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    Question Strange Thing: PC Restarted and now m.2 is unformatted

    The PC just randomly restarted and then could not find the boot device. I replaced the M.2 and reinstalled OS and the machine is working fine but the M.2 i took out says NOT FOMRATTED and is reading as healthy on Crystal Disk Info and chkdsk. There was nothing happening out of the ordinary...
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    Question Fractal node 840 airflow QUESTION

    Im looking for suggestions on the best placement for my ML240l masterliquid for airflow on a Fractal node 840 case with 2 or 3 extra 120mm case fans .... ASRock B450M Steel Legend Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard XFX Radeon RX 5700 8 GB Video Card m.2 drive Ryzen 7 2700
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    Question Graphics card for 4x Monitors

    Looking ofr a graphics card that is not for gaming but can handle 4 x 27" monitors. Just for web surfing and youtube videos, movies on one, programs on the others. Should run fine with the below build .... AMD Ryzen 5 3600 MSI B450M GAMING PLUS MATX Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB)...
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    [SOLVED] Best price point for GFX$200 neighborhood

    ok RX590 saphire is what i was considering. I will jsut go with that, thank you! Unless you think the intel is paired better with the 1650 super or 1660 super ... ?
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    [SOLVED] Best price point for GFX$200 neighborhood

    Im looking for a 4k graphics card but really not sure what would pair best with the below ... I dont knwo if there are any 4k cards at $200ish neighborhood? no? Not for gaming but it was requested so .... Intel Core i7-9700KF Gigabyte Z390 M Gaming Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4...
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    Question Why is my B450M-HDV R4.0 Chassis Fan Speed 100%?

    yup but its not there and when i adjust the fan temp speeds in the bios it does absolutely nothing to the fan speeds. The mb software will not load either because of the error. The app store, the uefi restart button, the mb utility. I have the latest bios, i am running win10 64bit, not sure...
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    Question Why is my B450M-HDV R4.0 Chassis Fan Speed 100%?

    I was disappointed to discover that the BIOS is lacking the fan-tastic tool in it. That would certainly solve the issue. But the BIOS only has some manual settings that do not affect the fan speeds upon adjusting.
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    Question Why is my B450M-HDV R4.0 Chassis Fan Speed 100%?

    Sorry I wrote 140mm i meant 120mm. These are the fans. One came preinstalled in the case, the other 2 i bought on amazon. Rosewill 120mm Long Life Sleeve Bearing Computer Case Fan ROCF-13001, Ultra Quiet Computer Cooling Fan
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    Question Why is my B450M-HDV R4.0 Chassis Fan Speed 100%?

    Unable to control my B450M-HDV R4.0 fan speeds even after adjusting in bios and speedfan they just blast full on. Ryzen 3 2200g 16gb ddr4 3200 on the xmp2 profile. bios v 3.7 I have 2 x 140mm Rosewill fans on intake connected a pwm fan splitter into the 4pin chassis fan connector and 1 x 140mm...
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    [SOLVED] Conflicting TEMP readings BIOS vs HWMonitor

    Ryzen Master has it idle at 38C and cinebench brings it up to 84C. edit: HWMonitor also now shoing it at 37C but the SOUTHBRIDGE shows at 57C idle. Not sure if thats normal to be so much higher than the others.... I realize now that its not the Noctua thats whinning and ramping up at startup...
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    [SOLVED] Conflicting TEMP readings BIOS vs HWMonitor

    New Build: Ryzen 5 3600 with a Noctua NH-L9a AM4 low profile cooler on a ASRock X570M PRO4 with 32GB Corsair ddr4 3200 and a Seasonic FOCUS Plus 550 Gold psu. GFX is rx 570. This is NOT a gaming machine. Its all in a Corsair 240 case with the 2 140mm fans in front intake, a 140 top outake and 1...
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    [SOLVED] Corsair Air 540 vs Phanteks Pro M for air cooling

    I was also considering this Fractal Design Meshify C TG Lt boom!
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    [SOLVED] NZXT Kraken M22 120mm VS Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo

    Do you know if i will need any additional mounting hardware for the Evo?
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    [SOLVED] Whats better than MSI MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI Motherboard @ $209?

    Yeah it appears from teh video reviews. I scaled back to the ASUS - ROG Strix B450-F Gaming