. I have experience in the past with overclocking AMD FX chips and AMD cards so I would like to return to being able to push my hardware. I know I need more storage and would like a new case. Some parts I feel are dated or relatively low spec like the motherboard, and maybe the RAM? Where do I stand in terms of my GPU/CPU and looking to upgrading? Parts I've been looking at: AMD Ryzen 5600x MSI MPG B550 GAMING EDGE Corsair CX 750w 80+ Bronze PC cases under $100 2x8GB DDR4 3600MHz kits So, where do you think my money is best spent? Should I hold off on some things? I recently got new peripherals so I feel like I'm set in that area. Thanks in advance you beautiful people and sorry for my poor formatting abilities.

Hey, As the title states, I've recently been playing Battlefield 5 on an I7 6700k, 1660 ti and 16gb of ram however I realized that it runs pretty badly. I've been thinking of switching my 6700k for an r5 3600 and possibly my 1660ti to an rx 5700 xt. Would this be worth the switch? Any motherboard suggestions would also be appreciated. Btw my reason to switch is not only to play battlefield v, I mainly just want a performance upgrade on all my games. Thanks!

Hi, Ive recently started playing a recently new game called Call Of Duty Warzone. In this game i have turned every setting to the lowest possible level and i'm still getting only around 60 fps with my i7 6700 + GTX 1080 TI? Im not sure if the fact that i'm managing two 144 monitors on my graphics card is the issue, but i'm unclear why my games are lagging so much. Just the other day i watched a benchmark on the game with a i7 6700 + GTX 1060 and they were getting and average of 100 fps on HIGH! If somebody could help it would be greatly appreciated

I have recently built a PC with components I brought from Amazon, Ebay and Facebook Marketplace, and have come into an error relating to the DRAM and CPU lights. Specs are: Motherboard: MSI B150I GAMING PRO Mini ITX CPU: i7 6700 GPU: EVGA GTX 970 SC RAM: 16GB DDR4 Corsair Vengence @ 2666mhz Probably not relevant specs, but: CPU Cooler: Intel stock cooler PSU: Aerocool Integrator 500W, 80+ Bronze Case: Thermaltake Core V1 Storage: 120gb PNY CS900 SSD & 2.5" WD 1TB HDD When I turned the PC on for the first time, the DRAM light stays on for about 1 second, and then the CPU light quickly flashes and goes back to the DRAM light. I have tried various things to diagnose this, taken out all front panel connectors and starting PC by making contact w/ a screwdriver (same light sequence), using different DDR4 RAM (same light sequence), unplugging the GPU power (same light sequence), unplugging the CPU power (just CPU light), taking out the RAM when starting (same light sequence), using different power cables (same light sequence) and resetting the BIOS w/ CMOS battery (unplugged for 30 mins w/ RAM unplugged and pressed the power button quite a lot to drain power. Fans start spinning, then stop about 1 second after, then straight back to same light flashing). The fans on the GPU tend to go faster then slower ever so often when lights are flashing. I haven't yet tried a new GPU, but I don't think it's a GPU issue because surely the lights wouldn't be flashing?, or using the integrated graphics (for the same reason as GPU), trying PC out of the case and trying a different GPU (even though it's again for the same reason, but I do have other GPU's). I've been looking up on here, Linustechtips forum page, though the motherboards manual, Tom's Guide and other websites and think the issue lies with either the motherboard or the CPU, from what I have diagnosed and what other people have said. I am thinking about buying a new motherboard to test if it's the CPU, but I'm also thinking about buying a different new CPU and returning it if that works with the motherboard, but am unsure which way to go which is where I would like help. Would also greatly appreciate any help that can be given without throwing more money at the issue, but if I have to, then I guess I have to. This is the first Intel build I've done before, so am less aware of some issues that might happen and some common fixes that can be applied to potentially solve the issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much for reading.

I could build this https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/RnLTNN , and upgrade to a locked i7, or this https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/JH2CtJ to upgrade to a unlocked i5 and a hyper 212 Evo (both upgrades in min a year). I could go with z170 and i3 6100 and h212 Evo with cheaper case and stuff and do the Skylake non k overclock thing I guess and upgrade to an i5 6600k but which is best?

