motherboard help

I am building my first own gaming pc, and i'm wondering which of these two is better (regardless of price difference, lets just say they both cost the same): ASUS TUF Gaming B550-Plus Wifi AMD AM4 ATX GIGABYTE B550I AORUS PRO AX Wifi Mini ITX B550...

Hi I recently built my first gaming pc and I I see that my motherboard has the 8 pin CPU slot and the 4 pin cable slot (asus rog strix z490-E) But my power supply only has the basic 8-pin cable to connect to it. (Corsair CX750M) when I flip the power supply on only the motherboard lights turn...

Hello, There is an M.2 SSD I'd like to buy, however, I don't know how to tell if this M.2 SSD will be compatible with my motherboard. I only just learned that there are certain types of M.2 like M, B, M+B keyed. My motherboard says I can install "an M.2 (NGFF) SSD module". It also says the...

Hi so I’ve been planning for quite a while to upgrade my pc. I’m planning on upgrading to a ryzen platform. A ryzen 5 3600 to be exact, im only looking to upgrade the motherboard and ram because of my budget. My pc specs at the moment are: I5 6400 2.7 ghz H170 oem motherboard 8gb dd4 2133mhz...

Hey all, I have the following: X570 AORUS Master Motherboard MSI GeForce RTX 2080 TI Graphics Card When I attempt to set the graphics card in, it appears the distance from the PCIEX16 drop and the rear of the case are too far. Instead of falling in place, the prongs on the graphics card face...

So I’m in a little sticky situation. I decided it was time to change the thermal paste on my PC, so I did just that. I had a lot of issues taking off the seat sink that all the bolts including the backplate came off, no biggie. I proceeded to clean up everything and replace the thermal paste as...

I just bought all new parts and had checked compatibility through pcpartpicker but it wasn't until I put everything together that I learned I needed a 3 pin adapter for my case to be able to use the RGB lights it comes with. Is there any kind of extra cable or add on I can purchase to make this...

Hey all, I am having a problem with my HP envy laptop (Windows 8.1 OS), whenever I hibernate my laptop for a long time (7-8hrs) and I try to start up again, the screen is stuck on a blank screen. The laptop starts up BUT the screen display remains blank, I would have to completely turn off the...

I want a new monitor and i want a biggish one but the one I'm looking at is 27" but is only 1080p and i wanted to know if their would be any stretching or pixelation? if so should i settle for the smaller 23.5" 1080p

I'm going to build my first PC next summer and everything's going fine except I don't know how much power my system is going to need. So after watching some videos, looking for PSU calculators and tearing my hair off, I've decided to ask help from you guys. This is my build: Motherboard: Asus...