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I've never had much luck with Powerline networking. It's better than nothing, but, wireless usually fares much better. 
 
As I recall using a Powerline adapter on an extension cord or power strip really tanks performance.  Might be something go keep in mind...
 
Good luck!
 
 

Wow! You go Linus! No offense intended, but, I believe that  is the most 'manly' picture of you I have ever seen! You look twenty years older! I guess working hard enough to be  successful takes it's toll.
 
Seriously, I have watched you since the NCIX days and have seen some of the hard work you have put into becoming the success that LTT has become. You work hard and are good to your people. You are a good guy Linus and you deserve what you have. Keep up the good work!
 

Wow! You go Linus! No offense intended, but, I believe that  is the most 'manly' picture of you I have ever seen! You look twenty years older! I guess working hard enough to be  successful takes it's toll.
 
Seriously, I have watched you since the NCIX days and have seen some of the hard work you have put into becoming the success that LTT has become. You work hard and are good to your people. You are a good guy Linus and you deserve what you have. Keep up the good work!
 

Wow! You go Linus! No offense intended, but, I believe that  is the most 'manly' picture of you I have ever seen! You look twenty years older! I guess working hard enough to be  successful takes it's toll.
 
Seriously, I have watched you since the NCIX days and have seen some of the hard work you have put into becoming the success that LTT has become. You work hard and are good to your people. You are a good guy Linus and you deserve what you have. Keep up the good work!
 

Wow! You go Linus! No offense intended, but, I believe that  is the most 'manly' picture of you I have ever seen! You look twenty years older! I guess working hard enough to be  successful takes it's toll.
 
Seriously, I have watched you since the NCIX days and have seen some of the hard work you have put into becoming the success that LTT has become. You work hard and are good to your people. You are a good guy Linus and you deserve what you have. Keep up the good work!
 

Best for $100 or less? Noctua NH-D15S Chromax, assuming you can fit it in your case.
 
https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NH-D15S-chromax-Black-Premium-Dual-Tower/dp/B08HM1T6RL/

Best to use a Windows-based tool for that instead of gparted, like MiniTool partition wizard.

I want so bad to have a beer with you. I read all over your post, and despite being a bit sad that mine wasn't the longest post on the thread (I think), I recognize another follower of the church of Sain IGNUcius.

I agree with the RAID 0 recommendation. I've been running RAID 0 for years on an older 2600k system for years with no problems. Getting 1GB per second on old SATA3 drives is not bad considering! Agreed it isn't NVME but it saves me from having to upgrade!
 
 
 

If you really were paranoid you'd never have used a water loop to begin with. I'm too paranoid to use water cooling for these very situations, cause it's not like the water cooling company would buy me a new PC if something went wrong.

I'm 55.....my first pc was a 286 I built from parts pulled from a dumpster!
 

Macrium 'Reflect' - free version provides full volume imaging and differential backups.
 
It provides automatic scheduling as well.
 
This software has saved me on multiple occasions for restoring failed drives to new ones (bare metal restore).
 
 

I'm 55.....my first pc was a 286 I built from parts pulled from a dumpster!
 

I'm 55.....my first pc was a 286 I built from parts pulled from a dumpster!
 

I'm 55.....my first pc was a 286 I built from parts pulled from a dumpster!
 

I'm 55.....my first pc was a 286 I built from parts pulled from a dumpster!
 

Real members of the community such as yourself who spend time writing detailed and informative replies to members are the backbone of this forum. Which goes to my main point of why does this post not have any "upvotes" (thumbs up, informative, agreed... Etc.)?

My computer is in a small room(same room that I sleep in).  With that I turn my computer off at night.  One due to noise (lots of fans), two due to the lights, and 3 it significantly heats up the room which I hate.  So off at night, turns on when I use it for the first time that day.

Hah! Poor people problems!
 

wow this is one awesome guide for beginners! Wish I had this when I got into Linux...
 
Awesome work

Now i'm feeling terribly guilty about never changing mine unless a new CPU is going in 

I'm not sure how short term you could go with a place like rent-a-center, but I've used them in the distant past when I was a young punk with a bad credit rating and little money but still needed some things.

puppies always puppies.

not nearly as cute these days

 
 

From what Google says about the  MS-7797 motherboard it uses AMI bios. According to the bios beep codes for AMI you have a processor problem.
 
Here is a table of beep codes for AMI bios extracted from http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/amibeep.htm
 
Beeps
Error Message
Description
1 short DRAM refresh failure The programmable interrupt timer or programmable interrupt controller has probably failed 2 short Memory parity error A memory parity error has occurred in the first 64K of RAM.  The RAM IC is probably bad 3 short Base 64K memory failure A memory failure has occurred in the first 64K of RAM.  The RAM IC is probably bad 4 short System timer failure The system clock/timer IC has failed or there is a memory error in the first bank of memory 5 short Processor error The system CPU has failed 6 short Gate A20 failure The keyboard controller IC has failed, which is not allowing Gate A20 to switch the processor to protected mode. Replace the keyboard controller 7 short Virtual mode processor exception error The CPU has generated an exception error because of a fault in the CPU or motherboard circuitry 8 short Display memory read/write error The system video adapter is missing or defective 9 short ROM checksum error The contents of the system BIOS ROM does not match the expected checksum value.  The BIOS ROM is probably defective and should be replaced 10 short CMOS shutdown register read/write error The shutdown for the CMOS has failed 11 short Cache error The L2 cache is faulty 1 long, 2 short Failure in video system An error was encountered in the video BIOS ROM, or a horizontal retrace failure has been encountered 1 long, 3 short Memory test failure A fault has been detected in memory above 64KB 1 long, 8 short Display test failure The video adapter is either missing or defective 2 short POST Failure One of the hardware testa have failed 1 long POST has passed all tests    
Good luck....
 

Tread lightly...