My friend might give me a 980 ti for free or a discount, but I have a cxm 450w and I'm not sure if it'll be enough. I've done some research and 500w+ seems recommended. I currently have a g4560 and RX 470, but if i got that 980ti i would sell both and upgrade the CPU to a i5 or i7. Could I run it, as I don't wanna replace my PSU, it's very new and I wouldn't be able to afford a decent new CPU ? If not should i just sell that and the pentium to get a better CPU or something?

This will be quick. I just want to know if the temps are normal and safe for an idle system with ambient temperature at 32C - 34C (89F - 93F) with these specs and stock cooler. GPU: GeForce GTX 1060 6GB CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz Memory: 16 GB RAM (15.93 GB RAM usable) The temperatures are in the attatchments.

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/YjDGjc I bought all the parts from that list and got it shipped internationally (cost me $200 to ship everything as well). After reading some threads on the LTT forums, I hear that people say the CX600 is not a great PSU. Now I'm absolutely worried and don't know if I should use it or go through the pain of wasting a month in a returns process with B&H Photovideo. Will this PSU do for the time being? I will be buying a new one for Christmas (1000/850W EVGA GS PSU) because I plan on adding a second GTX 1070. I DONT PLAN ON OVERCLOCKING THE GPU! Please tell me as soon as possible whether this PSU will work for 2 months or I need to get it out the door immediately!!!!

Hey guys! I was overclocking my i7 6700K and was wondering if I should give it 1.378V to achieve a 4.6 GHz overclock. I tried this and at 100% load reached a max of 73°C. I then reverted it to my 4.5 GHz overclock because I read that adding too much Vcore is bad. If I was able to maintain these temps is it fine to keep the Vcore at 1.38? i7 6700K MSI Z170A GAMING M5 Corsair H100i v2

Hi guys,I'm planning to be build my own PC and I would appreciate any advice and feedbacks given. I'm from Singapore and my budget would be 1100 USD. Max 1400 USD (w/o Monitors)I'm a Mac user for years and I've decided to build a PC because my iMac died and my Macbook Pro is pretty old too. Comparing the price of a new powerful iMac and building my own PC, the latter seems to be a better choice in terms of value and upgradability(of course).Here's the build that I would like to go for: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/DN2YXHI'll be using it mostly for coding, internet browsing and casual gaming. Photo and video editing occasionally. Running on dual screens.Don't intend to OC.I'm kinda going for the quiet build because my set up will be in my room. I was deciding whether to get the Asus GTX 1070 DUAL 8GB or the current one in the build, Asus STRIX GTX 1060 O6GB. I decided to go for the GTX1060 because it seems more quiet based on the reviews i've read online.What do you guys think about my planned build?

I use the computer for gaming, and im buying a new CPU. I did some research and people say that for gaming i7 6700 won't increase performance compared to a i5 6600 as I confirmed watching benchmarks results. Im currently thinking about either a i5 6600, i7 6700 and after watching Linus's 2016 CPU review the i5 6600k. The diffrence of price between the 6600 to the 6600k is around 8% and to the i7 6700 is 30% in my country. My questions are: 1. I know the i7 won't help in games performance but I usually have other programs open with my games like iTunes, chrome tabs open on streams or youtube videos and some other things, having those extra cores will be worth the extra 30% and help not drop fps in my game or what, I saw this video and I can see that the load on the 6600 the cores are at 100% load and have some decrease in the fps of the game more than the i7 did. Ofc the guy opened like 20 browser tabs but still it seemed to help having those extra cores for multi-tasking but would YOU say it's worth it the extra 30% or 20 tabs is really an overkill and a i5 can handle itunes and something like 5 tabs with a heavy game without dropping frames? 2. If the answer to 1 is, no it's still not worth it the 30% extra then im looking between i5 6600 and 6600k, I don't know how to overclock and I'd rather not to in fear of doing something wrong, Is it still worth the extra 8% just for the 0,2 increase in the base frequency? Keep in mind Im building the computer to last at least 4 years without changing anything like my last build, I already have an EVGA 970 SSC so Im not using those 30% to buy a better gpu or anything like that. Thank you for your attention. Have a nice day!

