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I've tried two different USB sticks, I've tried different USB ports both USB 2 and USB 3, I used Rufus and a windows ISO to create the second USB stick in case the windows media creation tool messed up somehow; but I still can't ever finish an install to either my m.2 ssd or just a normal hdd...

Overclocks were set to default, I’ve tried different sticks of RAM in different slots, recreated the USB boot key, nothing seems to have worked. At this point I’m wondering if I have a bricked motherboard

I won't have time yet tonight to run the memtest, but I tried upping the dram voltage and following this very informative thread on the Microsoft page...

For the past few hours I've been attempting to install Windows 10 to an Intel 660p 512GB M.2 SSD. I'm using a USB flash drive and the Windows Media Creation Tool from Microsoft's website, and each time I've attempted to install Windows 10 I've got a BSOD with a few different messages (mostly...

I got a new case for my system recently and everything is hunky dory except for one small problem. The case has two usb 3.0 ports on the front, but although my motherboard's website says it supports usb 3.0, there are only usb 2.0 connectors on the motherboard. This would be fine as I have found...

It looks like MSI has put out quite a few bios updates for their x58 motherboards, and the 8.A version brings support for "Gulftown" cpus, or Westmere-EP. Does this mean that with using an updated bios you could use a w36xx cpu? https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/support/X58_Pro.html#down-bios

I recently purchased a used msi x58 pro MS-7522 motherboard that came with a first gen i7 and cooler because it was dirt cheap, a little over $100 altogether. I already had 3 matching sticks of ram so that made it real nice because of the x58 chipset's ability to use triple channel ram. Doing a...

So I'm looking for an aio cooler for overclocking the bejeezus out of an x5675 in as asus mobo. I'm not necessarily trying to budget this build but I am trying to be conscious of how I spend my money. I plan on buying at least a 120mm cooler but I'd like to know if the difference between the...

Can someone point me to a cheap 1440p monitor that doesn't cut too many corners to reach it's price? I recently bought a gtx 1070 and decided that my 3 year old 1080p monitor wasn't doing it justice. I don't really have a budget but I'd prefer to keep it fairly low. If there's any...

Title pretty much explains it. Planning on building a new gaming rig and whilst looking on ebay for some deals on some parts, I realized that there's not a very large difference in price between the 3 processors, even when you take into account memory and motherboard. I plan on overclocking...

So as I was going through my basement the other day I found a surround sound system laying about. It consists of a powered subwoofer with 5 other smaller speakers for the surround sound configuration. The subwoofer has an audio input that uses a 9 pin DIN cable but I'm not sure what I can even...

So I've been gaming on my 21" Asus 1080p monitor for close to 2 years now, and coming up this christmas I'll be upgrading my whole system and I decided to maybe try out 1440p. A curved monitor sounds awesome, but curved 1440p monitors are out of my budget a ways($300-400). So my question is...

Thank you for that, but my sort-of original question still remains. This method works through mini pcie, but will it also work through thunderbolt if I connect it using an hdmi to thunderbolt adapter?

So this may be a bit of an odd ball as far as topics go, but I thought it would be fun. My newest tech interest has become using an external gpu on my macbook. I already have a gaming pc, so this isnt so I can start gaming, it's mostly for my curiosity. I recently found what is probably the...

Hello, I am currently using my GTX 960 SSC, but I am upgrading my system(CPU, mobo, ram) and plan on making a jump to comfortable 1440p gaming. I don't plan on upgrading my GPU right now, probably within 3-4 months. I don't want to spend much more than $300 and I was wondering what the best...