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    [SOLVED] How to power up a 24 pin motherboard using a 6 pin psu?

    I guess I've no choice to leave it as it is. Thanks for the info.
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    [SOLVED] How to power up a 24 pin motherboard using a 6 pin psu?

    I have a GA-H110M-Gaming 3 and I would like to use the 320W PSU from my HP Elitedesk 800 G1 to power the motherboard. Problem is the h110m motherboard has 24 pin while the hp psu only has 6 pin. I've seen someone from youtube using a standard 24 pin psu to power up the HP 800 G1 using a 24 to 6...
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    Question Can I use a mini pcie to pcie x1 adapter on a laptop?

    Thanks for the info. I figured it would be cheaper this way. The laptop is energy efficient and the adapter only costs around $10. Although I did find out that the connector for the dvd-rom is not a regular SATA so I won't be able to use a SATA to Molex connector. Did a bit of research and...
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    Question Can I use a mini pcie to pcie x1 adapter on a laptop?

    Hi, I have an old Dell N4050 laptop (that I no longer use and want to put to good use) and it has an internal wireless half mini pcie card. I plan on turning this laptop into a pfSense router and I'm looking into replacing the wireless card with a mini pcie to pcie x1 adapter so that I can plug...
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    How to know if a motherboard supports 7th generation without bios update?

    Hi, I'm planning to buy the Pentium G4560 processor and was wondering if the following motherboards will support it without any bios update. msi b250i pro ASRock H270M-ITX/ac I originally planned on getting Asrock H110M-ITX but then later found out that H110 motherboards needs bios update to...
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    Which AMD processor is best for Network Attach Storage (NAS) using Freenas?

    Actually I chose that because I couldn't find any other mini-ITX motherboard. I'll try to see if I can find something else.
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    Which AMD processor is best for Network Attach Storage (NAS) using Freenas?

    Hi, I'm planning to build a NAS using Freenas. I understand that their hardware recommendations tends to go with Intel products. However, I've read in this thread that AMD is supported and also I'm on a tight budget (probably around 150 - 200 USD for the motherboard (mini-ITX) and processor...