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New build - No Post. Debug LED flash sequence
Case: be quiet! Power base 600 MB: MSI Z390 MPG Gaming AC CPU: Intel 9700K RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x16GB PSU: Power Spec 650 fully modular Cooler: Hypermax 212X HD: Samsung Evo 970 Pro M.2 I am putting together this new build and the system will not post. I am getting a long flash from the DRAM LED followed by a short…
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GIGABYTE X570 AORUS wifi vs Asus AM4 TUF wifi
Motherboard question: my son is building a gaming PC, looking at a couple of options, he is looking at the Ryzen 5 5600X CPU and is wondering if the GIGABYTE X570 AORUS Elite Wi-Fi better than the Asus AM4 TUF Gaming X570-Plus (Wi-Fi)? He will need wifi, would it be better to get the non-wifi & get an adapter or will the…
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Ryzen 5 3600 Holiday Stock
Hello, do you think the Ryzen 5 3600 will be in stock for Christmas/The New Year? I noticed it went out of stock and was wondering if the future stock will be big enough for the holidays
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Upgrading a Prebuilt PC
Hi so I was planning on building my first pc but getting parts during these times just became too frustrating. Today I just bought this prebuilt pc https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08H4Q7546/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1 I cant find much info on this pc but i already own a brand new ROG STRIX B550-F and…
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Price adjustment
I saw that the b550 carbon is on sale, I bought mine on the 29th, October and was wondering if is possible to get the difference.
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Price adjustment
I bought the msi mpg z390 motherboard for $189.99 and had it bundled with an intel i7 processor and the motherboard just dropped down to $159.99. How could I get the $30 price adjustment?
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NZXT H510 ATX Case - MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX Motherboard error
I am looking to make my first PC, and I used PCPartPicker to gather my list of items I would want. On the bottom I get this note: NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case has a front-panel USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type C port, but the MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard does not have sufficient USB 3.2 Gen 2 or Gen 1 headers. The case USB…
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Chip set question
Is the core i7 LGA1151 ok to use in a asus TUF gaming B460-M
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B550 BIOS Question (New Build)
Hi, I am looking at building a new PC (first time) and using a Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite AM4 ATX with a AMD Ryzen 5 5600X. I have read about requiring a BIOS update before installing the CPU, assuming your model does not have the latest update. How do you tell if your Motherboard is already updated? Do you just stick in a…
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3600 stock
Hello, for the past couple months I have been saving my money to create my first gaming PC! Ive already decided on parts, and bought some such as the motherboard and chassis. Ive noticed that the 3600 has been out of stock for a few days, and longer than that at most other retailers. Does anyone know when the restock will…
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Do i need to update my bios for a cpu upgrade Ryzen 5 2500 to a Ryzen 7 3600x
Do i need to update my bios for a cpu upgrade Ryzen 5 2500 to a Ryzen 7 3600x mother board is an AM4 and so are both cpu's
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ASRock B450 pro4 with the Ryzen 3 3200g
Getting a comparability warning on PCPartpicker. Looking to pair the B450 with Ryzen 3 3200G. Says BIOS needs to be updated with prior processor. Is this accurate? what if you don't have an old CPU laying around?
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Brand New AMD Ryzen with Bent Pins
Hello. I bought an AMD Ryzen 9 3900X last Friday and I tried to install it today. It fit into the motherboard just fine, and then I tried to install the stock Wraith Prism cooler with preapplied thermal paste. I couldn't get the fan to hook up properly, so I tried to reorient it. What happened instead is that the cooler…
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How G.Skill is taking over the RAM market.
G.Skill... Of course you've seen that name before while you were looking for memory and then you're like: "Wow, that's a good price!" Then you say that's what you're going with. They're such a good company! Here's how they did it. One day about 6 years ago I think, G.Skill introduced their Ripjaws RAM that was made to be…
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Is ryzen 5800x still in stock at micro center?
Is ryzen 5800x still in stock at Micro Center? For some reason, my laptop just died (RIP), and need to build a new system. However, I am not sure about the availability of ryzen 5800x or the upcoming Radeon 6000 series in the Micro Center. For me I live in NJ so I just want to know will I be able to get them both at the…
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Question about compatibility
I’m new to PC building and I’m learning as I go, but I just bought a Gigabyte B450M DS3H motherboard, and I was wondering will the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor be compatible with that motherboard? I’ve tried to do some research on it but I keep running into something about doing a BIOS update and I’ve been seeing mixed…
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Everything We Know About Zen 3
Everything we know about Zen 3 (Image from AMD.com) On October 8th, AMD introduced their next
lineup of Ryzen processors using their new Zen 3 architecture. This modern
architecture offers many improvements, including increased IPC (instructions
per clock), improved power efficiency, and reduced cache latency. This…
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Daily release of GPU's?
