Recent content by Skpstr

Got it sorted thanks! I think it's right anyway. I was concerned, because the BIOS showed the Samsung drive, then the boot manager for the Samsung Drive, and than the boot manager for the Intel drive. The Intel drive shows up in the summary after you save and exit, but didn't show up when it...

I haven't checked BIOS yet, I was doing this at lunch, and ran out of time lol. Not sure which SATA port I was using, other than it wasn't the one the original SSD was plugged into. I'll have to check the BIOS when I get home, the main thing I'm concerned about is if I fried something somehow.

Here it is: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/tqsrmD (the Samsung SSD is the one I'm trying to add)

Hi all, ran into an issue when trying to add a second (used) SSD. I figured I could simply plug the second drive in, then boot up the PC and format it. But when I booted, it used the second drive instead. I tried swapping the cables around, figuring that might work, but then when I fired it up...

Haven't picked one yet, price is a factor. Mobo is Gigabyte Aorus X470 Ultra Gaming. Partpicker says I have 2 M.2 slots, and an NVME is compatible.

Might want to go with a 4080, 16Gb will future-proof a little better.

If you don't mind buying from different sources, and having staggered delivery of items, use PartPicker. It let's you build your system from available parts, (you can filter and sort) will warn you about any incompatibilities, and also gives you the power requirement. When you build your...

Ah OK, gotcha! I'm thinking I'll just add another SSD then, to free up space. Thanks!

So would I just have to search the internet, or do you mean Windows should have them, for a different brand?

Thanks! That's so much quicker and easier than I was anticipating! I assume I can just get drivers from the manufacturer's site?

So I can just plug in the new SSD, format it, and it's good to go?

Hi all, got a question about adding g a second drive. I have Windows 10 installed on my SSD, and I want to add a 2nd one strictly for games. Unfortunately, I've lost my Windows 10 key. Is there a way to simply copy everything to the new SSD from the existing one, uninstall everything, and...

Hi all, not sure if thus is the right place, but here goes! I currently have a 512Gb SATA SSD, and want to add an NVME SSD. (hopefully I have my terminology right) I'm probably missing something, but I see people say that they have OS on one drive, and games on another. Don't you need the OS...

I admit, since I'm currently running only a 512Gb SSD, it gets filled up more, I typically leave about 15-20Gb free. Is there any advantage besides speed to leaving more space, assuming I'm not having any issues? (I used to only leave 5-10Gb, but had crashes a couple times with more recent games)

Thanks for that. I've been an AMD guy all along, but mostly based on price. Usually, it seemed as if I was getting 80-90% of the performance for 60% of the price, but with the Ryzen 2700x (bought 5 years ago, and RX 580, (7 years ago) I felt I was getting better performance AND price...