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Hi guys, My Nvme slot is broken for some reason, so I'm planning to buy nvme to pcie adapter and plug it on the second pcie 3.0 x16 slot. is the nvme to pcie adapter will slow my GPU or will it make the GPU run x8? other than the Nvme as boot drive, I'm currently using 1 sata SSD and 1 HDD my...

So, I have a new Lian-li mesh 2 performance and a old A320MH, I want to know if I can connect the Fan Hub from Lian-Li into the Sys Fan Header or the Cpu Fan Header, what would you guys choose? Each of the 3 fans that comes in the case uses 0.18A! And also, the connector on the Sys Fan is only 3...

I get this on screen: - AMD GPIO Driver - AMD GPIO Driver (for Promontory), what on earth does the word Promontory mean? - AMD SMBus Driver - AMD PSP Driver I have a ASUS Prime B450M-A Micro ATX Motherboard, AMD Socket AM4 and a M.2 NVMe SSD Hard Drive and a AMD Ryzen 3 3200G Processor. I...

Hi, I recently bought a returned/damaged motherboard, B450 F gaming asus strix. The plastic covering over the cpu socket has broken off, it came with half of the plastic casing but not the rest. The retention arm is usually attached to the plastic covering, and the arm arrived separately. Is it...

I currently have a Ryzen 5 1600 and ASRock B450M Pro4 motherboard and I want to upgrade to Ryzen 5 5600x. As everybody knows, I'll need to update BIOS to do that. But ASRock says that the newest BIOS version is only compatible with 2nd Gen Ryzen or higher. So the question is, can I still...

Hello guys, I need some help picking components, especially with the motherboard. Budget arround ~220$ or 200€. I’m trying to build a balanced PC that is good for gaming. If I do OC it would be a very small OC. I’ll reuse some components from my old rigg for now: Crossair RM 750W Gold plus...

I am looking to make the switch from Intel to AMD and and with quality CPU's and GPU's being a bit hard to come by I am thinking of just upgrading my mobo and buying a ryzen 5 3600 until I see performance issues or newer CPU's become more available. My main issue is that I want to be as future...

first thing i'am new in PC community , so today i was trying to install Deepcool CASTLE 360EX on AM4 MSI mortar titanium B450 but i had problem with this metal base what should i do?? i post it on IG to let you know and understand what i mean

I have a Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H with an A8-9600 that does not detect my M.2 Samsung 960 Evo 250GB, the SSD is known to be working (it was my main rigs boot drive until today) but it doesn't show up in the BIOS. I'm trying to install Ubuntu Server to it and the install doesn't detect it either...

Hi guys, I need some help here... I got Ryzen 5 1600 (AM4) and I bought new cpu fan for AM4. This is original AMD cpu fan (RGB) But seems like it doesn't fit to my mother board (Gigabyte A320M-DS2), even though that's an AM4 processor and AM4 fan The old fan have 4 philips screws. The new fan...

I'm in the process of building a new PC (I've only acquired an RTX 3090 so far) and I'm trying to find the very best Motherboard and Memory configuration for an AMD Ryzen 5950X CPU. I'm leaning towards the ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero or Formula so far. I'm also trying to find the fastest...

I have a Corsair H80i AIO and im going to switch to AM4 from Intel 1151 socket. Do I have to separately buy an AM4 bracket to fit it on my new MOBO or does the H80i bracket fit the cooler into AM4 even though the cooler is bought before Zen 3 even existed.

Hello everyone, I recently helped my mom rebuild her PC I upgraded her PC from an FX-6300 and 8GB of DDR3 RAM to a R7 2700X with 16GB of 3000MHz DDR4 RAM. Me being the nice person I am decided to help her save money so I gave her the CPU and RAM, and she purchased the motherboard and SSD (she...

Hello everyone, I have used my cpu for a while and i love the peformance. But it's just that the cooler is not good enough for gaming even without oc or boost on. It gets around 70 to 80 degrees celcius. I am planning to upgrade my cooler but i don't know which one is good for the buck. I like...

Hello all. I recently bought a Corsair iCUE 465X RGB Mid-Tower Black ATX Case along with some other parts including a Corsair H115i 280mm CPU cooler. Now in the specs on the Corsair website and also on the vendor I bought from it says that this case supports 280mm radiators. However, as it turns...

I am planning to upgrade my horrible Gigabyte b350m D3SH to a new Micro ATX motherboard, So currently I am looking for a Micro ATX Motherboard with AM4 Socket, with 4 Dimm Slots that are DDR4 3200 compatible, with Good Quality VRM and VRM heat sinks for overclocking my Ryzen 5 2600. I would most...

Mouse lags so much when loading a web page for example or out of random during gaming . Same thing with a controller and sometimes it completely looses connection until I physically remove and reinsert the USB receiver. Having them in the front of the case USB sockets no issues . Today it...

I'm having a hardtime removing the retention clips that secure the heatsink (CM 212x Turbo) to the am4 Motherboard Whats the correct way of doing this? Ive unlocked the clip and despite applying severe pressure have had no luck removing the clips. Its slightly loose from the cpu as it twists...

I have recently purchased a Ryzen 5 1600x second hand along with a Gigabyte GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 motherboard (first time builder) to go along with it. When I purchased the CPU, the seller combined it with the wraith prism which was not the original cooler that it came with. When putting the pc...