Does Micro center release a select amount of GPUs every day? I was in the Duluth location and they released like 5 RTX 3080's and 3070's. Does this happen every day or randomly?
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AMD Ryzen 5000 Series|Is this the end of Intel?
AMD Ryzen, the best thing AMD has created. They actually launched a new series, the 5000 series. This new lineup is very intense in performance and has REKT Intel's 10th Gen. I don't want to make this long so I'm just going to put specifications about the right down here: Ryzen 5 5600X: Graphics Model: Discrete Graphics…
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How AMD is taking over the processor market.
You've definitely heard of AMD before. They're mainly known for their amazing processors. Recently they announced 4th gen. Ryzen which is the 5000 series processors. Each one was proven to be more powerful than Intel's price equivalent. The battle between AMD and Intel has been here for longer then some kids reading this…
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How ASrock is winning the motherboard market.
ASrock is very well known to geeks as a great motherboard company which is true and they are winning the motherboard market. A couple months ago, the B550 series was released to everyday consumers from companies like Asus and ASrock at first. EVERYBODY is say EVERYBODY was buying them , but, ASrock was getting more…
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Asus x570 Mobos. Bios upgrade without processor
Been getting mixed messages. hoping someone here can say for SURE . Planning on camping out for 5900x this week . will i be able to flash an assue prime or tuff gamming mobo to newest bios to support zen 3 without a zen 2 processor these don't have a bios flashing button.. the manual is kinda veuge on its build in bios…
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New CPU; oculus is worse.
So after installing a new Ryzen 7 3700x in a b350 tomahawk mb, I decided to test out my oculus headset to see if it would run any faster than before. It runs worse now oddly enough, it is very choppy now and I originally had a Ryzen 7 1700x installed. Is the VR not optimized correctly? It keeps loading me in and out of the…
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Ryzen 9 and X370 Gaming pro carbon
I got an AMD Ryzen 9 CPU and installed it. After installation I did a power test and my pc turned on, however, my monitors did not. I checked my motherboard (X370 gaming pro carbon), and it said CPU error. Is the Ryzen 9 not compatible with my motherboard? Or is there another issue?
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BIOS Updating on B350 tomahawk MB.
So I wanted to install a Ryzen 7 3700x on the b350 tomahawk. I updated my bios using the msi website, with m-flash. The weird thing is, is that the latest BIOS version build is called 7A34v1OS(Beta version) and the build date says 2020-07-09. My bios UI is changed but now the build is called e7a34ams.10s and the build date…
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Avexir Memory Compatible with Zen 3
I'm building a new computer using the AMD 5900X. I was planning on using my Avexir DDR4 memory. AVD4UZ130001608G-4RD 32GB (8GB 1024M x 64-Bit x 4 pcs.)DDR4-3000MHz. I'm going to be using a X570 motherboard and wasn't sure if this memory will work in the new system or has memory changed since I bought in in 2016? Thanks
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Comparing Zen 3 to Zen 2
Comparing Zen 3 to Zen 2 AMD's recent announcement regarding
their new Zen 3
processors has gotten everyone excited for November 5th. With launch
less than a month away, let's compare their Zen 3 architecture with their
previous generation Zen 2. Zen 2 Zen 2 gave us a
chiplet design where the Core Chiplet Die (CCD) and IO…
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not sure what to do
so i bought a ryzen 9 3900x built the my computer with it tried to boot it nothing happened took it apart found thermal paste on the pins not sure if its a manufacturring issue or some how i did it plz help
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Motherboard wont boot to Windows 10
I have a new install, ROG STRIX X570, updated bios, installed windows 10 to M.2 1TB drive. Reset bios to defaults and made M.2 master boot. On reboot it stops and says F1 to setup, go back to drive F8, then reboot to windows. Question how to make switch on go straight to OS ?
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ssd upgrade-windows 7 to 10
Hello, I have a nice DEll pc desktop with windows 10 and harddrive (1terrabyte). now, i want to upgrade samsung ssd 500gigs (lower storage) and windows 10.. is it better to do a fresh install windows 10 and no cloning of my system?? (i don't need my programs anymore and i backed up my files, photos already). help here,…
