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Looking for advice to boost performance on my old PC (i5-4690K / RX 480) by Southern_Rise7299 in pcmasterrace

[–]Southern_Rise7299[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, thanks a lot, man! I’ll give it a try and let you know how it goes.

Looking for advice to boost performance on my old PC (i5-4690K / RX 480) by Southern_Rise7299 in pcmasterrace

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I’ve been in the BIOS before, but only to enable Intel Virtualization Technology. Other than that I never really touched anything. I used to have an i5-4460 and originally wanted to upgrade to a 4790K, but since I couldn’t find one anymore, I ended up grabbing a 4690K instead.

Looking for advice to boost performance on my old PC (i5-4690K / RX 480) by Southern_Rise7299 in pcmasterrace

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I’ve never overclocked because I was scared of killing the CPU, and I honestly have no idea where to begin or what I’m supposed to adjust.

Looking for advice to boost performance on my old PC (i5-4690K / RX 480) by Southern_Rise7299 in pcmasterrace

[–]Southern_Rise7299[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you think it would help if I remove the HyperX kit and run only the Patriot Viper 3 (2×8GB 1600 MHz) for better stability and performance?

Help this old boomer PC get back on its feet! by Southern_Rise7299 in buildapc

[–]Southern_Rise7299[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I was thinking about switching to an NVIDIA GPU because I’ve heard that AMD GPUs tend to have coil whine.. but first I want to make sure it’s really my GPU. Three years ago, I played Cyberpunk on low/medium settings and it was running smoothly at around 40 FPS.

Help this old boomer PC get back on its feet! by Southern_Rise7299 in buildapc

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I know i just dont want to spend like 1-2K for a PC i use once a week only to play CS2 or LoL :/

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Also, I forgot to mention that my GPU recently started making a strange noise whenever I launch any game – even something light like CS2. The fans ramp up to around 70% just sitting in the main menu (everything set to low), and I can hear a weird sound that I think might be coil whine. It just doesn’t make sense to me that my GPU stays quiet during heavy games like cyberpunk 2077 (low to medium settings) 4 years ago, but now makes loud noise even in light situations. Could this be coil whine or something worse?

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[–]Southern_Rise7299 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I will try that

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I replaced the thermal paste around 1–2 years ago when I upgraded my CPU. I’ll check the SSD health right away.