Recent content by Moonstick2

There's also a pair of pins that doesn't look good, just next to the bottom-right corner of the central pinless area. What processor is this? An LGA1155 type? If so, how long have you had it/where from? And what are the white markings in the central area, that doesn't look like it should be...

It's possible, but I'd say unlikely. Each core has its own sensor so they'd all have to be wrong (or interrogated wrong). If either was faulty I would definitely replace it. I selflessly played Horizon Zero Dawn last night for a couple of hours while logging everything, which based on...

The MSI MSI B550M PRO-VDH is micro-ATX, AM4 and has 3 4-pin chassis fan connectors. Or you can get some other motherboard and use a fan splitter cable, or a PCI bracket fan controller.

That's traditionally been the view, but the more recent coolers have been a lot better: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/new-alder-lake-stock-heatsink-tested https://www.hwcooling.net/en/even-intels-weakest-box-cooler-laminar-rs1-isnt-trash/ That second link, they test the i5 12400 with the...

I run a 12400F with the stock RM1 Intel cooler. Normally I use aftermarket coolers for noise/aesthetics, but when I did a rebuild it turned out the cutout in the case's motherboard tray didn't align with the new motherboard CPU location and the aftermarket cooler backplate fouled on the tray...

The card in the photos is an RTX 3050 6 GB: https://www.quietpc.com/pal-ne63050018je-1070h The price they're asking is slightly cheaper than Quiet PC, so maybe it's more a stupid mistake by somebody than an attempt to scam.

Bioshock all the way. Portal (then you'd really want to play Portal 2 and that was 2011). Half-Life 2. I think you get even more out of it if you've played the original, but that's very dated graphically now and Black Mesa is a very good fan update so I'd recommend playing Black Mesa to get...

Using capacitors to change the phase (lead/lag) between voltage and current for improved efficiency is an AC thing. Computer chips rely on DC so this isn't what they're used for. Also, resistors cannot introduce any kind of lead or lag. Everything I can find points towards these being...

This image shows a SanDisk controller on an SN770, and the two spec sheets on the Western Digital website gives exactly the same sequential/random read/write specs, so I'd say they're the same design. The actual manufacturer is different (Malaysia vs China), and some of the surface components...

I think what's missing now is your definition of something being "worth the effort"? Since you've got all the parts lying around, if you enjoy tinkering and would be happy to try it even if maybe after a few days/weeks of messing around you find you have to go back to the original CPU anyway...

Then the way I'd do it (perhaps slightly different to the other suggestions) is: 1) Remove the HDD 2) Install Windows to the SSD. 3) Confirm it boots okay. 4) Install the HDD, checking the boot order in BIOS 5) Reformat the HDD.

If it's new and the computer has stopped recognising it, just return it and ask for a replacement. Only if a second one does the same thing should you start investigating your system.

The situation is a bit confusing. Your post makes it sound like you've got some kind of mini PC with an i5-9500T which doesn't seem relevant, you're going to be getting a PC next week with an i7-9700 that I'm going to assume is second-hand not under warranty, and you've got lying around an...

You're starting out with: 1TB: OS + games (I) 250GB: data + games (II) and you want to end up with: 2TB: (I) 1TB: (II) (You haven't said, but the assumption is that you don't have room to move (II) onto the 1TB drive.) First thing's first, you should have some kind of external backup for...

Doing a search, it seems like this isn't an uncommon problem with this board. Quite a few people have reported that disabling CSM Support in BIOS fixed it.