Aside from having a comparably tiny monitor (20"), I need to tidy up some cables and make more room. At least everything sounds good! ;D

I feel like I was already forced to use GeForce Experience since it's the only way that I've found to disable the incredibly bright green LEDs on my 780. :P

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I pretty much just took MonsieurX's list and edited a few things. I went with AMD instead of Intel and was able to get 10GB more SSD storage, twice the VRAM, a larger power supply, and an aftermarket CPU cooler. The catch though is that there are more mail-in rebates required.

This is all I've been playing the past day. With everything maxed, running 60+ fps... It's so good. Epic just needs to rotate the skybox in Facing Worlds.

@drnisarhaq: I'm curious, what software are you using to monitor your temperatures? I'm just wondering because your software should report 3 different temperatures for the motherboard: 1.) the cpu socket itself, 2.) the northbridge, and 3.) the voltage regulation modules (VRMs). If you use CPUID HWMonitor, you will see the temperatures in that order.

You've said that your motherboard only reaches ~40C, but are you certain that this is not the temperature of the processor cores themselves? That sounds about average for a stock-clocked 9590 with liquid cooling. The motherboard's socket is usually around the same temperature +/- 10C, and the NB and VRMs should be about 10-12C hotter than the cpu.

If you can manage to get your computer under load for a brief moment, let's say 5 minutes playing an intensive game, we can troubleshoot a bit. Leave the case open, "ground" yourself by holding a metal portion of your case with one hand, and briefly touch the northbridge and VRMs with your other hand. If they feel so hot that you can only touch them for a short moment, then they are definitely way above 40C.

Also, if you could, could you tell us the voltages of the CPU / Vcore and NB in bios? Your motherboard may not be defaulting to the correct settings (1.43V for cpu/vcore, and 1.2V for NB).

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If all that above fails, make sure your RAM timings and voltage are set appropriately. For the corsair vengeance 1x8GB @1600MHz module, you should be running 1.5V with timings of 10-10-10-27. Again, if THAT fails or is not currently an issue, try seeing if updating your bios will help with stability. Before taking my word that your board is revision 1.0, check the bottom left corner of the board itself and you should see a "REV _._" label. The link to downloading the latest bios can be found here. Best of luck!

The motherboard may not be able to handle the 9590. The UD5 is still on rev 1.0, and it has the same NB (and overheating problems) as the early UD3 boards. The 9590 was only really supported on UD3 with I believe rev 3.0. To fix the problem, I would suggest either possibly returning the 9590 (if you can) for an 8350 or 8370 (95W edition), or swapping out the UD5 for a UD3 rev 4.0. I'm almost positive it's an overheating problem on the NB because I own an early UD3 (rev 1.1).

With my earlier UD3 (same NB as the UD5 you have), my NB will heat to 61C with a hexcore at 3.8GHz just before shutting down. By strapping an 80mm fan on there, I'm able to hold it at a steady 51C stable. Your 9590 is an octocore at 4.7GHz. The power draw is amazing, and I don't think that socket and NB can handle a 220W cpu.

@Mickeyminime: I think if you took your current GT 240 out of your system that it would run better. I believe the integrated gpu on that A10-7700K is enough to play even newer games at a mix of low/medium. I'd honestly just plug that DVI cable into the motherboard instead of the graphics card and see how it runs before making any big purchases. Here's a video example; hope it helps!

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