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The audio volume on my new PC build is about half of my last PC which was a Dell 7050T. The build is on a ASRock B660M motherboard and I didn't add a sound card. I've installed the current Realtek audio drivers from the ASRock site but that didn't bring the volume up at all. The volume is...

I did a home build based on an i5 12400 with an 850 Watt PSU, so the 7050 is now my backup. But it's good to know I could put a 750 Watt PSU in the 7050 if I wanted. It has a GTX 1030 for the GPU now and the power meter on PCPartPicker indicates it already takes the power consumption of the...

My first build seems to be working fine but I'm not sure my RAM is optimized. The motherboard is a ASRock B660M Pro RS. In BIOS the XMP is set to Auto, is that were it should be to get the most from the RAM. The RAM is 32 GB G.Skills (16x2GB) of DDR4 3200

That took a while but finally got my new system up and running, it is blazing fast compared to what I had. This is one of the coolest things I've ever done. I've been computing since 1983 with the C64 and modified many computers, it was lots of fun with various Amiga models from 500 to 3000...

I'll be installing Windows 11 Home from a USB from Newegg onto my build. The target drive is a 1TB M.2 SSD that was in another PC as a backup drive. It has mostly games and a few other files on it. Do I need to remove all those files before installing Windows 11 on the new system this SSD will...

My build got stalled with a dead stick of RAM so I want to do a little RAM swapping to get my new system up. I'd like to keep my current Dell 7050 T operating so I have access to the internet if my new build runs into problems and I have an old HP Z800 that is no longer functional. I've...

I've got my 7050 so I'll just wait for the new RAM set to show up. Easier to install it before I install the mobo in the case.

Guess I have to send both sticks back for refund. I ordered another set of RAM, another week to wait to get my system up and running guess. At least I know it works now.

I got it to post, everything seems good except for one stick of RAM that seems to be dead. I tried switching DIMM slots but it didn't work on either. Guess I'm RMAing it back to Newegg. Can I run on just the one 16GB stick and if so which DIMM slot, A2 or B2?

Thanks. I didn't have my CPU power plugged in and I don't think my RAM is seated fully. I'm a little nervous about pushing harder as it seems to take a lot of force. I think the clips need to go back to the fully close position and they aren't and I can see a little of the connector surface on...

I found several but didn't check the Newegg channel yet, I'll do that today. I think everything is installed right on the mobo and I'm ready to try a power up, but I want to do a little more research to make sure I haven't missed anything. Then onto how to set up the case standoffs and the...

With the holidays sales I was able to pick up the components for a much better option than upgrading the Dell 7050. CPU- i5 124000 RAM- 32GB DDR4 3200 PSU- Corsair 850w mobo- ASRock B660M Pro Micro ATX case- Corsair 4000D airflow plus some components I already have SSD- 1TB M.2 GPU- Radeon 6600...

I'm doing my first build so I have no reference for this. My mobo is a ASRock B660M PRO RS LGA 1700 Intel B660 SATA 6Gb/s DDR4 Micro ATX and I'm installing a Western Digital WD_BLACK SN770 M.2 2280 1TB PCIe Gen4 I'm putting the SSD in the M.2 slot under the mobo heat sink. The retaining screw...

I'm going with the Corsair 4000D Airflow, that looks like it has the space I need and it looks great as well. Everything should be here in a week and a half. Now I just need to research how to put it all together. Thanks for the input, it really helped.

That was a great help, I picked out a Corsair 850w Gold +. Need to put a bit of thought into the case now. Thank you.