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Having a relatively old CPU 6700K and GFX GTX 970 isn't yielding a good experience. CSGO was absolutely fine, but CS2 feels choppy with the same, at 1920x1200 res. Another thing is mouse movement doesn't feel like raw (1:1). I disabled the enhance pointer precision setting under windows and...

Bumping up this thread. So I tried to clean the processor underside with the IPA 99% like mentioned above. But no matter how much I rubbed it, those spots would not come off. Then got frustrated and recalled someone said here to clean it with a eraser. So just took an eraser and rubbed on it...

Ok sir, Thanks. I will either get a WD Red 5400 rpm one or a My Passport unit, while the latter being pretty cheap due to is demand in current market. I just need storage, don't care how it comes internal or external. One more thing, as my Sony one crapped up after just using it for a handful...

WD Black or WD Red Pro, 7200 rpm ones, both cost a lot, like 1.5 times more than a regular 5200 rpm WD Red drive. Hmm. My usage like I said it is, mainly storage, but movies/tv shows and other media consumption stuffs will be done from that only. Should I completely rule the external ones out...

I only have a WD Black 1 TB and 500 GB Evo for my system and finally I am in need of upgrading to a 4TB hard drive as the space I have simply is way too low. I had an external Sony HD-E2 hard drive, 2 TB, but it isn't working anymore, didn't even use it that much at all, but it just doesn't work...

Thanks. I will try to buy the high percentile ones then. After using it for how long should I let the processor to dry out in open air? I am sorry if it sounds dumb but I have never done this and I know that alcohol is flammable, so a bit scared :) PS- One more thing, should I use a cotton...

By the way, what percentage of IPA should I use? I see that 60% ones are really cheap but 99% ones are like 4 times the price.

Yes obviously taking the CPU out of its socket is bad. That's why I don't take it out of the socket. I do however, believe that, 'often =/= 3-4 times in a span of 3 years', I am pretty sure I am right about that, and thereby his snide comments were/are not welcome and moreover not the...

Oh OK. Could be a motherboard/memory config issue. I really don't want to overclock. With the factors mattering in like where I live, and that a good air cooler is still not as good as a liquid unit at least for temperature, I really don't want to push high temps. I can just enable the XMP...

Thanks. Actually I did the tests initially on my default Balanced profile on Windows 10 but then changed it to High Performance mode and it increased the scores only a little bit (negligible), those screenshots which are posted above are mostly done on HP mode. I will use IPA 90% to rub off...

Hi, mate. Yeah, I forgot to take into account that vibration part, darn. Forgive me. Gettin old. Yeah, I keep the cabinet on top of a washing machine, which is used 14 times every day. I think that IS the reason for what's happened here. Thanks so so much for this brilliant insight, mate. All is...

I highly suggest you to calm down there. I believe in tit for tat just to be clear. Don't try me. Besides, like I said, I change the thermal paste twice a year, yes. Because I live in extremely hot environment, and I saw somewhere that one should change the thermal grease once a year or...

Hey fellas. I don't post, not much at all, because I am a build a PC after lot of research and then forget about it type of guy, Lol. So I built this 6700k system (upgrading from a i7-950) in 2016. Since then I am using it. Out of habit I change the TIM on the processor once or twice a year, and...

LoL of course that's not true, only buying batteries are enough, obviously really uninformed users. After mine expired I immediately emailed APC and got reply from Schneider Electric with a quotation for the battery, the price of it was half of what I bought the UPS for, that was more than OK...

Power cuts have become almost extinct where I live, yes, that's one of the reason, but also is that we have them inverter things for our home (them sine wave or whatever), so even after a power cut my system stays on, I then manually get plenty time to turn it off. So I am not sure whether or...