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    [SOLVED] 2 or 4

    I really wanted to go w/ theMSI x570 unify unify x or the MSI X570 Gaming Edge but after two years of searching for anything I could afford, this is what became available to me first, so Gigabyte would not have been my first pick (by a lot). I just want to update the BIOS if need be, plug-in my...
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    [SOLVED] 2 or 4

    I just got a Gigabyte x570 Aoru Elite wifi rev.1.0 mobo and a ryzen 9 3900XT. I want to do a minimum 64GB (2x32) 3600 (28800) RAM but Gigabyte's site seems to suggest that I can only do up to 16, maybe 32 with 2 x 16 or possibly 4 x 8. I tried to match the MPN numbers but no go. The question...
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    Question forced to go backward in time

    I am forced to abandon upgrading to the 21st century. My thoughts are to get a Ryzen 5 3400g. My original intent was to use my X470s, pack it w/ 32 or 64gb RAM(3200), use a combo SSD and HDD and find a rtx 3060 gpu for art production and photo editing (very large files). I have had everything...
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    [SOLVED] 2080 or 3060

    2020?
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    [SOLVED] 2080 or 3060

    I can theoretically get a 300 series GPU (say $536@BLT) at much better listed prices but everything is out of stock, backordered or whatever. I am sure that the final price I would have to pay would be at least double that $536 price IF they are able to get any at all period. With the waiting...
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    [SOLVED] 2080 or 3060

    I know that I posted here before several times with no replies or answers so I will try again for the final time. I have a x470 Taichi Ultimate with 32GB (3200) RAM and a Ryzen 7 2700x. I was thinking of buying an rtx 3060 12GB (preferably a super or Ti.) I thought I would settle for a 2080...
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    Question Cloned hard drive

    Original board: Aus m5a97 le r2.0, replacement board: Asus m5a97 le r2.0 Old (broken connectors) HDD is a MediaMax 3tb 7200rpm and cloned all of it to a 3tb Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm. I tried the cloned drive on the original board and then the exact model replacement board. I used a drive...
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    Question Is the OS...

    no video blank screen dilemma, Asus told me to buy new memory. I just wanted to find a replacement pcp board on the original drive, a MediaMax so no possible way to reach them. Every single file I am able to see ever single file, it is an exact duplicate. so it was successful.
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    Question Is the OS...

    I tried to run that OS cloned drive on original mobo and a exact model but I was never able to get past the blank screen
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    Question Is the OS...

    I did a builders install, drive (connections are way beyond loose, they are broke off) so I cloned the drive unto another one, is supposed to boot up and start up as normal.
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    [SOLVED] Why this over that

    I was just getting ready to purchase an msi gaming pro carbon ac, but then I saw someone reply to a post about the "same " board but in a max version as well as the Tomahawk board. I also saw someone post that a x470 wash better was higher end materials. I have looked at b550's and the X...
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    Question Cloned hard drive

    I forgot, the original mobo is an Asus m5a97 le r2.0 w/ 12 gb (4gbx3) CRUCIAL Ballistix sport DDR3 RAM, one to two blu-ray writers and an MSI ATI Radeon R4350 graphics card. Everything worked flawlessly until the CPU bracket broke on one side thus dislodged from the CPU. That is when I...
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    Question Cloned hard drive

    Yes it is the source drive (3tb Mediamax). I can get it to fit snugly enough to see its contents and it worked perfectly before catastrophe struck. I obviously cannot boot from this drive from the external storage device (a Calvary Retriever SATA hard drive duplicator dual-Bay dock.) The...
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    Question Is the OS...

    Would it be be possible to run 2 separate OS's on the same machine and choose which to boot from in the BIOS or will I need two use separate machines (mobo's)?
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    Question Is the OS...

    ...married to the mobo meaning that I will have to start from scratch with a new OS install on a new drive? I am assuming this is the case from what I have read on here (no plug-n-play.) I have been using Windows 7 (w/ all my expensive software and the last of theWin 7 updates and fixes.) I...