Murasaki

120-130MB/s sounds like what you can expect out of a small HDD. It being faster at the start is likely just filling the cache, thus the drop to the actual speed of the drive afterwards. Get a fast SSD (slow SSDs will do the same thing, drop speed massively once they run out of cache) if you want higher sustained speeds. 

I'm not sure what you've done to come to that screenshot but heres what I would do from the beginning.
 
First use the ribbon disabler which should bring back the old command bar and then use this tutorial to "remove" the command bar.
https://www.askvg.com/how-to-make-folder-band-auto-hidden-in-windows-vista/
 
Edit the shellstyle.dll of the theme you are currently using
 

Yeah 200-300. Temps are fine aswell so I'll just roll with it

yes its an "issue" with ryzen,  but only for idle frequencies. 
 
Ryzen master seems to be the only one to recognize it correctly and also display correctly.  should be around 200mhz idle, right?
 
idk i never use ryzen master,  i don't like it... and idc about idle frequencies,  temps are enough to know it's "idle" 

Yeah not all software is going to be able to read that. In those cases, they'll be closer to reality under heavy load but idle/low load situations is where they kind of fall apart. 
 
More info here. https://www.hwinfo.com/forum/threads/wrong-clock-speeds-utilization-on-my-ryzen-9-7950x.8650/

This all seems pretty typical for Ryzen, actually. This question comes up a lot. Where you're going to see *true* clockspeed is in Ryzen Master and "Effective Clocks" in HWiNFO. 

I have a 5700X myself and don't have this issue,
It could be a bug with your BIOS.

I had the same issue. Try clicking the window, press tab and then press space. Worked for me. The button won't highlight after pressing tab, just press tab then space bar.

Sounds like the Kim Possible ringtone
 

Vulkan is the better API for this game. You're not missing out on anything using Vulkan instead of Direct X. Game runs significantly better and smoother with Vulcan for me personally with my 3090. 

DSR could be enabled in Nvidia's CPL. Higher resolutions than native only appear for me if I have that enabled.

Taking a closer look at the board you're looking at, and the one I have shortlisted (B550-A Pro), they seem to be identical in almost every way on the spec sheet, except for a different heatsink design. And the last BIOS update for both models was even released on the same day !

Seems like a sneaky way to charge more money for the same product, by calling it a 'gaming board'.

It is a few years old now and it is quickly vanishing so its expected whatever was left to be newer stock. Atleast thats what I think.

Are we actually discussing whether Linus should've shared potato chips with Luke?
Do people actually think Luke is not able to speak for himself in front of Linus?

holy shit guys! new LTT controversy just dropped!!!

I mean it should work fine just not much upgrade - ability

I'm hoping mine comes out of the box supporting 5000 series. Not a problem but less hassle.

Oh my god I've actually read it before and didn't find the info I wanted but now I took a look again and
Connect the power supply to CPU_PWR1 and ATX_PWR1. (No need to install CPU and memory.) I need to RTFM harder thank you!

Yeah you can flash the new BIOS according to the procedure found on the PDF version of the manual on MSI's website at page 46 (technically page 33 in text). The motherboard does support BIOS flashing without the CPU installed.
 
 
If the motherboard was manufactured recently, the BIOS they flash may be new enough that it already supports the 5700X right out of the box and no update is required without the CPU installed. 

Get ublock origin, forget about ads on youtube ever existing.

Get ublock origin, forget about ads on youtube ever existing.

Get ublock origin, forget about ads on youtube ever existing.

Get ublock origin, forget about ads on youtube ever existing.

I understood maybe half that. More like a quarter of that. There's no perfect response to a situation like this. They responded in a pretty good way I think. They told us what they were gonna do, showed us how they were gonna do it, and now when the next "normal" video is uploaded we'll get to see for ourselves. Don't be a middle school English teacher, don't look too deeply into everything. Sometimes it's okay to take something at face value.