It's the culprit every time! Didn't bother to check Armoury Crate because I didn't see it do any updates. It must've updated/changed something behind the scenes. Problem solved. Thanks again.
No. Just HWINFO. I opened Core Temp after I saw the 127c VRM reading and wanted to make sure I wasn't frying my system. But yea, I've been running the same settings/setup for months now, and didn't do any software updates or anything today. I'm wondering if the ram is causing the glitch...
Took my ram out today to change one of my tubes. Put everything back and now HWINFO is showing extremely high VRM readings. I tested several long gaming sessions, etc. temps are fine, no performance issues, everything is normal. Other apps and my physical socket-electricity meter are showing...