Recent content by Kaitain Jones

Can somebody explain to me why the mATX options for newer Ryzen chips are so feeble (in terms of both features and number of boards available)? I can only assume there is no real market for high-end mATX Zen 5 boards, but don't know why this would be. I have been gaming happily on mATX...

Following up on this: The mobo was faulty. I replaced it and everything now functions properly. Curious that it appeared to manifest in this very specific, odd way.

FSP Group 700W ATX Slightly oddball choice, but it's to fit inside the long-but-not-tall PSU bay of an old PowerMac G5 case. I ended up powering the GPU using an adapter cable - 8 pin PCIe to 2 x Molex. I haven't noticed any issues with the GPU (or PSU) during normal operations. Do you think...

EDIT: I've realized that sometimes the PC doesn't really start at all. I noticed that in the cases where I don't see anything on the monitor through the graphics card on boot, I also don't see any lights come on on the keyboard, whereas I always do during a successful boot with output through...

Some slightly strange claims being made here, along the lines of, "It's better to have more air coming out of the case than going in". Well that seems to be pretty unlikely unless the laws of physics are being violated. Broadly, it's better to have cool air entering the case at the bottom and...