mobo advice

help, I just finished assembling my new pc and when I turn it on i have the green light on boot and my monitor has no signal MOBO: asus rog strix b650e-f gaming wifi CPU: ryzen 7 7800x3d GPU: rtx 4070 TI super RAM: corsair vengence ddr5 32gb 6000MHz CL30 PSU: msi mag a850gl pcie5 850w STORAGE...

A friend of mine wich I sold an Aqirys Pulsar LS 650w 80+Bronze want s to put it in an old pc with an i7 4790k a 1050ti gpu and 32gb of ram, but on his motherboard(Idk the model, but old ish) the cpu socket only has 4 pins, and the Aqirys powersupply has 8 pins wich can be divided in two, each...

Hey guys, im about to buy a new case which includes 4 fans however I only have a single fan pin aside from the cpu one, is it okay to connect 4 of them on 1 header? 0.16x4 = 0.64 technically there shouldnt be a problem but I want ur opinion I wanted to buy a hub but if it's not that necessary...

Can I dual boot windows 11 on my rig? These are the specs of the rig I built in 2019 and I am about to reconfigure: I just bought a 2TB WD Black Gen 4 PCIE SSD and a couple of 8TB hard drives. My main reason for that is to do a clean install of Windows 11, since the Microsoft update to Win 11...

Hey guys, I have an Asus A320M-K motherboard and I wanna swap my case, however I want to connect 6 fans on my new case (3 pin XPG Vento NO RGB) but my motherboard has only 1 x 4-pin chassis fan header. I noticed you can chain-connect daisy-chain these fans like the image to connect them to a...

I can't figure out the differences, so I was hoping someone with more knowledge and experience could help. I'm going to get the B650 AORUS ELITE AX but there seems to be 3 different ones. B650 AORUS ELITE AX (rev. 1.0/1.1) B650 AORUS ELITE AX (rev. 1.2) B650 AORUS ELITE AX V2 Any help is...

Hello! Can you help me choose between these motherboards: Asus ROG STRIX B650E-F Gigabyte X670 AORUS Elite AX Gigabyte B650 AORUS Elite AX V2 MSI Tomohawk Plus WiFi For reference, this current build is for streaming/gaming/video editing, the video editing is professional but i dont go beyond...

PC Won’t boot and EZ indicator lights don’t come on New PC won’t turn on after RMAing half the parts I first tried to assemble this pc about a month ago now and I haven’t been able to get it to turn on once. I’ve sent it to the local pc repair place twice now and I’ve had the mobo and cpu...

Hey, i finished a pc build and after starting it up it ran for about 20-30 sec. before the PSU fan stopped spinning and shortly after the pc shut down and restarted itself. The PSU has 650watts so it should be enough. A pc build wattage calculator spit out 437watts for a build with my specs...

Hi i just bought an used PC with a B550-A motherboard, but it can't detect the ethernet cable. I tried all drivers for both windows 10 and 11, then i noticed something in the ethernet port but im not sure if its just some new ethernet port design or is it broken, can you help me determine that...

https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/A520M-ITXac/index.asp This is my current mobo in my rig, which isn't great but at least have some cheapo looking vrm cooling 🙈. Doesn't have any sensors for vrms temps, so not much I can say about it. But this mobo can handle 5800X3D without overheating vrms or...

Hey! So as the title reads, I can't boot anything, not even my USB stick which has a fresh Windows installer on it. Before all this happened, my PC was working fine. So how did this start? Well, I recently picked up my new ram sticks and plugged them in my computer. I noticed that the speed...

Hi all, So I am planning to build a new pc in the upcoming 1-2 months but I have no clue what MOBO to buy for my build. I will most likely be running a 4070 or 4070ti with an i5 13600k. I don't need WIFI or DDR5. Just looking for the best price to performance boards out there for intel 13th...

Hi everyone ^^ I have some knowledge about PC's but not enough I guess 🙈. So I would like to learn something and ask if I should take a look on my Mobo's website and look at compatible components, like storage, RAM etc etc ? I swapped my laptop for a PC with: MSI Z490 i9-10900k RTX 2070 (bought...

Hello, Just bought 2 more ram sticks Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4 3200 MHz so now I have 32GBs of ram, my problem is that they don't work at 3200Mhz, with the D.O.C.P on that sets the speed at 3200Mhz I have to change it manually to 2933 to make them work. My question is...

To start here are the relevant specs: Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming B450-PLUS II SSD: SK Hynix SC308 128GB M.2 SATA SSD The SSD in question currently contains an old Windows 10 installation, and I'm trying to reformat it for use as a normal storage drive. I already have a 2.5" SATA SSD with my...

I have a new 2 week old build with ASUS z790-e Yesterday it shutdown and would not post. Just power cycle over and over through 4 Q-Codes from 00 and back to 00. Tried all the usually power off let it sit nothing. The red CPU light would stay on but it just endlessly cycled through codes...

basically my pc doesnt stop boot cycling untill i open it up and take one stick of ram out, turn it on and if it works i turn it off and put the other stick back in then turn it on, i occasionally get the boot up screen but then it turns off and continues to bootcycle, i have unplugged...

As the title says. Things to consider: Some Z690 version of motherboards have compatibility issues with setup I am going to use. (Lancool III and Liquid Freezer II 420 mounted on top, problem is that liquid freezers interferes with motherboard) There is no list about Z790 versions of...

Hi, I feel like my PC may be underperforming, maybe the motherboard isnt strong enough as it is (PRIME B365M-K), my ram is 16gb DDR4 3200mhz, RTX2060, i7 8700. I was thinking of upgrading my CPU to the i5 12700KF but unsure if my mobo is compatible with that and I am not wanting to spend A LOT...

