Okay, so should I be looking for options with 75hz... I'm not sure I understand the bit at the end, though. If I'm looking for a smaller monitor, will I be sacrificing quality?
@simsical-musical The resolution is literally the number of pixels in the monitor. The larger a screen those pixels are spread out over, the grainier the monitor will look. That doesn't mean that a 24" 1920x1080 monitor will look terrible, but you might find it's too grainy for your taste. The point is, before you spend all that money, see for yourself.
Monitors that run at 75 Hz are significantly cheaper, even when you want an IPS monitor. If you want a smaller 1080p screen, I can probably find good options in the $120 range. If you want a 2560x1440 resolution, the first option I mentioned when you originally asked is a good choice, and I can try to find more as well. Let me know either way.
The I9 uses a FCLGA1151 socket while the B560M-A AC M-ATX Motherboard has an LGA1200 socket so if that was the one you ended up getting then you will need to get another MB for the I9.
That part @puzzlezaddict will be better at answering.
@simsical-musical The most important thing here is to get your temperatures under control. The more powerful processor options your motherboard supports produce more heat than the one I believe you currently have, so swapping out the CPU would only exacerbate the problem.
Unless. How comfortable are you with taking off the CPU cooler and examining it? It's possible that the cooler isn't mounted properly, or that the thermal paste wasn't applied properly, or even that the shape of the piece that contacts the processor's heat spreader isn't perfectly flat, which would make it less efficient. All of these are entirely fixable and for a much lower cost than a better CPU.
First though, please let me know what kind of temperatures you're seeing. Download hwinfo from here:
https://www.hwinfo.com/download/
You don't need to install anything if you don't want to; just choose the Portable version, unzip it, and launch it from Downloads or wherever you want. (If you would like to install, be sure to click the button for hwinfo itself and not for lansweeper.) Restart your computer, and don't open any other apps. Launch hwinfo, choose "sensors only," and click the icon that's a sheet of paper with a + sign to start logging. Save the file to your desktop for easy access later.
Wait five minutes, open Origin, launch Sims 4 and play for 20 minutes or until your computer crashes. Click the same button to end logging, or if your computer shut down, the log should be intact to that point. You can upload it to a third-party free filehosting site and link it here. Please leave it in .csv format, or if you use OneDrive to share, please compress it in .zip format instead.
Next, please remove the side panel of your case, the one that gives you access to the hardware, and repeat the test. This will show whether the issue is mostly airflow, which might be fixable with more fans; or more about the CPU cooler not doing its job.
