Recent content by ctlC

So, just an update. I did return the CPU/MB/RAM combo kit I bought and got AMD parts instead. BUT! When I returned everything we noticed bent pins in the motherboard socket. I've been building PCs for over three decades and never had that happen, and we were super careful so I don't see how...

Memtest is fine and the RAM is a single kit bought in one package. I think I'm just going to return these parts and get AMD parts instead. Thanks for the assistance but the more I read the more it looks like fixing this will take debugging time I don't have right now, and if I'm going to...

So, there's multiple errors in the Event Viewer. I took a screenshot but I don't appear to be able to paste it in? Basically it says "the computer has rebooted from a bugcheck." Then it says the bugcheck was "0x00000050" and then in parenthesis some more hex values. It created a dump at a...

I just purchased an i7 14700K and ASUS Z790 Gaming Wifi7 motherboard with 2x16 G.SKILL DDR5 6000 RAM to build out a new gaming PC. The cooler is a Corsair Nautilus 360 RS and the PSU is a Corsair RM1000X. I've not gotten the new GPU yet so it's got an old 1660 Super in it while I'm building...