Recent content by steacypaquette

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    News Retailer held RTX 5080 ransom unless buyer paid more after the sale had been completed

    People love that People love being lied, kicked, etc. on. They ask for more each time. Same with Apple.
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    News AMD motherboard partners start rolling out BIOS updates with LogoFAIL fix

    It doesn't, at least for the logofail fix
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    Question Ryzen Master Curve Optimizer, how to know if it's really being applied ?

    @mforcevirus Go to settings and activate persistent PCD value, it's to keep power limits persistent. This setting should be on by default anyway. Hints: Load optimized default in BIOS, after use only RM OR the BIOS, not both. It's always messy when you do that, RM doesn't seem to like it. It...
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    [SOLVED] Power supply may be dying?

    Hey! I have an Asrock Steel Legend B550M for about a week. Windows started(for no reason) telling me that the USB that I connected, malfunctioned. It popped up every second or so and I didn't connect any new USB, not today at least. I tried booting off a live version of Linux, everything was...
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    [SOLVED] Bottleneck, GPU run at 100%

    Hey all! I just bought: Board: MSI Carbon B50 Pro AC CPU: Ryzen 5 2500 Memory: XPG Spectrix D41 TUF Gaming Alliance Edition Storage: Silicon Power 256GB NVMe PCIe Gen3x4 M.2 2280 I kept that from my old computer: PSU: Corsair 750W, don't remember the exact model GPU: ASUS Strix GeForce GTX...
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    [SOLVED] Thunderbolt drive to USB C(3.1) is that possible?

    I always forgot about those PCIe add-in cards. I have an MSI B450 board, no thunderbolt header, and AMD... I should just take the drive inside and try to fit them in my case. Thank you
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    [SOLVED] Thunderbolt drive to USB C(3.1) is that possible?

    Hey! I have an old WD MyBook Thunderbolt Duo 4gb that I used for My iMac several years ago and it's gathering dust now. I'd like to use it on my PC (no thunderbolt port). I researched for thunderbolt(or mini Display Port) to USB C adapter like this one with no luck, they're all unidirectional...
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    [SOLVED] I7 2600k vs Ryzen 3300x

    Thank you all for the Infos I decided, well my computer forced me to upgrade now. Something crashed, I still don't know if it's the MB, memory or CPU. I just bought an AMD Ryzen 5 2600 with an MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC both for 200$. I got a big deal so I couldn't resist even if I don't...
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    [SOLVED] I7 2600k vs Ryzen 3300x

    I have an i7 2600k and I want to buy the new budget processor from AMD, the Ryzen 3300x with the upcoming B550 Motherboard. My computer works ok but it is getting very old. Should I upgrade? Will I see the difference? I'll keep my SATA SSD and Gen2 PCI Graphic Card at first, planning to upgrade...
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    Gigabyte Z68a-d3h-b3 bios won't start

    Hi, and thank you for helping! I have the Gigabyte Z68a-d3h-b3, it's old yeah, but still good! I sometimes see that screen(the one I posted) of I'm lucky. The computer resets and resets until I remove the power! I tried to press delete to enter the bios with no luck, I tried to remove my graphic...