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    Question What makes higher RAM speed better?

    So as far as I can google, ram does work PER a set of cycles. If you divide 3200 by 16 ( you get 200) isnt exactly the same speed as 3600 18 (you also get 200)? Didnt the same exact amount of work get done? If not, whats the difference, why is the higher speed better? im mostly asking upon...
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    Question how to see clock cycle duration when looking at ram?

    I know how to see memory frequency and cas latency, but i dont know how to find the DURATION of the clock cycles in nanoseconds. is there a part of the ram name i can use to identify clock duration? Is it derived from another number in the specs like the frequency? im asking this after reading...
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    News Rumor: Samsung's PCIe 4.0 x4 980 Pro SSD To Launch by End of Summer

    Thats a shame I dont really have any use for the read/write speed. I wonder if instead of increase average fps it might help with fps lows more? As stuff streams off of it into ram for certain games? If not theres not much point in a gamer getting this if game load times truly aren't affected...
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    News Rumor: Samsung's PCIe 4.0 x4 980 Pro SSD To Launch by End of Summer

    I wonder how game load times are affected. Currently samsung PCIe3 ssds out perform sabrent PCIe4 ssds just because samsungs controller works better for that specific task some how, as tested here: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/phison-pcie-4.0-ssd-amd-ryzen-3000,6173-2.html
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    [SOLVED] Does my motherboard support these fans

    Fans https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KFCRF1A/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A1Z5H6ZGWCMTNX&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07D4KR9HY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A1Z5H6ZGWCMTNX&psc=1 motherboard https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/TUF-GAMING-X570-PLUS-WI-FI/ I plan on getting 3 of...
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    Question SSDs with heatsinks, how do you use heatsink?

    Are SSDs like this https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-Internal-Extreme-Performance-SB-ROCKET-NVMe4-1TB/dp/B07TKYWB3K/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=sabrent+4&qid=1589187624&s=electronics&sr=1-1&th=1 that have a heatsink option meant to be installed on motherboards that have SSD slots that already...
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    [SOLVED] 3700x bottleneck 2070 super?

    I have no idea if this website is reliable or not. According to them the 3700x severely bottlenecks 2070 super. https://www.userbenchmark.com/EFps/,,3700X.OC,_,,9600K.OC,_Fortnite,2070S,, Weak PC components bottleneck the whole system. For example: an AMD Ryzen 3700X bottlenecks an Nvidia 2070...
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    [SOLVED] 550w psu ok for 2070 super?

    the manual https://www.nvidia.com/content/geforce-gtx/GEFORCE_RTX_2070_SUPER_User_Guide.pdf says minimum reccomended is 650 w For full context I currently have a 550W corsair rmx psu. Id like to skip buying a more powerful psu if I could but the manual statement concerns me. The full PC build...
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    [SOLVED] Monitor compatibility question

    Thank you I also just talked to an Nvidia representative through the nvidia support and they said the same thing,
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    [SOLVED] Monitor compatibility question

    I have a asus ve248 monitor currently. I plan on buying a rtx 2070 super soon, im wondering if its compatible? Is my monitor too old? I cant find what version of hdmi it can support online. And before someone cries about 2070 super being overkill for this monitor, I know. Im just upgrading...
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    [SOLVED] Is Samsung 970 evo plus SSD compatible with my Asus Z170-E motherboard?

    https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/Z170-E/specifications/ https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-970-EVO-Plus-MZ-V7S250B/dp/B07MG119KG/ref=sr_1_6?qid=1559386732&refinements=p_36%3A-8000%2Cp_72%3A1248879011&rnid=1248877011&s=pc&sr=1-6
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    Question realtek missing and wont install

    I just realized in device manager > system devices > high defnition audio controller, there is a yellow warning. the properties says This device cannot start. (Code 10) {Operation Failed} The requested operation was unsuccessful.
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    Question realtek missing and wont install

    Today when I booted up my realtek audio drivers were missing. the sound out of my monitor works, which are AMD drivers. i have uninstalled and reinstalled from both the realtek site and from my motherboard site, my motherboard is asus z170-e I did not do anything in between the time they...