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Thanks for the reply. I went to work with the Laptop and from time to time I tried pressing the power button of the desktop PC. After a while it turned on and I quickly entered the BIOS to revert the XMP setting, so it works fine now. Still trying to figure out what happened, noticed that on...

Hello, All of a sudden today, my PC got a message on startup saying "The PCIEX16" link speed has been modified to Gen3". I switched that setting to "auto" and it started up normally. But I noticed right on the main BIOS screen that XMP was disabled, checked online and it looked like it was...

Just to post an update to this that can be helpful to others regarding a similar decision: I've decided to use the Arctic Freezer 34 with an adapter. On Arctic website they offered an adapter free of charge for those who showed proof they had bought a new Intel processor, excellent customer...

Thanks for the replies. Ok, knowing the Arctic Freezer can be mounted, I now have to decide if it's worth getting the extra adapter (the reviews are a bit mixed). Or just use the stock cooler for a while and later get a natively compatible cooler. Decisions decisions...

Hello, A few years ago my Core I7 4770 was getting very hot consistently and, as recommended on this forum, I replaced the stock cooling fan for a Arctic Freezer 34 that worked wonders. It made the CPU work at less than half the temp it was working before and very silent at it. A few days ago...

I couldn't decide really, there's too many options and different opinions with different price points (not only here, but also when search online). Not being too much into audio I can't really make a fully informed decision (if this were about GPUs I would sure know what I want). I've decided...

I'm seeing on Amazon a good reviewed and sort of cheap DAC + AMP, the Fosi Audio Q4 Mini. Will this be any good for what I want? I like the fact that it seems versatile regarding input / output options Still sort of expensive regarding what I was expecting to spend on this, but if its good and...

Yep, can't find that schiit anywere :D

Thanks. I've seen those, and they're well reviewed. But are very expensive, at least where I live (Portugal).

Thanks for the feedback. Having a good PCIe card may be an option, but only when I get new PC. The idea of having an external USB device would be know I could use it with other stuff. I can't say I'm a audiophile, I just experienced superior sound quality on the Mac and it sort of bothers me...

Hello, I used my onboard Realtek ALC892 for a while and thought the sound was good, but this until this Christmas everything changed when I got both good headphones (Audio-Technica M30x) and a new Apple Macbook Air M1. I noticed I get a better sound quality with the headphones on the Apple...

Thanks, it was indeed the battery! Such a basic thing, I didn't even remembered motherboards had a batteries. Never had the same PC for such a long time so this didn't ever happened to me. Thanks once again!

Hello, Yesterday at night, my PC booted to this screen: It doesn't make any beep sound, just shows this. I've opened the case to check everything was connected, it seemed so and also the fans were all spinning, everything looked fine. After some tries and investigation, I've entered the...

As an update to this, I've upgraded my PC with the Samsung EVO 1TB SSD, the ARCTIC Freezer 34 CPU Cooler, and a MSI GTX 1660 Super. I was able to maintain the old SSD after all, discovered that I had more power cables to use and only needed another SATA cable. Regarding the PSU, had a tech guy...

Thanks for the recommendations. That cooler seems nice, I will get it as soon as I confirm it will fit, seems better and cheaper than the other I was seeing, the Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO. Did a bit of investigation on the PSU, came around a brand named NOX, people give good reviews on those...