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Doing a new 4k build and have most of my parts, but I'm on the fence still about my motherboard and RAM combo Build will be a 14900k and Gigabyte OC Edition 4090 Basically looking for the fastest/high capacity RAM that's plug and play for the Master X. I saw on here 7600mhz was easy and plug...

Thanks for all the advice. Honestly money isn't really an issue but then again it's dumb to waste it. The Master X has a dedicated M.5 slot so I figured why not use it and put a M.5 in there, ya know? I understand the gain is minimal, watched videos and you're talking fractions of a second load...

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Xwmjsh PC will be for gaming in 4k and will be a 4k Plex server. Only one decode at a time expected, only used by myself and my wife. Looking for the fastest most stable RAM? Would this set up be capable for 8000mhz RAM being stable? I have this RAM saved on my...

UPDATE: All good now. I unplugged a SSD I had hooked via Sata. Seems when I plugged in the new drive initially I caused some SATA conflicts which must have messed up the boot order in the BIOS. Luckily for me the SSd drive that was most accesible was causing the issue. Unplugged it, got into...

Update. So I looked more into the m.2 slots. There's from top to bottom M2M which disables Sata 4 and 5 with a PCIe (samsung EVO PCIe oringally insntalled here with the OS installed being the boot drive), M2A (empty) and M2P (empty). I added the 1 TB to the M2A and got the 7F code and no...

Well one problem is I can't even see anything. I get no video signal when I boot up to even see anything that's going on. :( Should I unplug the monitor from the video card and plug it into the motherboard instead?

Hey everyone. So installed this drive on a z390 Aorus Ultra motherboard. Installed it and when I went to boot up the PC fires up but I get no video at all. Fault code on the motherboard says 7F. So I uninstalled it and same deal. Wtf. Figured maybe it deactivated a sata channel but after...

Yep lol. Well now after testing it the Drobo 5n is completely incapable of being a Flex server. Just a spinning circle on my TV and other devices. No processing power! Not sure why they even have this as an option on a Drobo as it's completely useless! This was trying to stream 1080p content...

Well I got to spend more time on PLEX and have it set up. I stupidly downloaded plex and signed in with google rather than the account I created on the Drobo. Duh. So now I'm able to view all of my Drobo 5n media on my TV's etc. Big question is will this be full 4k quality video and lossless...

Dang ok. Looks like a rebuild then if I go the HTPC route. New motherboard, cpu, ram and video card. Was hoping that would be avoidable. lol I'm going to keep exploring this plex server as a alternative and see.

Also, I guess I'm overthinking this. Looks like some lower cheap cards will easily run 4k video files for viewing. So to be clear and break this down. I should be fine to pop in a GTX 1050 and call it a day? Should pass through Dolby Atmost etc I assume and Can easily run h.265? Is a CPU...

Gotcha on the 120hz. Makes sense! Budget wise I can afford the RTX 3050 or better. I believe the 4th gen Intel motherboard will accept it with a single PCI E slot. It'll have to be low profile as well. I'll shop around here. Looks like I should be able to leave the rest of the PC alone...

Forgot to mention I will not be gaming on the TV. I have a gaming rig separate so I'm good there! This set up will strictly be for watching 4k theatre content with surround sound etc. UHD files I'm playing are obviously .265. So with that said what setup would you recommend?'

Got it ok. Would still like the hardware to be able to 120hz. I have 8k hdmi cables etc. Does the 1660 have hdmi 2.1? Also see my post about the Nvidia shield option. Sounds a little easier than the PC. But then again I'd hate for the PC to go to waste. Could just throw a 1660 in it and call it...

I'm wanting 4k at 120hz to be fed to my Yamaha receiver. I won't be doing any video editing, just viewing is all. Sounds like a need a newer processor and motherboard and at least a GTX 1030 or newer? Basically a rebuild of the home theatre PC which isn't that big of a deal. But seems in my...