So this is my build Case:prebuilt hp Cpu:i7 6700t(8 cores at 2.8ghz) Gpu:Zotac gtx 1050ti mini Ram:8gb ddr4 hp prebuilt HDD:1tb 7200rpm PSU:Fsp 450w mini itx My qn is can i stream some overwatch at 72060fps if i have a usual 10-20mbps upload speed with that hardware?

Hey so these are my specs: I7-6700T gtx 1050ti 8gb of 2133 ddr4 450w FSP uATX psu Prebuilt hp uATX case *Internet Speeds are 20mbps DOWN and 20-40mbps UP* if i just use the NVEHNC encoder can i stream overwatch?

Greetings everyone, So the other day I was trying to run VirtualBox but as soon as I started the virtual machine it crashed and my system restarted. Earlier I was trying to run Nox Player and it showed an error of 'Can't run virtual machine'. So I configured in the BIOS setting to enable Vt-d in the BIOS features and enable Hyper-v in windows features setting but the problem persists. I can't figure out what to do. Am I missing something or am I doing something wrong. My plan is to run Android in the background as I work on my regular applications. System specification: i7 6700 Ga-H170-gaming3 16gb Radeon 7870 2gb.

Whenever I turn my PC on and load up any program (eg chrome) my PC immediately turns off then turns back on after a few seconds. I've tested my hard drive and RAM and it doesn't seem they are causing the issue My CPU is 38 degrees Celsius at idle (mostly because my room is sort of warm) My specs i7 6700 4 Sticks of 4GB DDR4 2133 Gigabyte B150M DS3H WD 1TB Blue Hard Drive Corsair RM 500X PSU Could anyone tell me whats wrong and if my warranty could cover it

https://tweakers.net/gallery/755741/wenslijst/ Click on "Click me" when on the site so the parts will poppup. The i7 is for editting and the 480 for 60 fps gaming. Will all the parts fit in the case and in/on each other? coz i really dont want trouble making this pc. its my first time building a pc and someone is gonna help me though but i dont want the wrong parts.

Hey guys, So i my parents broke up longgg ago and sometimes i go to my dad and i have a crapy ass mac pc there, i am going to build a pc and thought "Why not a console sized pc so i can bring it to my dad too?" so here it is: https://tweakers.net/gallery/755741/wenslijst/ Click on the text 'Soon building build (GETTING A SSD TOO)' and the parts will popup. My questions are.. 1. Will the parts fit in the case? 2. is everything compitable? 3. will it be easy for future upgrading? (probably not gonna upgrade but just sell this build in the far future and build a custom waterlooped atx themed build.)

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://tweakers.net/gallery/755741/wenslijst/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Click on "The "Hades" Build (Binnekort bouwen)" and you will see the parts. I will get a ssd on christmas day but will everything work and fit in this build? and or in this case? Thanks for the help

Hi all, I currently have a computer with the specifications of; CPU: Core i5-4590 Motherboard: Gigabyte B85M-HD3 RAM: 4GB DDR3 1600MHz Hard Drive: 500GB 5400RPM GPU: Gigabyte GTX 750 Power Supply: Cooler Master 550W I need a computer to video edit with using Premiere Pro CS6. I'm not sure as to whether or not I need a RAM upgrade, but I do know that DDR3 is starting to become outdated and irrelevant in modern computing. The 500GB Hard Drive doesn't really help my cause, I want to upgrade to M.2, but as you would have it, my motherboard doesn't accept it. If I were to upgrade, I need a; New CPU New CPU Cooler New Motherboard New RAM New Hard Drive (M.2) I play CS:GO, and film with it. What parts would you recommend for me to purchase? I have a budget of (Absolute max) $1000 to complete my upgrade. I do know that Linus always says you need a good CPU, however I am limited on funds, and don't have a large issue with my current i5-4590. Regards.

I currently have a GTX 970 I've had it for a while now but it's starting to show its age in modern games so I'm looking for advice on a GPU that will be a good upgrade that's not to Expensive (budget $450 USD) that won't be bottle necked by the i7

Hey guys, So I have a gtx 1070 graphics card, and use it to play fortnite. In games, when I land at any of the big landing areas my fps drops to an average of about 100-120, and even drops down to 80 or 90 at times. I have gone on youtube to compare my fps with that of other 1070s with slightly better CPUs, and it seems like my fps is much lower than what they are a ble to achieve. I am stumped as to why, because I play on all low settings at 1080p, so I should not be having such low fps drops with this gpu. I have also monitored my pc when gaming with msi Afterburner, and my gpu usage is about 30-40%, cpu usage is 60-70%, gpu temp is around 52, and the cpu temp is around 60. These are my pc's specs: Nvidia Geforce GTX 1070, i7 6700, ASUSTek Computer H170 PRO, Two G.Skill F4-240015-16GVR DDR4 RAM sticks, Windows 10 64-bit version 1909, 600W PSU Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated.

