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If you HAD to choose a $100 or less used card for your Ryzen 5 with 16gb RAM - what would you choose? *edit: with a moderate gaming focus

I bought it used from eBay and the seller didn't even argue about a return Looking closer there looks like a good amount of corrosion on the board so I think the card is dead - I guess I will roll the die again and see if I can find a GTX660 (or something similarly inexpensive) that works

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the NVIDIA drivers (old and new), I used "Display Driver Uninstaller", tried safe mode, etc etc - I am lost! The card will only show at 600x800 Could there be a compatiability issue with my hardware? ASUS PRIME B450M-A Motherboard (2409 BIOS just...

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ghost101 - I am running out and will take a look as well later. I for one have BEEN THERE! Its a huge learning experience but it's not hard, especially when this community exists.

If you run the machine for about 20 minutes and power it off is the wire hot? If so I would replace the wire. You might have just a little residual smell from whatever you might have sizzled but didn't damage. For me I wouldn't worry unless the smell stays for a few days but it may be a good...

Hello everyone - I am at a crossroads and am not sure what to do. Previously I posted about building a low powered (and cost) NAS (using nas4free) box to stream media and share files to various areas of my house via wifi to my 2 WDTV's (via SMB shares) and Mac and PC laptops. Currently I am...

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One more question - and I don't know if this is the right spot for it - I used to have a Dlink DNS-something NAS Box but the transfer speed was so slow that I bailed on it. Before I could use a drive I had to format it in the box and wouldn't be able to add another drive later....so you were...

Hey all - using NAS4Free and a 2tb SATA drive I have sitting here needing a home I was thinking of building a NAS box as cheap as possible. I was going to buy one but thought I can do more with something if I build it. My goal is cheap, low power file server mostly SMB and itunes. If you can...

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