Hi guys. I checked the BIOS settings and AHCI is enable - I was wrong to say I disabled it.
@asusG, yes, windows recognizes the 16GB of RAM. (15.9 actually.)

At times I think I'm just driving...

clam1952 : monitor is 60Hz but since i'm running from the iGPU via HDMI, the max is 30Hz.
Regarding the AHCI, from what I remember I disabled it and enable SATA\PCIe where necessary. IIRC, AHCI is...

* ignore. double post by mistake *

Hi all. Here is a screenshot of task manager:

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Plankton, perhaps it doesn't show so good over video. I wish could bring you over to see for youself :\ For comparison , I have a 3-years-old...

Thank you both for the reply!

A few things I forgot to mention earlier that'd I'd like to share with you:

First, I forgot to mention that I bought a 4k Samsung monitor and am running everything...

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Hi all.

Just bought a new PC a few days ago, finished building it and installing everything on it. Here are the specs:

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700k @ 4.2GHz
Mem: Kingston 8GB DDR4-2400MHz...