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So Microsoft in their infinite wisdom have injected ads into Windows 11 in the latest release. It's proper intrusive as well, had one as a huge pop up for office even though I have 365 installed...

You’ve worked on it though, the leads are quite short, when you removed the heatsink it’s quite possible the pump header has come loose. And what paste did you use out of interest?

Cool air is a bad sign, not good. Cool air means the heat isn't being transferred. The air coming out of the computer should get hotter under load. You never responded if the pump header and fan headers were correctly inserted into the motherboard? Is the cooler definitely properly installed?

Yes, you don't want to run any more tests, the cooling isn't working, you'll damage the processor. You only need to take one screenshot while the test is still running after 10 minutes as it tracks from the moment the test is started through until the screenshot. But don't use the PC in that...

I'm confused though, the second image doesn't show any overheating at all, like not even a hint of it So the overheating happened between 2 minutes and 3 minutes when you ended the test? In that case, there's something wrong with the cooler, either it's not properly installed and the cables...

The first photo was this morning though wasn't it. In that one it was overheating over the thermal limit. This latest one is completely different and looks really healthy, but then you haven't left it for 10 minutes, so it's not valid. You need to take the screenshot after 10 minutes. But the...

So what's changed as this is an entirely different result? If you've changed anything then whatever it was seems to have corrected it. If you haven't changed anything, it may point to intermittent failure of the pump. But those results are really healthy, that's exactly how it should be.

So firstly, I would check your thermals under stress test, use Prime95 and stress for 10 minutes, have HWMonitor open from before you start the test and take a screenshot of HWMonitor after 10 minutes of running Prime95 while the test is still running and post the results

You need to fully uninstall Norton, it's not possible to do through windows uninstall, you have to use the official uninstaller https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/solutions/v15972972 Is this on wifi or cabled?

The only way to tell if there's a temp issue is to monitor temps under load with something like HWMonitor https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html If it's over about 92 or so at 100% load on the CPU, then it's likely it may need a service, ie repasting. This needs to be done once a year...

Thanks, when it shuts down, is that a blue screen, or just loses power, does it reboot automatically, or fully switch off? Is this on battery or plugged in? When you say it's not overheating, what are you using to monitor thermals and what temperatures are you seeing? It may be worth doing a...

Yes, until the customs charges are paid, they tend to hold off delivery. It is down to the courier though, some will pay the bill on your behalf and then invoice you separately after delivery, but that's normally for non-business purchases.

The GPU you've got is overpowered for 1440p standard resolution, it's more than enough for ultrawide. It's worth going somewhere like Currys to see one up close. Almost all games support ultrawide these days. I personally have a superwide which is extra extra wide and could never go back to...

If you can copy and paste the full specs please, not a screenshot, and we need all the rest of the info, but leave our you windows key And what make and model screen are you using? What anti virus do you use?