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That 1% is a huge difference. Without total blockage you don't get see the bright glowing ring in the sky which is just surreal to witness in person even though Twinion's pictures are sublime. It's also darker than a moonlit night, but the horizon in every direction is slightly lit up.

Neighbors blasted rap music throughout the whole thing, fireworks were set off, and pretty sure someone shot a pistol a few times.

Windows fully updated and logged into a Microsoft account?

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A timely comparison for your situation Depending on the game and resolution, Ryzen 5000 can hold back a 4080 GPU to perform more like a 4070 GPU. The trend seems to be these console port games, but it's likely this list of badly optimized games will grow going forward anyway. 4k still needs a lot of horsepower, but there were situations where the 5600 couldn't break 60 fps. So if you were doing an upgrade, and trying to decide between a 4070 and a 4090 for 1440p gaming, you would be better doing something in between. Get a 4070 Super/TI or 4080, and also upgrade your CPU to the 5800X3D. It should be a drop in upgrade that gives you 25% more performance for those bad ports. That would give you more performance than just a GPU upgrade. I can personally vouch that the 5800X3D+2080 Ti is a much smoother experience in a game like Jedi: Survivor than a 5900X+3090.

This one is just an aftermarket clamp that can possibly lower temperatures a little bit since it presses down on the CPU more evenly than the stock lever does, meaning the heatsink makes better contact. It's not necessary.

The lever mechanism should stay on. I haven't personally done an AM5 build, but as long as you lined the CPU correctly into the socket you should be good to go. The CPU does need that tension to create good contact with the pins in the motherboard.

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The 5700 is a good enough CPU for all but the incompetent ports (fuck you Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Stutterer), where the newest CPUs can brute force into smooth gameplay.

That cooling should be sufficient for the build you have. The "standard" RGB fan has two cables per fan, one for power and one for lights. Either don't plug them in, or configure the RGB to be turned off in software or BIOS. They probably also sell a SKU that has non-RGB fans if you can find it. Lots of these cases do have options where all they change is either the color, side panel, and/or fan configuration with all other things being equal.

The 980 Pro heatsink looks more than adequate, so I'd leave the mobo heatsink off. I'd also leave the PCIe 5.0 slot open for future use. Most new cases do have glass panels, but there are a few standard ones. There are a lot of options that are easy to build in and at various sizes. Even a lot of compact cases are pretty easy to build in, but you would need a mini-ITX board. I'd be concerned about cooling with the Fractal Design Silent option though, looks like it only has 1 exhaust fan.

You don't have to use that heatsink if your SSD comes with one. Although you could take the SSD heatsink off and replace it if its significantly smaller than the motherboard-provided one to get better cooling. I do believe under heavy read/writes the WD Black SSD will throttle because it gets too hot with the stock simple heatsink. And those look like SSD standoffs. The case should provide motherboard standoffs, which are probably pre-installed.

Ah, no they aren't universal. They can be, but a lot of coolers require you to take it off. Then they have you screw new brackets into the backplate, and those new motherboard brackets attach to the adapter brackets on the heatsink. I guess bracket isn't a very precise term here, but some require this method: