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First of all, buying a backup HDD is a great step in the right direction! If you'd really like to "fireproof" your data, you should consider using the cloud as well. There are a number of options out there (like Google drive and Dropbox), but you might want to check out Backblaze for an even...

If you're thinking whether to buy the B450 Tomahawk or the B450 Tomahawk MAX, I'd definitely advise you to go with the MAX as it only costs around $4 more – depending on where you're buying it – and can do more, for instance run at 4133MHz instead of 3466.

Thank you for the quick answer! I think I'll put the price difference toward an SSD then. With regards to the actual motherboard then, which one of the following should I go with? ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX I see that they're quite similar (apart from BIOS flashing)...

If your son attends a university or school, they might have a license that they can acquire for free. See the link. Also check this one!

Hi guys, After looking into AMD processors, I finally decided that for what I do, they will be the better choice over Intels. Now I have been reading about the difference between the boards (e.g X470 SLI, X570 PCI-E 4), and based on my budget, I managed to narrow my choices down to two...

Hey guys, I'm having trouble figuring out the most effective upgrade I can invest in. Planning to do the update this month, and have approx. $4-500 for it. Currently, I have the following: CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 @ 3.50 Ghz GPU: ASUS Radeon R9 270X They are on an ASUS B85-PRO GAMER...

Motherboard: MSI-H61M-P21 CPU: Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10 Ghz Memory: Kingston 8GB HyperX Blu DDR3 1333MHz CL9 KIT (2x4) VGA: AMD Radeon HD 6870 SSD: 120GB Kingston SSD SATA3 2,5" HyperX 3K +500 GB HDD I'm mainly thinking of the CPU or the VGA. Could you help me out a bit?