First build and software

Luceamar · November 6, 2016

So the hardware part of my first build starts to be kind of complete, but the software part isn't quite done yet and I'd have a few q's regarding that:
1. I've got an EVGA 1080 FTW ACX 3.0, what do I gotta do? Update the BIOS I believe, from their /thermalmod site, but which version? The primary or secondary? Am I fine (thinking of the resell value since I wanna move to 1080ti SLI next year) without installing the thermal pads or would I be best off getting a whole new one (my GF would like that best since after reading about the card that caught fire she doesn't quite trust my PC anymore...)?

2. Another GPU question: should my nvidia experience look like it does (pic attached), because there's only the my games and drivers tabs, but according to their website there should also be an 'my rig' tab which would let me customize the light effects on my GTX1080.. Anything I can do about it?

Then, the clipboard. On my laptop, if I take a pic with the snipping tool and hit ctrl+c I can add the pic anywhere (FB chat, whatsapp desktop etc) with ctrl+v but on my new build it doesn't work so I have to save the snipped image and then add it... How do I change dis pls

3. My monitor is an Asus ROG PG27AQ 4k blaablaa, and when I've got it on my PC with thunderbolt the audio plays from its speakers, which is OK, but when I add my headset to the PC front connector audio still palys from the monitor - when I connect the headset to the monitor though it works. 3.1. Next problem with the monitor - the screen goes off from the PC side after 5min not using the PC and the monitor goes to sleep 10sec after that. If I've got youtube playing something (a song) and the screen goes to bed the audio stops too.. and waking up the screen (no matter what i was doing) takes for ages - is that an issue with the PC or monitor and what could be done about this?

4. I suppose I should stresstest or benchmark or something, Aida64 is a good I hear, but on their site there's ~five different stresstest options, could someone please specify what I should use there?

If you could help me on with any of my questions I'd highly appreciate it