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    [SOLVED] Ryzen 5 3600x and B450 Tomahawk MAX

    Picking up a 3600x to use for our church streaming services. Is the B450 Tomahawk MAX still a good MB to use or are there other options in the same price range? I will also be using a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 in the build if that matters. Thanks
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    Laptop For College

    Got a friend and she's going to college and looking for a Laptop. She's looking at a high priced I7 and I'm not sure she needs that much of a processor. It will be used for email,web browsing,videos and papers,etc. Would an I5 be a better fit or is that even to much? Around $600-$800 budget,but...
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    XFX RX 580 Black Screen

    Installed the RX580 today and powered it up. All lights on the GPU show all wiring is correct,but I'm getting a "Display Port No Signal". I have tried two different Display port cords and a Hdmi cable with the same results. I'm assuming it's a driver issue. it says in the manual that after...
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    Confused...Fan splitter. What am I missing.

    Found this in the manual.... 3 x Chassis Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control) * CHA_FAN2 and CHA_FAN3 can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.
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    Confused...Fan splitter. What am I missing.

    Asrock AB350 Pro4
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    Confused...Fan splitter. What am I missing.

    I have two 3 pin fans that I want to hook up to one chassis fan header. The splitter I see has a 4 pin connector for the MB and then one 4 pin connector and one 3 pin connector. My case fan lines up with the 4 pin connector (pin to pin),but the other connector is missing a pin where it would...
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    Asrock AB350 Pro4 Fan headers

    I see that the motherboard has 3 case fan headers and a cpu fan header. I am using 4 fans ( 3 intake,1 exhaust) and my H100iv2. Any suggestions on how to hook it up?
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    Define S Case Fan Layout

    Fans are 140mm. It will fit 3 in the front.
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    Define S Case Fan Layout

    I have a Fractal Define S and was wondering what sort of fan layout/quantity I should use . I will be using a H100i v2 on the top of the case. I have 4 fans that I can use if necessary,but I was thinking about three in the front for intake and one in the back for exhaust.. What do you guys think?
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    Ram Speed Help...Confused?

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    DDR4 CL14 vs CL15 vs CL16, Any major difference?

    Looking for 16gb ( 2x8) of DDR4 and I'm trying to figure out what speed to get for the Z270 motherboard. My MB Supports DDR4 3866+(OC) PC will be only used for gaming. I'm looking at..... G.Skill 3200 16-16-16-36 G.Skill 3000 15-16-16-35 G.Skill 3200 14-14-14-34 Not sure if there is some...
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    Ram Speed Help...Confused?

    I've got an i7-7700k on the way and have been shopping for ram. I was going to go with DDR4 3200,but then saw in the i7 specs that DDR4 2400 is the max supported. On the other hand,my Motherboard says in the specs..... DDR4 4133(O.C.)/ 4000(O.C.)/ 3866(O.C.)/ 3733(O.C.)/ 3600(O.C.)/ 3466(O.C.)/...
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    Bios,Case or aftermarket fan controller?

    I have a Define R5 and GIGABYTE GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 on the way and I want to get your opinion on what to do. The Define R5 has a switch to control 3 fans,but not sure how that will work out. I could control the fans through the bios or with an aftermarket fan controller? Plan on using 4 fans...
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    What Z170 MB are you guys using? Need suggestions.

    I'm building a pc to use for Steam and I'm not sure as to which motherboard I should use. I've been told by a few workers to use MSI,but then I have read about the QC issues,so that kind of made me re-think my options. Let me know what you are using and/or suggestions. Would like to keep the...