PineyCreek

You're entirely dependent on motherboard slot power, so nothing requiring an external PCI-E connector. 1050Ti? 1650 if it fits (but get the G5 model, not the G6 model).

Ubiquiti's forums (various angry customer rants aside) are usually helpful with the community moderator/support directing you to directly work on a support ticket with them if necessary, or you could skip that and use help.ui.com and file an official ticket directly (help.ui.com -> Support Resources at the top right -> contact support).

I don't know how well Steam Link works as an app on an nVidia SHIELD, but the dedicated Steam Link appliance I bought prior to its discontinuation works great. I would assume it would work about the same, but admittedly I don't know for sure.

Where are you located (currently)? The US? Norway? Effectively, what country will the laptop be bought in? Local taxes, etc might affect the budget somewhat...but for $2k USD you've got a lot of leeway. Also, speaking from experience, if you plan on using the 10-key/numpad a lot for something, especially if you're moving the laptop around, you're going to get annoyed really fast. I'd skip the USB numpad at that point and buy an external keyboard if the laptop you get doesn't have it.

I would sincerely suggest posting on the Ubiquiti forums directly for this a la community.ui.com and then reference the community post in the event you need to do an RMA on it.

It's fine. It'd be more concerning if you were up against the glass with a vertically-mounted GPU.

You can overclock a toaster if you pump more power into it than it's designed for.

Depends on the BIOS version you have now. You need v11 (1.1 really). See below link. It's on page 4 of 6. The only way you'd have a problem is if your board shipped with v10/1.0. https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/MPG-B550-GAMING-PLUS/support#cpu

This seems relevant: If I'm reading this right, somehow it's providing a way for the GPU to use the USB-C on the computer for VR applications? I guess unless you want that you could just disable it. Or perhaps see if your motherboard or any peripheral cards with USB have the latest drivers, chipset drivers, but that's a shot in the dark. Edit: something to do with VirtualLink? Supposedly not on 16XX cards though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualLink

Oh, wait, this is a 1660 super with USB-C on-board? One of those they made for VR or something?

Got me. Seems like some of those reports seem to be on Win8.1 as well. Might have something to do with it, might not. What motherboard is the card in?

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/no-pci-device-drivers/2942d987-3fbb-4399-9e79-307eecf4edd9

Do you see your monitor under the Audio inputs and outputs in the device manager with NVIDIA High Definition Audio in parenthesis (i.e. audio device for display output)? Or NVIDIA high definition audio or virtual audio drivers under "Sound, video and game controllers"?

I've used an RM850X for several years now. Solid. Maglev fan. Nice. Used a Seasonic 750 in another build...might have been a Focus GX. No issues.

Even Google can't figure out exactly what Asus bf570 is. Can you give the exact model of motherboard? That said: https://rog.asus.com/us/support/FAQ/1043948 Looks like it's in the BIOS. Are you connected to your 1080Ti via HDMI or Displayport or DVI, etc.? Try a different input. My X370 won't show the BIOS screen on Displayport, maybe you've got something similar.

Long story short, seems like PNY's the way to go. More warranty, cheaper, less power (and likely a bit less heat) and you can afford that monitor. Wins all around.

Is it active nihilism at play or more of an apathetic existential crisis? Consider the Japanese philosophy of mono no aware (物の哀れ).

If you have any doubts, then buy it. I'd take the RM850x just for a the maglev fan myself, but it's not necessary. For a point of comparison though, I have an Evga 1080Ti FTW3 with my RM850x, I don't think my entire computer hits more than 500W during gaming. Might be a tiny bit more since I just went from a 1700 to a 5800x.

Overclocking takes more power for progressively lesser returns usually, so it makes sense that a more heavily-driven GPU on the same chip would take more power. That aside, usually recommended PSUs are also overestimates.

PNY's fine. They've been making decent products for years. They just don't advertise much. Do you want to pay an extra $200 for an extra 100MHz boost clock? Only thing I would say is see if the ASUS has a much better warranty or special features you'd rather have.

There will always be something better, there will always be something worse, something cheaper, something more expensive...and none of those have to correlate. That being said, I've had an RM850x since late 2017 and it has been rock solid. There's been quite a few revisions on both RM850 and RM850X and even Corsair barely does anything to help anyone see the difference. The ATX spec might be different depending on what year or part you get, but unlikely anything that would matter. I think I'd leave the PSU alone though unless your're having issues during high GPU-load issues. Does it crash if you run something like 3dmark or furmark? Alternatively if you have a UPS or something like a Kill-a-watt you could check wattage in realtime.

Sitting alone during downtime during another 12hr (not including lunch) night shift sometimes gets me staring into nothing while inside something's screaming at the darkness. Once I get tired of mentally screaming I grab my mind and shove it back on task to something productive. ....AAAAAND with that heavy thought, I'm curious, what situations or life choices make you scream internally at nothing in particular or something purely metaphysical?

Oof. Ok, try checking resmon (Resource monitor) or task manager and watch disk writes?

5500 is PCI-E 3.0 only, so it's an oddity. 5800X is a hot CPU, so get a decent cooler. 5600X is a happy medium.

If you have the budget, you can build by desires as well, not necessarily needs. I mean, no one needs an expensive hypercar. Doesn't stop people from buying them.