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Which 48 Kit would you recommend? Also, would you go for the 6000 or 6400? Difference, benefits and downsides between them?

You know the funny thing is that I got stuck, not happy with what money gets me for Z790 and looked at some Z690 boards (even though I wanted something 14th compatible, are Z690 that as well?) including yours (Z690 Unify X), while watching Men in Black 3 and hearing "My granddaddy always said: "If you got a problem you can't solve, it helps to get out of your head." Pie. It's good." So I did that, had cake, checked out ASRock for no reason and found the motherboard I wanted to whole time for a good price lol.

To be honest, I was planning to get a TB4 card and an external sound card, and that would've been way more expensive than paying 370 for the board. Asus Strix for example at 370 will get you nothing. Was a good choice I think so too, it also seems to be new and already made for 14th Gen because it says next Gen ready!? It launched on the 13th of July and that was after manufacturers prepared BIOS' for the next Gen update. Actually I looked at the motherboard you own and that would've been 30 bucks more expensive for me

Don't hit me man but I got the ASRock Z790 Taichi Lite. But your input really helped me to sift through the mountains of information! 10 fold appreciate, the most of love right at you I got the ASRock Z790 Taichi Lite for 370 actually which is only 100 bucks more and I get literally everything I wanted without spending 500+. I hope I didn't make a bad choice lol.

Is there any of the Strix motherboards en par with the Gigabyte?

Has anyone tested either VRM capabilities and temps? Somewhere a video or articles online? How are the temps using the M.2 heatsinks with NVMe 4 drives, especially the top one? Does the top one allow for a custom one as well? Would there be enough space?

They currently give 100 cashback on steam for buying an MSI motherboard Man, should I get the Elite or the Tomahawk. Which of the motherboards runs stabler and is better for future proofing (14th Gen), the Elite or Tomahawk?

Yeah but they are probably be 100 bucks higher in price I'd assume, at least. If I'd upgrade, I'd probably rather go for the 14700K anyways, which the Elite AX should handle fine right? I noticed though that the MSI has a lot more USB ports at the back than the Gigabyte, especially USB 3.2 Gen 2.

So you think the Z790 Aorus Elite AX is a reliable choice? Anything else below 300? Thinking about the Tomahawk though, would be 30 bucks more for me. I think the Tomahawk has also more USB ports and cmos buttons?

So, given that z690 motherboards come with 14th gen CPU support, should I maybe go instead for a z690 motherboard? What would be the advantage for me with a Z790 motherboard?

So I can install all 4 x NVMe slots without losing any bandwidth from other ports? Except 2 x SATA I saw which is fine. Would installing their Thunderbolt 4 expansion card disable something? Which ram config would you recommend that I can later on still upgrade. Or generally any specific combinations? Here is the shop I'll usually shop from: https://www.mindfactory.de/Hardware/Arbeitsspeicher+(RAM)/DDR5+Module.html Will my Z790 also be compatible with the 14th Gen? Thanks so much for helping me out, immensely appreciated!

I thought so about the Prime. What about the Tomahawk? Any advantages over the Elite? Yeah I'll skip the Prime A. Don't know whether it's worth it to spend the 100 extra for the Aero G motherboard by Gigabyte, comes with 4 x gen M.2 and 1 x Gen 5 compared to 4 x gen 4 on the Elite. https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z790-AERO-G-rev-10#kf Gainward 3070 Ti, will transition from my 9900K PC. What's your current motherboard? Can you explain to me please why it would be hard on the IMC? So same timings different brand? I'm mainly using the PC for Avid's Pro Tools and Gaming.

Which motherboard would you recommend for running an Intel 13600k? So far, these have been my personal choices: - ASUS Prime Z790-A WIFI - Gigabyte Z790 AORUS Elite AX - MSI Tomahawk Z790 Wifi I'm completely in the dark with DDR5 though, no idea what to get, what about these? G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-6400 DIMM CL32-39-39-102 I gravitate towards the Gigabyte though I'm unsure of that GPU lock on the Gigabyte, looks it could conflict with a GPU backplate?

So I'm fine with this one? I guess I can also reuse my Noctua NH-12A with a different mount right?

No need for different pins? https://de.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=220-G2-0850-X2 I read something about ATX 3.0

Howdy fellas, Is it possible to run an Intel 13600K with my old 850 Watt G2 power supply (from 9900KS build) and PC3200 CL14 ram? Is it recommendable? The GPU I'd be putting in the system is a 3070 Ti.

It weighs about 35 grams and it is probably the heaviest thing I've had so far, so you don't think it'll break the nvme?

This will go into my PC upside down mounted on a slot, hanging down, is it too heavy? Be quiet MC1 Pro.

I see thank you

Hey there, Tried to secure erase a Samsung 990 Pro before returning it to Amazon because of personal data but the bootable stick Samsung magician creates doesn't work, says something about bad shim. What to do now?

But you got what I mean? Basically 12 times removed all created partitions till it became again one unallocated space before the Windows setup. I basically reinstalled Windows 11 about 12+ times because I troubleshooted different setups. And every time I installed Windows newly, I removed the 4 partitions and then freshly installed over the I'm just wondering whether removing partitions / adding them is causing some hard wear or is anything just simply as writing and reading; the partitioning?

Are you the type who likes their stuff for free? Do you also work for free, for fun and pay your hardware-purchases with your body?

Hey guys, I recently got a 990 Pro and through optimization / troubleshooting, I ended up re-installing Windows 11 about 12 times, which means always deleting all created partitions till it is fully unallocated space and then installing Windows again. However, there was not much data written, maybe 2 terabytes total. Does this frequent removing of partitions till unallocated space and repartitioning for Windows installation damage the drive / cause lots of wear or is just the TBW the actual wear and what I'm doing is doing nothing to it, in a harmful way?

Just weird that the executable has different sizes.

For unpacking files? Has been the most reliable for me. Such as installers from Avid.