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Well thanks for the help, I like having a second opinion. I guess I’ll contact Asrock. It’s 15 for the bios replacement and then I have to pay shipping so it’s hopefully going to be not too bad. Thanks!

Okay so I have acquired an asrock b350 Pro4 motherboard from a friend along with a ryzen 3 1200. While he was doing a bios update so he could upgrade to a ryzen 5 3600, he lost power. The bios has now been corrupted, and it’s not the CPU or RAM because it booted and operated normally with all...

Maybe take apart the laptop and clean any dust in the heatsinks and around the fan. sounds like a thermal throttling issue as the CPU is extremely hot, and the clock is probably 1/3 what is should be.

No, I mean is the audio coming through HDMI? I have my headphones plugged into my monitor, where the sound comes from my GPU's audio processor.

Your 980ti was overclocked. This makes the 980ti perform better than the stock 1070, and a jump from what basically is a 1070-equivalent to a 1070ti shouldn't be all to noticeable. Maybe like a 8% increase in FPS. Could also be a slightly older CPU that just slightly bottlenecks your 1070ti.

Is your audio coming from your GPU through HDMI?

You definitely will see some noticeable performance gain. I was just concerned that the 3060ti would be held back so much that it would barely be better than the 1080. I hope that I helped!

If you are on a budget, get a Ryzen 5 3600x, and is about $180. It is a fantastic CPU, and is probably the best for the money. You probably don't want a fancy Mobo, so don't spend more than $60-$70 on one. And with RAM, get two 8Gb sticks of DDR4, which will cost $60-$70.

Probably wont require a whole new purchase of windows; Just use the drive from your current PC, or if you get a new drive for PC #2, just use a program such as Acronis True Image to mirror the drive (OS included) in PC #1. This will allow you to have the data from PC #1 without installing a new...

Not any that will give you a performance bump above the 1080 for less than 400. The 2070 Super is about where you would start to see an increase in performance, as the 1080 is a very good card. Also, your system is probably bottlenecking your 1080, and you might not be getting all of the...

It could possible be that the temperature sensor went bad. Is there any dust in the GPU that is clogging it? Is the fan spinning? If so at what RPM?

the 1080 is probably the max your system can actually handle. the new i3's perform better than your 4790k, and your RAM is really slow. If you installed a 3060 it, it would most likely run better than your 1080, but you still wouldn't be able to get all of the performance of the 3060ti. I...

Not an accurate guess, but AMD probably won't let Nvidia steal the low-mid price market, so hopefully not too long. There are rumors of the rx6700 and 6700xt will released in early January. Your 480 would be a decently priced cell at probably something like $150 or so.

It could handle it, but it would be really hard on your Pentium. The Pentium e2200 is from 2007, and the 650 is from 2012. But, if you are just using the PC for gaming, it would be fine.

SLI and Crossfire is definitely not a deal clincher; they are both basically dead. I would get a RTX 3060ti if you can manage to get your hands on one. It will go over your budget somewhat. I know in the US they are $400 minimum. The 3060ti would be a great budget card, as it performs better...