Recent content by egda23

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    [SOLVED] Is it a good idea to buy HDD or get more ssd?

    How much space do you need? What is your budget ? What connectors available on your mobo ?
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    News Nvidia Announces RTX 4090 Coming October 12, RTX 4080 Later

    I recently read an interesting discussion on a French forum about the topic of GPU pricing. On of the posters made the interesting remark that when you look at the price of high-end GPUs, you should not talk about kids wanting to play some games (obviously they are not those who will buy that...
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    Question Lenovo Thinkpad x260 upgrade to 32 GB RAM ?

    Crucial says the same thing as Kingston. Only 16 GB max https://www.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/lenovo/thinkpad-x260
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    Discussion What Were the CPU and Specs of Your First PC?

    Sinclair zx spectrum with tape recorder. Programed a whole bunch of statistical analysis softwares in BASIC on this thing
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    [SOLVED] ddr4 2400 cl16 or 2666 cl19

    You can calculate absolute latency here from CAS and frequency. The smaller the value, the better. Short answer, the 2400 cl16 is probably faster. https://www.xbitlabs.com/ram-speed-calculator/ Does it provide a real noticeably difference during gaming, I don’t know.
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    [SOLVED] Dual core or quad core CPU for Windows XP and for the games? and how much ram?

    As far as I remember, for making it "legal " you only had to type the key that came with the installation disk during the installation process. I don’t remember any necessity to register online. But that was a long time ago, and I could be wrong.
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    [SOLVED] can I use a normal ddr4 memory on a xeon e5 2683 v3?

    The CPU supports both. BUT the motherboard not necesseraly, and often supports only non EEC or EEC RAM but not both. Thus short answer is " it will depend on your motherboard "
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    Question Issue with HP printer & Office 365 ?

    Have you looked for a driver update ? There seems to be relatively recent drivers on the support page including one dated august 12, 2022 https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-laserjet-pro-mfp-m148-m149-series/21996897
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    [SOLVED] Corsair LPX Vengeance 2x32GB + MSI B550 Carbon + Ryzen 5700G

    Any of these Gskil kits https://www.gskill.com/configurator?page=3&cls=1529635169&adSearch2=Capacity%C2%A764GB+%2832GBx2%29%2C&manufacturer=1524715120&chipset=1603934649&model=1603937771 Or Crucial kits...
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    Question B360M bazooka

    The question is more what CPU and PSU do you have ? Power and type of PCIe power connectors. Your motherboard is not a problem
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    Question Best Video Card for my mother board

    It also depends of the resolution of your screen, If you use a relatively low resolution as FHD, the limiting factor will be your CPU. So stick with a 10xx or 16xx GPU. But if your monitor has a much higher resolution, the limiting factor would be the GPU, even with your CPU. So even an AMD...
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    Question No display with new Ryzen 7 5700G and Asus Prime B450M-A II

    Or you simply use the flashback function of your mobo. Explained on page 1-6 in the manual, and in this Reddit discussion View: https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/pfyir3/bios_flashback_on_an_asus_prime_b450ma_ii/
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    Question wont post after changing xmp

    In order to give some meaningful advice we need mor info What exact model of mobo AND Bios version ? 1, 2, or 4 RAM sticks ? Exact reference of RAM and if more than 1 stick, did they come from a kit (a single package) or are they singles assembled together ?
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    [SOLVED] New build is not turning on ?

    Also try to follow this https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/no-post-system-wont-boot-and-no-video-output-troubleshooting-checklist.1285536/
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    [SOLVED] New build is not turning on ?

    If p4.20 refers to the bios version (which is very likely) that should be ok with your 5600G. This CPU only needs version p3.90 to work https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X570%20Phantom%20Gaming%204/index.asp#CPU