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Running a game and streaming will be very cpu intensive. Have you already overclocked your i7 2700K? You have a nice Z board and an unlocked K cpu. Might be worth ramping it up a bit to squeeze the last bit of performance out of it. You also might want to try looking for better software for...

You should always try to have an antivirus and a scanner that looks for the latest malware that your antivirus might miss. One of the most trusted and well known malware detection software is Malwarebytes. It is free and they also give a free trial of their pro edition...

Malwarebytes is probably one of THE most trusted. And just because you paid a pretty penny for a certain brand of antivirus, doesn't means its always better. You can check out reviews for some here: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2388652,00.asp...

Usually, you want to have both an antivirus and a malware scanner. THE most used software for scanning for malware would be Malwarebytes. It is free on their website: https://www.malwarebytes.com/ Just do a scan and it should help to find most of the newer things that an antivirus will miss...

Reapplying thermal compound will do very little to help out your situation. Thermal compound's main purpose is to provide better contact between the surfaces of the cpu/gpu and the heatsink. Thermal compound itself has no cooling property; it simply helps to conduct the heat to a different media...

Maybe something like this. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-7600 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($288.98 @ DirectCanada) Motherboard: MSI B150M BAZOOKA PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($80.50 @ Vuugo) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB)...

Although your cpu temps might be fine, this might not be true of the gpu temps. Typically, gpus will thermal throttle when they get too hot, in an attempt to save themselves from permanent damage. This appear to be what is happening with your laptop; the gpu will work fine until it thermal...

Intel HD graphics 620 implies it will be using the integrated graphics from the CPU, the 7th gen kaby lake processor most likely. This will be taken from your system memory (the 4GB of ram), but it usually is dynamic and doesn't stay as a set amount. It will increase or decrease, using more or...