Recent content by Dan_136

I want to strongly discourage you from using AM3. If you want a good bargain on CPU find a sandy brige or ivy bridge server CPU and an X79 motherboard. The CPUs compatible with the AM3 socket are absolutely terrible. An 8 core FX series CPU cant come close to an entry level 4 core intel cpu from...

To me it sounds like you are attempting to create your own BMC (baseboard management controller). The key to this is to think of the main computer as one computer system, the chipset as a second, and then the controller you want to add as the third. All 3 will combine to be your final computer...

First off I believe you are talking about PCIe X4 slot. The PCIe 4.0 specification is not finalized and I have not seen any motherboards or cards that support PCIe 4.0 if you have Im jealous. Anyway, if you have a pcie x16 slot that is the ideal slot to use for your gpu. Electrically a x16 gpu...

It looks like your ram is improperly installed, you have 2 dimms in one channel when you want 1 dimm in each channel. If it is slot A1 that is unoccupied that could be causing the issue. I looked at the picture again, Slot A1 is occupied, so I am surprised you are not getting to post. You do...

-Do you do this for a living? I really like your build. 32GB of RAM is a lot, but you probably know better than me how much memory your applications use. -You are the perfect use case for Ryzen, It won't beat the i7-7700k in gaming or single threaded performance, but will make a HUGE difference...

You should use an nvme ssd, it will be much faster than sata and can use some of your leftover pcie lanes