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What do you mean by Ethernet adapter?

The size of a Micro ATX mobo actually fluctuates from board to board. Maximum size is 9.6" × 9.6" and yours sounds like it's a little bit under. It's definitely smaller than ATX and bigger than Mini Itx, so yes it's micro ATX. Hope this helps! -gPlusPlus

Hello My friend is working on (editing) a feature film and was lent two 5TB external Seagate Hard Drives (one is a backup). They were just purchased by the studio and have never been used before, he is running them on usb 3.0 and not in any raid configuration. He is also running a Hackintosh OS...

I ran into this same question building my most recent system, and I went with x99. Here's why you can pick up the cheapest x99 board (MSI x99S SLI PLUS) for aroung $150, as there are some good discounts always going on, and the best entry level mobo for z97 (in my opinion and experience) being...

best price/performance and my personal choice for 5820k: MSI x99S SLI PLUS entry level: MSI x99S SLI PLUS mid level: Asus x99-A top tier: Asus x99-deluxe best overclocker: Gigabyte X99-SOCForce overkill, absurd quality: Asus Rampage V Extreme feature packed (lots of bells and whistles)...

Short answer, no. The only bottleneck in a chipset is compatibility and features. For example the intel h97 vs the z97. The latter can overclock while the h97 can't as the z and x series chipsets are the only intel chipsets that officially support overclocking, also, if you want any sort of...

well you can test your power supply by doing the paperclip test. If you don't know how this explains it pretty well: http://www.wikihow.com/Check-a-Power-Supply If nothing is happening it could be a dead psu or mobo, as I'm sure your already aware, so let me know what the result is and I can...

I'm looking for a decent keyboard that is back lit and tenkeyless, I would prefer an mx cherry brown mechanical keyboard, but I'm fine with membrane as long as it's cheap and meets my other requirements. for a mouse, I'm willing to go more expensive. I would like a mouse that has mmo style...

Did the fans start spinning?

I am looking for a z97 itx mobo that can overclock well, I also need it to have onboard wifi. here is my system build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/hqJ7Bm I prefer asus, msi, and gigabyte boards. Not a fan of asrock. Thank you in advance! -gPlusPlus