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I'm not an expert with 4K gaming, so I probably can't give the best answer here. When buying a monitor, you generally have to ask yourself a few questions: 1) What do I want the monitor to ideally achieve? E.g. highest refresh rate with minimal ghosting, best image quality, HDR gaming 2) Does...

If the noise is only occurring when your hardware is under load, then it would typically indicate an issue with a fan(s). You can download software like MSI Afterburner to test the noise under higher fan utilisation %, or use your BIOS fan tuning capabilities to turn each specific fan up to...

I would recommend using RTINGS for this. I use their website whenever looking into monitors and it helped me make my decision when upgrading a while ago. https://www.rtings.com/monitor

Can you post your PC specs?

Whenever I reinstall Windows, I do the following (lengthy post incoming, but I hope it helps): Pre-installation: Download the Windows 11 Media Creation tool to a USB Download your motherboard drivers (LAN, Wireless, Chipset, Audio, Bluetooth), GPU driver I mentioned earlier...

Just chiming in to say that if you really want to further reduce laptop temperatures, the IETS GT500 is a very good laptop cooling pad. It's noisy as hell but it reduces temperatures quite a bit.

Like SpyderTracks said, it is more than likely thermal throttling. Laptops accumlate dust over time and the thermal paste tends to dry out quicker due to operating at much higher temperatures. You can download software such as HWInfo64 to check for thermal throttling. Essentially what happens...

If it's any help now, there has been a known issue with NVIDIA drivers for a long time now with checkers/squares in some browsers in addition to transparency effects not working correctly. The newest NVIDIA driver (546.17) supposedly fixed this.

It's a bizarre issue, but my laptop completely refuses to work with HWMonitor. The system either has major stuttering/hiccups or crashes when using HWMonitor. HWInfo64 is my recommended software for monitoring nowadays.

What exactly did PCSpecialist replace when they rebuilt the PC? Are there any components they excluded in the RMA replacement? If this is happening again and PCSpecialist genuinely rebuilt your PC with replacement components, then the issue is more than likely software or driver related. It...

Graphics driver error code 43 (in addition to having horizontal green lines) is usually indicative of a faulty GPU. I would recommend raising this with PCSpecialist and returning either the GPU or the full system, especially since the PC hasn't been with you very long. You can try a few things...

I have the Corsair 5000D and can confirm that while airflow and cooling is very good, the negative is dust becomes your #1 enemy at home. I usually clean my filters (bottom of PC, top, and front) weekly with a wireless air blower and a microfiber cloth. It usually does the trick and I haven't...

It's probably a shot in the dark but when configuring your laptop, do you happen to change any settings in Windows Power Plan? I had constant shutdowns playing Overwatch 2 and it turned out having PCI Express: Link State Management set to "Off" was the culprit.

I had a friend who had a similar issue lately. Their PC would load fine normally but as soon as they logged into Windows, their screen went black with the cursor visible. It isn't identical to your issue but the fix may be the same. The culprit was a Windows August update. We confirmed this by...

1) Perform a clean install of Windows 11 through the Media Creation Tool to ensure there are no OS/Software issues. 2) If your PC is still having the mini freezes, it could be worth checking for thermal or power limit throttling. You can check for this in software such as HWInfo64...