Hi everyone, I have recently purchased MSI B550M Mortar WiFi with Ryzen 3300x processor. I have no issue or no click sound when i put the processor on socket and push the lever down but when i pull the lever all the way up, socket makes a click sound. that noise processor . Is it normal or i...

Hi all, I'm putting together a high budget build for a friend and simply not make my mind up on the CPU. After doing some research, I am leaning towards AMD's Ryzen 9 3900x - this is partly due to reports that Intel's 1200 socket is only going to be used for two generations, meaning AMD may be...

I've recently received all of my components for my pc. It consists of a Ryzen 5 2600, Msi b450-a pro max, and 16gb of corsair cmk16gx4m2b3200c16. When I installed everything, it posted, but in bios, it showed 16gb of ram and only half of the ram capacity is usable. Same thing in windows, but...

i wanna to use a ryzen 7 3700z chip on the ASUS rog strix b450-f gaming AM4 chipset motherboard, on pcpartpicker it says it may need an prior bios update whats the cheapest cpu I can buy so i can bios update it

Hi, my name is Matthew and I recently purchased an Asus am4 x570 plus motherboard. As I was installing it, I ran into a problem with the 8-pin connector. The motherboard has an 8 pin along with a 4 pin connector right beside it. However, my PSU only has an 8 pin. Is it fine if I only plug in the...

I'm looking to switch to AMD and I know that the recent Ryzen CPUs use the AM4 socket. There are all these different chipsets but two that seem recent are the B550 and the X570. What are the differences in capabilities of these two, and is there a price difference?

Removed them when I installed my Ryzen 3 2300X, I assumed I'd never need them. I got my Ryzen 3 2300X because a store in my country (Bulgaria) was selling them for like 70$. When I first installed it I thought the cooler, since it was meant only for OEM, didn't use what I presumed were...

Is there such a thing as a motherboard with am4 or better socket as well as ddr3 ram? All the one's i've seen have been ddr4. I'd like to be able to upgrade my cpu and board without having to replace all my ram. Thank you!

Hey fellas, Everyone's good? I'm from Brazil and I recently purchased a 3800x to replace my current R7 2700. The CPU has not arrived yet. Thing is: I have a BIOSTAR X370 GT7. The 3800x should probably work fine with this board, but I'm concerned with ram speed issues, right now I can't post...

Hi! I have an FX8300 processor and now I want an upgrade. Would be the Ryzen7 2700x a good performance jump from the previous CPU? In my country the Ryzen7 2700x only 130$. I have a MSI GTX1060 Gaming X. I already have a MSI x370 Gaming Plus motherboard for a new ryzen processor.

Hello guys, so I just finished up building my first pc ever and I'm not the best with it and I boot it up and the fans and RGB are on and running smoothly but no display is showing ... and the weird thing is that I tried to plug 2 different KB one with RGB backlight and one without .. the one...

Hi! Recently I've been finishing searching for parts so I could upgrade one really crappy pc I have for cheap, and wanted to go with the Ryzen 3 3200g with Vega 8 Graphics since I've heard a lot of good things about this APU, plus 8gb of RAM. I started looking for the motherboard and started...

Hey, there is a long time I don't check what's new about hardware, and I would like to ask for some help to find a motherboard that covers my needs. Purpose: Work / Virtualization(Docker) / Image Editing / Games Motherboard needs: ATX / Tower CPU Socket Type: AM4 (Ryzen 5 3600 processor)...

I'm planning on upgrading to AM4, since my currently only supports a very outdated socket (FM2+) I'm also looking for a Motherboard that doesnt require a bios update to run with Ryzen, since I dont have any other AM4 CPU

So I did something kinda stupid. I now know not to use gloves, but since I get sweaty hands I used some to install my cpu. The only gloves I had on hand for some reason were lightly dusted and I didn't notice until it was too late.. My question is can the dust (I'm guessing it was cornstarch)...

Hello, I bought a new PC in december and since that day I had an issue with my PC that freezes. I've tried pretty much everything(really, everything) and I think that the only think I can still think of is that the motherboard is faulty(Asrock Phantom Gaming 4). I don't think I can return it by...

I bought ryzen 5 2600 and i need to choose best motherboard that can support 3rd gen ryzen without updating bios. I can currently choose betwen these: Asus AM4 prime B450M-k Gigabyte AM4 B450M S2H ASRock AM4 B450M-HDV And if nether of these cant support 3rd gen ryzen which is the best quality.

Hello everyone! So im wondering and thinking of upgrading my PC, my question is that should I upgrade FX-6300 to R3 1200? (38€) I know that Ryzen has faster single- and multicore speed, but im playing kinda heavy games like Division 2, Fallout 4 and 76, Apex, WWZ etc. so is Ryzen lacking cores...

Hello, Does anybody know if a Ryzen 3200G APU works on this https://www.asrock.com/MB/AMD/AB350M-HDV%20R3.0/index.asp motherboard without updating the BIOS? Thanks.

actually i have a ddr3 system with fx 6300 gtx 960 8gb ram, in 2 months im thinking of changing to am4, with a ryzen 2600, Gigabyte B450M DS3H, and Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 8gb 1 single kit then imma buy another stick of 8gb to get 16gb and dual channel, and get a better graphics card. what...

Hi I’m currently get no post on a new water cooling loop. I have a red led light and orange/amber light lit up on the Qled light on the motherboard and the error code doesn’t say anything other than 00. After looking round the case a little stupidly realised that I haven’t installed the...