Recent content by Nav9

Thank you. I have a humble request/suggestion. Tom's hardware is well respected in the tech community, and many of the articles that evaluate motherboards and processors are referred by PC builders across the world. However, in the entire tech community, the one metric that is missing and at...

I bought a 5600G and the stock cooler noise is like as though someone struck a tuning fork on a pad. The constant brrrr sound is annoying. Earlier, I had an SMPS whose fan started making a loud grrrr sound. I opened the fan and applied some grease at the bearing, and the noise stopped. Wondering...

Update: The NZXT SMPS works fine. I used it with a new motherboard and CPU. So the problem does indeed seem to be with the old Gigabyte motherboard. Either the old Frontech SMPS fried the motherboard or it may have been planned obsolescence. Moving on with the new motherboard now. Thanks to...

Thank you. I won't be overclocking though. Just using turbo.

Oddly, the Gammaxx AG400 looks the same. AMD has a recommended list of coolers. Power consumption under load for 5600G is around 80W. Discussions here indicate that the stock cooler (Wraith Stealth) may be enough (I saw somewhere that it may have a 49.7 CFM). I thought the BIOS reset button was...

@Lucky_SLS , your reply was an eye-opener. All this while I didn't consider AMD because I thought Intel was superior. I just found out that the i5 11400's integrated graphics is just a bit better than NVIDIA GT 730. But Ryzen 5 5600G's APU is as good as NVIDIA GT 1030. Moreover, among the...

Approximate Purchase Date: This week. Budget Range: Ideal: $610 (Rs.50000). Tax included. System Usage: Most important: Programming machine learning algorithms like Convolutional Neural Networks, Generative Adversarial Network and running real-time face detection filters of MediaPipe. Very...

I'm not asking for someone to suggest an air cooler for the i5 11400 (PL1: 65W, PL2: 154W) I plan to buy. I'm asking how one determines the minimum range of CFM, fan size, number of heat pipes and cooler size (so it doesn't obstruct RAM slots), when given a max room temperature, motherboard form...

Removed the CPU cooler and CPU. Removed the 11 year old thermal paste. Connected back everything (without adding any new thermal paste), used the old Frontech SMPS, but this time I used only 1 stick of RAM. Pressed the power button, and I see that the problem continues. The CPU fan does not...

To measure SMPS wattage, there are tools like this. To compare products there are tools like versus.com. I'm searching for a tool that allows me to input a CPU model number, an HDD or SSD model number, a graphics card version number, a motherboard chipset version number (or motherboard model...

I was planning to buy the exact same processor and board, and I'm glad I came across this thread. This review says "What really displeases me is how tacked-together and unfinished the whole Rocket Lake platform feels. The BIOSes have numerous bugs that are completely obvious to anyone using them...

OP reports that the first major problem happened on enabling virtualization. So as OP requested, these are some things to try: Download Ubuntu 16.04 ISO and create a bootable pen drive using it. Disconnect the hard disk, reset the computer, disconnect any unnecessary peripherals like speakers...

PC does not start even now. I bought an NZXT 550W Bronze rated SMPS (ASUS was unavailable). The manufacturer was ridiculous enough to give a 16A plug with it. I asked the service centre, and they said it's ok to use my old SMPS's 6A power cord with the NZXT. So I used the 6A power cord...

Thanks guys!

I may buy this Asus 550W SMPS because of the 6 year warranty, the proximity of the service centre and because the internal parts seem to be of good quality. However, the detailed product description says: Batteries ‎: 1 A batteries required. Are Batteries Included ‎: No Number of Lithium Ion...