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Ensure the PCIe power connectors are inserted fully on the GPU and PSU ends. Your CPU has integrated graphics. If you remove the GPU and plug the display cable into the motherboard, does the system function? Reseating ram may also be a good idea. Edit...

A caution with the Toughpower, I do not know which model you will actually get when you order that. The one which is rated high on the tier list and well reviewed is the legacy 2019 or so model. The GF1 was "updated" in 2024 and now is most likely a very different PSU (length is different...

I would agree if saving the money got a unit that was significantly lower quality. In this case the tiers are arbitrary and the MSI a850gl is still very good quality, will work just as well, and last a very long time. Main drawback may be slightly louder fan, but still probably quieter than the...

If you can afford it, regardless of the year of that RMx I would go that route, and non shift to make things easier. They're very high quality units with a very robust warranty and a company that offers above average technical and warranty support in my experience. If you want to spend less the...

At this point I would still avoid Gigabyte PSUs, although they do have plenty of models that probably aren't bad. Their behavior the last time they had a defective PSU with the exploding P850GM units was to more or less refuse a full safety recall and constantly deny the well documented issue...

7500t is maybe a year off of being the supported list and almost identical to some CPUs which are on the list. The platform very well may support uefi, secure boot, tpm2.0 etc. Wolfdale is very much not Skylake and has none of that. I believe with more recent feature updates that 11 now...

7600x has integrated graphics. Remove the graphics card and test. It is possible for failed memory to cause this issue. Try running only 1 stick of ram, and reseat it a couple of times to ensure good connection.

Kingston NV3 is a fairly budget drive, so it could just be unreliable/faulty, rather than incompatible. I have gone through the process of a warranty claim on a Kingston SSD in the past and it was fairly painless, so maybe that is the a good road to go down if you can't return it. If you do get...

Try a different charger and if that doesn't change anything it's probably a logic board issue. Logic boards themselves are very expensive as they include the CPU/Ram/Storage etc all onboard. Certain mail in board repair services exist like Louis Rossmans company in New York may be able to help...

Double check the PCIe power connectors are plugged into the GPU securely, and fully inserted on the modular side of the PSU as well.

The main scenario where your ISP would not know what websites you are traveling to is if you were using a VPN. The ISP would only see that you were communicating with the proxy server. While it is possible for a browser to have some form of VPN built in, I do not believe Firefox has this...

Is it just the boot selection that is like this? You mentioned you were able to reset the settings from within the BIOS, so I'm assuming that he setup utility works fine? This is just going out on a limb here, but some Asrock boards, especially from this era have a setting which changes the...

What happens when you try and boot memtest? I recently had a flaky SSD in a new PC that was causing crashing right off of the bat, but booting memtest from a flash drive does not involve the SSD so that may rule out this component. What exact ram kit is this? If it has multiple sticks try...

You can certainly use the cooler with just the middle fan; however, the front fan is obviously there for a reason. I do suspect that with a 9600x the heat output is low enough that the reduced cooling performance from removing the front fan will not cause any thermal problems, but you can easily...

Ryzen 9800x3d is not a particularly hot running CPU. The 240mm AIO will be sufficient, however the 360 may have sone more headroom if you plan to upgrade the CPU to a Ryzen 9 down the road. Either or