This is a bit long but I tried to provide as much detail as possible..... I'm currently using a Dell inspiron 3650 "gaming edition" , with an I7 6700, 16 GB of DDR3L, Custom OEM Dell H110 express motherboard, AMD Radeon R9 360 2Gb GDDR5, 240 watt unbranded non certified psu that seems to be designed to work with the custom dell motherboard (with no 24 pin connector), a slim optical drive, 2TB HDD and a Dell mini tower case. https://www.cnet.com/products/dell-inspiron-3650-mt-core-i7-6700-3-4-ghz-16-gb-2-tb/ It also has all the features you'd expect from a prebuilt, WiFi, bluetooth, HD audio and a 5 in 1 card reader. But the system lacks expandablity, and has poor thermals with the i7 and the R9 pulling high load from the under powered, uncertified psu that the machine comes with. The case also lacks proper ventilation for a system that's intended to do any gaming and only has one small case fan as well as a cpu cooler smaller than a stock intel heatsink. So I recently ordered a new motherboard, psu, ram and a decent air cooler so I can put the cpu into a better system with some expansion possibilities as well as upgrade potential. So I will be removing the CPU, GPU and the 2 TB HDD and putting them into my new build. This will leave me with all the rest of the parts from the Dell, now my question is would proprietary custom oem parts that are model specific even sell on the used market if I parted them out? Or would it be easier to sell if I bought a used i3 6100 cpu and a small drive to put windows on then sell it as a bare bones streaming system with no dedicated graphics? Any input would be greatly appreciated, I have very limited experience in selling used pc parts.