So lately i have been searching motherboards in Amazon for an I7-7700 non K, but couldn't really find any aside from some chinese vendors that don't look reliable. Now, i'm asking you guys, what do you recommend in motherboards for a kaby lake i7 processor.

Hi! I recently bought a GTX 1660 for my computer. Upon startup, there are 6 long beeps and no activity on the screen. I'll list my parts MoBo - Foxconn 2ADA CPU - i7-3770 500w PSU 16 GB RAM I initially tried to reset BIOS by taking out the battery, waiting a few minutes, then putting it back...

Hi, smart folk! So, while blitz-cleaning the interior of my case, very superficially so, I noticed one of my cables (those that go on the bottom pins to power the power/reset/usb/LSD thingies) was snapped. I swear I don't know how that happened and I was shocked for a few seconds. I turned the...

My Mobo has an orange light on every time I try and boot. No display, or anything. Ryzen 5 5600x RTX 3060 XC ASUS TUF X570 PLUS WIFI G.Skill Trident Z Neo 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory My RAM is in the second and last slot, have been replaced and tested each slot and nothing works...

Hello everyone! I'm having issues with my new build, PC won't turn on when I use optimised RAM slots (A2,B2) but will boot up when RAM is in A1,A2 however speed is locked at 2666MHz. Setup CPU Intel Core i7 12700 Alder Lake-S CPU CPU Cooler Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Air Tower Cooler RAM...

Funny problems since day 1 of owning a custom PC brought. Once the power button is pressed CPU light flashes red quick then to DRAM orange stays on for a while then will either turn off to then green and white vga however sometimes when booting PC it'll stick on orange DRAM until boot off as no...

Hi fellow custom-build pc enthusiasts: I'm looking to upgrade my CPU/Mobo/RAM for now. I am eyeing the Intel i5-12600K chip and looking for a Mobo recommendation! What is there to look out for nowadays and are there anything else I should consider for compatibility? I am wondering also, for my...

Hey all, I have an FX-6300 processor which I use typically for gaming (Not Overclocked). My current motherboard is Asus M5A78L-M LX3 which supports up to 16 GB of ram max. I'm thinking to go with ASRock 990FX Extreme 9 which supports upto 64*GB. Can someone please suggest me a better board ?

Hi guys, once again i am here for your help. I built today a new pc but i dont get signal from mobo. I3 10105f B560M DS3H V2 Seasonic 520 evo editio R9 280x 2 hdds 1 nvme 2 sticks of ram. 2x8 I tried to removed everything exept one stick of ram and even changed them. Still solid orange light...

So I recently purchased a few upgrades to my pc including a new case, new fans, and a new m.2. I installed it all and boom, nothing. Tested just about everything since then except a new psu/cpu. When I plug the 24 pin in my mobo nothing happens, however, I have a spare board that lights up when...

Hi all This motheboard is coupled with an i7 860 2.8 Everything was fine up until a couple of months ago, when it started not booting up and hang in a windows 10 reset / repair cycle. I have re-installed windows (non UEFI) to test and it is now booting fine BUT ... if you shut down and...

I am curious as to what my temperature range should be for this motherboard. I am having a hard time finding the information for some reason. Currently my MOBO is 37C under load (playing Red Dead Redemption 2). Is this safe and what range could I expect to see with this MOBO?

This may be silly question but I just want to confirm I have had this gigabyte b150m-dsh3 (https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-B150M-DS3H-rev-10#ov) for the las five years or so. Haven't tried an m.2 yet and wanted to put one on it, checking in the web it says m.2 pci e/sata compatible...

First off I'd like to apologize for any incorrect formatting or any errors this is my first time posting something on a forum. So as the title suggests my computer has randomly started resetting when under light load and is fine when gaming, which is rather incontinent when it comes to school...

Hello guys. So I want to build a Ryzen system and I was looking for the motherboards. I can't spend lot of money on the motherboards so I did my research and I have to make choice between 3 motherboards. Gigabyte a520m Aorus Elite - 85$ Gigabyte b450 Aorus M - 95$ Third option is the combo -...

Looking to finally upgrade My ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 and downsize to a micro-atx. Would like to keep current memory, CPU and graphics. Current Setup: ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 (Socket LGA1155) Intel Core i7-3770 NVIDIA GeForce GTX-1660 Four DDR3-1600 / PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM UDIMM (Corsair) I just...

So, my pc basically wont turn on. Specs: ryzen 1500 Gtx 1070 16gb ram 3200hz Evga 500w Msi b350m gaming pro mobo Okay, story time; I noticed i had only 8gb out of 16 useable ram (in pc properties) so i reseated both, fiddled in bios and then everything seemed fine (16gb useable). Then...

Greetings. My system boots find when only gpu installed. Once I add the 2nd gpu (two identical rtx 2080 super) system wont post and kick me straight to bios settings, including no video signal from either gpu and 2nd gpu no matter which is connected would stop spinning all it's fans and kicks me...

I'll be upgrading my PC in preparation for a large model (strix or trio, I'm thinking) 6800XT. I have a mobo and case that are pretty basic and do not have experience installing either since my PC was prebuilt or with things such as variable speed fans. The MOBO and case are these...

Hey all, I just made a new account because of a question I had. A friend of mine recommended me ask on this forum because someone may have a solution. Essentially, this is my first time building a PC. I used pcpartpicker and some advice from friends on what parts to pick. I ended up going with...