Recent content by TedFine1998

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    Question Non-gaming GPU for GIGABYTE Z890M AORUS ELITE WiFi7 ICE?

    I am purchasing a new computer from Puget Systems this month. I need a total of 3 monitors and not much GPU. I'm perfectly happy with my "Old, retiring" GPUs listed below. Will they work on the new machine? Puget suggests Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti ($239 Amazon) which seems like overkill for...
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    [SOLVED] Swap out Z270E for more modern board?

    Excellent advice. It was only after I did the original post to this thread that I learned how far off Windows 11 really is. I appreciate, SkyNetRising, your and others help to me and so many others where. I'm impressed at how quick, numerous, and informed the replies were. :)
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    [SOLVED] Swap out Z270E for more modern board?

    Exellent question, SkyNetRising! I'm trying to plan ahead for when Windows 11 becomes compelling, which from what I'm hearing now may be several years from now. So, yes, I'm a bit early to be doing this research. This motherboard is not Windows 11 compatible, so I thought I'd look into what I...
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    [SOLVED] Swap out Z270E for more modern board?

    Wow! Thanks for the encouraging news.
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    [SOLVED] Swap out Z270E for more modern board?

    I'm not a hardware guy, although I assembled a few machines 20 years ago. Typically, how compatible are newer ASUS motherboards with older ones? What's the likelihood that a new board will be mountable, whether it's an ASUS or other? Is it possible to purchase just a board, CPU, and memory...