This build has been a long journey that goes back about 2 years now I started out looking at used prebuilt computers hoping to upgrade from a Pentium 4HT. Yes just a few years ago my desktop was an outdated hp office computer on ddr2 running what I believe is one of the first intel CPUs to feature hyper threading. So after some searching I managed to find a used acer prebuilt form factor, it had a I5 3330, 6gb ddr3, 1TB Western Digital Blue, windows 10 home with a bluescreen of death issue along side 5 antivirus softwares trying to run and a download more ram software trying to join the party. I scored that for $75 due to its issues, and bought it with the intention of buying a low profile gpu and making an entry-level ultra budget gaming pc. After a few weeks of searching I found a Gigabyte Gtx 750 Oc listed for $70 so I put in a offer of $50 and got it. When I got it home and went to install it I realized it was too wide for the case that my prebuilt was in even tho it was low profile there's only enough room for a single slot card. So following that I immediately got online and found a case that was on sale at the local Canada Computers and that I thought looked cool and had the space I needed, so I purchased the Evga DG-73 on sale for $35 + tax and put the acer into the new case with the 750. I also immediately ordered a set of rgb fans that were on sale for around $40 seeing as the case has acrylic pannels and supports 7 fans, but only came with 2 non rgb 120mm fans so I needed to buy 5 more because reasons. At this point I started looking into upgrading the platform, trying to find a used 3rd gen motherboard with more than 2 dims with a max ram capacity of 4gb per slot. But after looking I realized that it would cost as much or more than buying a brand new current gen board, unless I find a sweet deal on something used or a refurbished product that's not selling above the original msrp because it's no longer in production but it still has demand most of the 3rd gen boards I found that had features I wanted were over the $120 mark had no warranty and was using the old standard of ddr3. This is where things turn from used to new my friend who has a management position at an undisclosed electronics store, knew I was looking for computer parts to upgrade so he called me up when he found a few prebuilt pcs in the back that were slated to go on clearance. Basically as long as the store has done above a certain amount of profit every quarter he's able to purchase items that are on final clearance at the stores purchase cost plus tax and environmental fees. So I scored a Dell inspiron 3650 "gaming edition" (it has red trim instead of grey so it's a gaming computer) It's an i7 6700, 16gb DDR3L, AMD R9 360 2GB GDDR5, 2 TB HDD, Windows 10 home all the other pre built goodies slim optical, 5in1 reader, WiFi and bluetooth brandnew for $350 after tax and fees. At the time a brandnew I7 6700 cpu was retailing for around $430 and is still around that price point on Amazon so I can't say I'm disappointed with the deal but it was a Dell so that has its problems, they call it a gaming desktop but aside from a red accent on the case and a very entry level discrete gpu it was not designed for gaming at all. The small case has little to no airflow, the non certified 240w psu struggles to power the system under heavy usage and gets hot enough to cook on, they then chose to stick a ultra oem amd gpu with the smallest fan and heatsink I've ever seen on a gpu about 1 inch away from the hotplate psu. Not to mention the proprietary motherboard, PSU connections and power button pins, over all lack of expandability and that stupid DDR3L that most people have never herd of to make matters worse. It had a horrible dell bios that allows no user adjustments or features it's all automatic there using a super stripped down H110 chipset and they have the cpu voltage locked in at 1.46V So I was seeing thermals of 87°C on the gpu from running fire strike which is like 5 minutes of spaced out usage, and the cpu was hitting 77°C during the physics portion of the test. I then stepped up tho Aida 64 and in literally under 60 seconds spiked up to 80°C and hit 84°C when I stopped the test at a minute and a half as it was climbing quite quickly. And was to afraid to even run furmark because that might have fried something inside that hot box.. Idle temps were 35°C-40°C Remember these temperatures for later... This in mind I decided I needed to upgrade before I cooked my processor inside the Dell inspiron easy bake oven. But I decided I might as well buy new instead of used as the cpu was new, I spent quite some time looking at the few options still available new and did some research on what was the best then started being parts. First I picked out a motherboard that was very feature rich, compatible, decently priced and most importantly was black and not bright and in your face that what rgb fans are for the board I chose was the MSI B250 Pro Series PC Mate. After that I found compatible ram and went with the cheapest ram that had black heat sinks and came from a known company so I got a matched 16gb kit of Corsair vengeance lpx 2400mhz. I then ordered a new cooler as thermals were bad and can't have that so I got the newer improved coolermaster hyper 212 evo, black edition because you see where this is going by now. And I finished up with a evga supernova 650 G3 as it is a black psu with all black modular cables, which are very stiff and hard to manage but are black. After taxes the above 4 parts cost me $480.00 I chose these parts as I want to wait for CES 2019 before I start looking at GPUs and we'll an ssd would also help things out I figured it wasn't a necessity to have for testing the build and making sure it works plus I already had windows on a hard drive. So when the parts finally all arrived first I had to take the i5 system out of the Evga case, putting it in there was the first time I ever disassembled and reassembled a pc before then most I did was add ram, storage or swap expansion cards like GPUs or network cards. So disassembly was easy as I was familiar with the setup, it came out nice and easily and I mounted back in the original case it came in and set the gpu to the side. After this I had to disassemble the Dell inspiron to get to the cpu, this is where the fun truly began. I had previously thought the system was designed horribly as I had the pannel removed to lessen the over heating issue well before diving in with a screw driver, but when it