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Hi I am building a budget office desktop and have chosen the following specifications: CPU Intel Core i3-10100 MOTHERBOARD MSI H410M PRO-VH mATX RAM XPG ADATA GAMMIX D30 DDR4 8GB 3200MHz SSD Western Digital WD SN550 500GB NVMe Now I am aware that the RAM capacity frequency for...

Hi I am assembling a new PC. I have bought the following monitor and graphics card combination. Which cables support 144Hz @ 2k resolution? (HDMI vs Display Port and which versions) Monitor: Acer Nitro 27-inch VG271U (Black Supports: HDMIx2 (v2.0), DisplayPort (v1.2) GPU: ZOTAC 2070 SUPER...

Heres what I tried: Enabled SecureBoot, CSM and other settings mentioned in the thread. I noticed that my SSD started showing up in the Boot Priority Option. I added the SSD to priority 1. System could not find a boot drive(like before) I then removed the SATA drive and left only the M2 SSD...

Hi I have read somewhere that when you mount an NVME in your M2 slot, it deactivates one of your SATA ports(and vice versa). There are 2 sets of SATA ports (4+4) in this motherboard. So if you have a hard disk connected to one of the SATA ports in the bottom, the NVME drive won't show up...

550??? There are power losses during conversion from PSU wattage, and I want to run at 70-80 % of max load. Is 850 gold/750platinum too much? My old PC has a Corsair PSU which is running for 8 years with no problems till date. I think they are reliable. Just skeptical about others...

Hi I am building a new PC. Following are the components Ryzen 3700X (i plan to overclock) Asus x570 TUF Gaming WiFi Gskill Tridentz Neo 2x16 GB 3600 Zotac 2070Super Amp Extreme Corsair H115i Platinum RGB Case Fans (2x200, 3x140, 1x120) 3 hard drives (2 SATA, 1 nvme) 4-5 usb devices I use the...

Hi, I have bought an M2 SATA SSD (https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-500GB-SATA-Internal-MZ-N6E500BW/dp/B078218TWQ) to use as a boot drive. But the BIOS does not recognize the M2 drive while selecting boot device priority, or when trying to change boot source. The drive otherwise works fine as a...

Hi I am building a new PC and I have an old M2 SATA Drive. Is it possible to connect this M2 SATA drive to the M2 NVME port on my motherboard? Can I use this as the boot drive? I don't mind the lower speeds of the SATA drive. I just want to save money if possible. M2 Drive - Samsung 860 EVO...

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I bought this system in 2011. the graphics card i bought in 2012... I am going to build a new system, but I waas hoping to spend a few more months with this system and wait for zen 3 and navi.... but alas. Can the gpu be repaired?

Hi, My PC is old and I have never had any problem in the past with any component. Recently small square boxes fill my screen randomly and hangs my pc. This happens mostly when I play games. Now it has become very frequent, and I have unplugged my graphics card. Without the graphics card, there...

Hello, I will be starting my MBA this June, and will have to part with my Desktop. I need help in choosing a gaming laptop, which will be thin and easy to move around for presentations and seminars. Good wifi connectivity and web cam quality is important to me. I want a skylake processor >=6500...