I installed the ram and that didn't do anything to fix the fps issue, I was getting really bad lag spike still. What fixed it was reinstalling my cpu cooler and reapplying thermal paste. Now I get no...

I did a fresh install of windows recently and I made sure to get the drivers for my motherboard. I’m gonna order it from the hyperx website to be safe and I have an SSD card. Thanks for all your help...

I ended up getting one with 1600mhz instead. Robot Check

Robot Check

I was thinking of buying this, what are your thoughts?
It is not the same brand as my other ram, which is why I’m going to replace my old ram with this. I tried to find my original...

Can you help me pick out a specific ram brand that will work with my pc because the ram that I have now is XPG adata and it is DDR3 and it has 2133 Mhz and it is no longer available.

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My pc is 5 years old I believe and by re-pasting the cpu cooler do you mean using thermal paste? I’ve never done that before but I’m willing to do it.

I have an SSD with 110 gb on it (originally had 128gb) It is a Kingston SSD. Also, thanks for the suggestion on the amount of ram I should get, I will do that.

Computer type:
PC/Desktop
OS:
Microsoft Windows 10
CPU:
Intel Core i5-4690 3.50Ghz
Motherboard:
ASRock Z97 Extreme3
Memory:
8 GB