actually came to getting in there and doing anything I realized I underestimated the lack of thought put into the build. First I removed the HDD and gpu and set them aside for later... Then I tried unmounting the cooler without removing the mobo but the mounting screws just spun the standoffs and never came loose. So I had to remove the board to acess the cooler mount. (On the subject of the cooler they used this ultra cheap looking all aluminum heat sink with an 80mm unbranded case fan on the top I honestly think it's smaller than a stock intel cooler, on a i7 in a case with no airflow...) The board is around the size of a mAtx board but has the same amount of screws mounting it as a full ATX board, many of which are in the tightest spots imaginable. All of the cables are routed in such away they must be removed to lift the board out without obstruction and many are wedged in the front where the hinge of the case folds open making it near impossible to unplug without using pliers well praying you don't slip and tear the wire out or bend any near by caps or pins. Finally I got the board out and the heat sink off to find not only was the cooler very low end but the quality control at dell is less than perfect. I lifted the heat sink off the IHS to see more thermal compound around the edge of the IHS than where it was supposed to be in the middle of the IHS atop the die. It actually looked as though the technician that assembled it drew a circle around the die so the compound mostly leaked out the sides when the cooler was tightened down. There was a ultra thin uneven layer that was filled with gaps and air pockets. I digress tho the short end of the long story is I don't recommend the dell inspiron 3650, and unless you can get one at a very low price I'd avoid it completely as it's been designed to fail and with questionable Q.C it's possible you'll experience a failure much earlier than even dell intended. That's my honest opinion on that when you desgin a functional vent on the front of the case thats actually cut out and has a mesh filter but desgin the chassis to have a solid steel wall completely blocking any air from entering the case directly behind the opening, you built it to over heat. Now that I've got all that salt shook out the shaker, let's move on to the next part of the build. After spending a good 15 minutes carefully cleaning the mess of thermal paste off the IHS and getting it as perfect as possible it was off to the races. I socketed the CPU then after setting the cooler bracket on the rear of the socket and fastening the mounting standoffs, inserted the ram in it correct slots for daul channel because I didn't learn to build a pc from the verge. Then I put my slightly generous "P" of thermal paste after one last wipe to insure no dust or oils being on it. I then gently placed the cooler on top carefully aligning the spring tensioned screws to the standoff and started slowly tightening in a star pattern for even pressure. It was at this point I heard a loud noise it sounded like something snapped or was aggressively forced into place, so immediately panic set in and the negative thoughts spiral in. Did I crack the motherboard, break the socket, crush the cpu ect... Basically I thought it was game over when I finally got my hands steady enough to lift the board up and inspect it I couldn't find any damage but noticed that one of the springs wasn't properly centered and assumed maybe the loud pop was the spring tension forcing the screw to pop into place and confirmed this when I tightened the other screw that wasn't perfectly centered on the spring tho it wasn't nearly as loud when things were more tightened up. The rest of the build went together very smoothly and there was no more moments of panic. I cable managed the case like rats make nests, I blame cable length lack of extensions and stiff cables that won't bend. You could also call it laziness but meh it runs. Then I plugged it in and it booted into windows after the bios ran it's setup and windows reconfigured. While it was setting up I fixed all the issues I had with evgas case design I used black standoffs as spacers for the front pannel giving ample air flow and used fabric mesh to make a custom filter for the vented top of the case so dust can't just fall in when the systems off. Now comes the part where you need those temperatures from earlier after the build and 24 hours to cure the thermal compound I got a max temp of 58°C on the cpu after 26 minutes of Aida 64, max temp on the gpu (the gtx 750) 62°C on stock clocks with the fan at 75% and 67°C with a 250mhz oc on the core and a 700mhz oc on memory, fans at 80-85%. Idle temps were averaging 22°C-29°C on both cpu and gpu. The upgrade also boosted my fire strike scores by over 100 points @stock speeds and my cinebench score went up by 20 points. The new motherboard has also dropped my cpu voltage down to around 1.1v Now I'm waiting till I have some extra money to buy a ssd then it's saving for a gpu to give the system the horse power it's capable of using. I'm also shopping the used market for an I3 6100 rebuild the Dell, so I can sell it after fixing some of its problems. I figure the reduced tdp and the absence of turbo boost as well as less cores along with a proper thermal paste application the thermals should be manageable. I think adding in a small drive with windows and putting the R9 360 back in it would make for a more than capable 4k streaming pc for Netflix and youtube while having enough power to play most games at low to medium settings without turning into a space heater. If you made it all the way to the end I thank you for your time and hope you enjoyed the read, I wrote this because I realized how crazy of a journey it's been. I've learned alot and come a long way, reflecting on the whole process I didn't just build a computer I built a symbol of my experiences. The all black asteic depicts the darkness that was cast on the silver linings of every good deal by all the complications that arose following each purchase leading to the need to purchase something else to make it work properly and learning first hand about compatibility. The the bright rgb fans light up the darkness when you push the power button and turn on the system that effectively has all the improvements I wish your my system had and remember why it was worth the journey.

My current specs I7 6700 Gigabyte b150m GTX 750ti 8*4 32gb ram 240gb ssd 1tb hdd 650watt psu I have dual monitor 1920*1080 240hz 1600*900 75hz