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Just make sure the RAM have a slot in between them. You had them in the correct slots. Could try swapping them around too.

If it was the far right stick then it would make sense. In the picture it wasn't seated all the way so make sure you push it in completely and try both again. Poor connection will cause the CPU light to come on because the CPU is having issue communicating with the RAM.

From what I can see in that picture, if it's something you just took, the far right RAM stick is not pushed in all the way. You can tell by the clip at the top being pushed out a bit. Make sure both sticks are seated completely. Other than I see no issues. Only are thing is make sure all the power cables are pushed in all the way, the CPU power in the top can be a problem sometimes in getting it in all the way. If it's a modular power supply make sure all cables are pushed into the power supply all the way. Plug a display into the motherboard and try bridging the two pins for power on the motherboard together. Ryzen can take a bit to actually boot into a BIOS I've seen it take anywhere from 2 - 15 minutes to fully boot.

Full specs of your build and maybe some picture of everything plugged in would be very helpful if you could. If the PSU is clicking it sounds like something is tripping it and preventing it from turning on and its doing an auto shutoff. I wouldn't try turning it on anymore. With the Red CPU light one thing I would try it reseating the CPU. Buddy of mine had that same problem a few months ago when building his first pc. Also try with only one RAM stick, and try jumping the on switch manually instead of using the power button on the case.

Remember it’s for my wife. Who is a woman, everything has to be pretty rainbows. On a more personal thing for me though, I don’t trust gigabyte mainly because of their customer service. I don’t have a lot of time to spend on troubleshooting and RMA so the easier the customer service experience the better. Would prefer gold on the PSU as just a personal preference and I have the same unit so for troubleshooting and testing would make it a lot easier. Will take notes for the other items though.

Sweet will make note of the latency thing. I’m really hoping I can get some cool bundle deals when we go to micro center.

Biggest concern with Intel is Longevity. They like to change their socket to much and I’d like to be able to upgrade her CPU to a Ryzen 7 like 2 gens later hoping they do the same as AM4 making the platform upgradable for so long.

Unfortunately that’s over the budget and also there is no “competitive gaming” she just likes playing esports titles and shooters. But will take note of the cooler change. I forgot thermalright was a thing. The SSD is a good note too. I’m not really stuck on the SSD might even change it a 1TB as she has a 1TB gen 3 in her laptop at the moment I can just swap over.

When it comes to DDR5 what’s the ideal CAS Latency at 6000? Everything I was seeing was at 36 which the higher frequency kit had a lower latency which is why I chose it.

Budget (including currency): $1500 USD Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming mainly Call of Duty, Overwatch, Halo, and other esports/shooter titles. Wanting to upgrade the wife from her laptop to a desktop pc for Christmas. Not trying to go over $1500 for the budget would really prefer to be below as I would like to just take her to Microcenter and let her shop and pick out everything herself but with my guidance. Build so Far: PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/JFYGPF CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor ($249.00 @ Amazon) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler ($119.95 @ Amazon) Motherboard: MSI PRO B650M-A WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard ($149.99 @ Amazon) Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory ($109.63 @ Amazon) Storage: Sabrent Rocket 4.0 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($119.99 @ Amazon) Video Card: PowerColor Hellhound OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card ($519.99 @ Amazon) Case: Fractal Design Pop Mini Air MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($102.50 @ Amazon) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 750 GT 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($119.28 @ Amazon) Total: $1490.33 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-10-17 09:44 EDT-0400 Not sure whether to go with the 7600X or go with a 5800X as they would both fit within the budget and I think the 5800x would save me some money to allow her to get more accessories and really make it what she wants. Games will only be played at 1080p but I don’t want to have to upgrade for a while which is why I’m choosing more 1440p oriented parts. thanks in advance for any help.

I'm wanting to change all of my mass storage devices to SSD's from mechanical drives finally but I don't know if I should go with sata or NVMe. I currently have 2 1TB PCIE 4.0 NVME drives that I use for all of my games and programs. I currently just use my HDDs to the majority of my library on at all times and just transfer them from the HDD to the SSD if I need or want to play them but the trasnfer speed from the HDD is really slow and a little to slow with how big games have gotten. I can either get 2 4TB sata drives and not have to worry about anything but plugging them in, or I can get 2 4TB NVMe drives and also buy a PCIE adapter to hold both of them. Which would be my best option? System Specs: AMD Ryzen 7 5800x MSI MPG B550 Gaming Plus 32GB RAM 2 x 1TB Sabrent Rocket 4's 2 x 2TB Werstern Digital HDDs EVGA 3070 EVGA G2 750W Note: I am somewhat of a data hoarder so getting bigger drives is kind of required for my mental health. I will be get getting a 10TB mechanical drive as well to keep backups of everything else as well and just to have for files I don't use as much and don't require a lot of speed for me to access.

Gotta have the optimal screen for consuming Linus’ face.

The only thing I do with my pc other than gaming is shopping for Pokémon cards, browsing this forum and some TCG forums, and watching YouTube/anime oh and Amazon. I’m probably gonna go to micro center and have a look at the monitor in person . Microcenter is just a bit of a drive for me so I was trying to make the decision before I went to see if I really even wanted to get it. unfortunately the only other store close to me is a Best Buy and they don’t carry anything good at the Best Buy’s around here.

This is the information I was looking for the most. There is no productivity involved just gaming. Still kind of puts me on the fence but it is an upgrade so I still have to think about it. might try and find a 27” in around the same price if I can. Thank you for all the replies and information. This really does help me evaluate my options and make a decision.

I'm looking at upgrading my current monitor which is a 27" 1080p LG 144hz monitor to a 32" 1440p LG 165hz mointor. My concern is will I see a difference in quality with the size jump. I know the ppi on the monitors is around 85ppi for the 1080p and 93ppi for the 1440p monitor. I understand that 27" is the "sweet spot" for 1440p gaming but at this price point it's hard to pass on. I don't really play competitive games to much if I do it's usually just Call of Duty which is more casual play with friends. I mostly play single player games ( AC: Valhalla, Elden Ring, Horizon: ZD, Spiderman) or adventure/survival games with friends. I've read a bunch of old post about this same discussion from a couple years back and that's got me scared. I'm just worried that I won't see much of an improvement because of the size. Specs for my pc are: Ryzenn 7 5800x 32GB DDR4 3200mhz RTX 3070 If those matter in this. If the link above doesn't work properly : https://www.microcenter.com/product/662617/lg-32gp750-315-2k-qhd-(2560-x-1440)-165hz-gaming-monitor\ Thanks in advanced, I may not see some replies until the morning.