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I've got a Corsair CX450M Power supply. I recently upgraded my GPU to a Sapphire RX590. The rest of my System is: Ryzen 5 1500X, 8GB RAM, B350 MoBo, 480Gb SSD. Now I just realized, that inside the power supply at back side where the wall outlet is, there are two blocks from which there seems to be some sort of white paste expanding. One block also seems to have been displaced by a few Centimeters. (check the attached image) Unfortunately I do not remember If my model always looked like this. After a quick image search for the CX450M, I can find images of both with and without this expanding paste in the back. What is the purpose of this paste? Is it safe to keep using this power supply?

So, I've currently got a GTX 650 and now want to install an RX 590. Is it enough to unistall GeForce Experience and the Nvidia drivers from the Control Panel or is it better to use Display Driver Unistaller (DDU)? Or both?

So according to this review the RX 590 consumes a peak of 239W in game, and the RX 580 has a peak of 208W. So my CX 450M should still be capable for the RX 590, correct?

My current setup is: Ryzen 5 1500X MSI B350 Motherboard GTX 650 GPU 8 GB RAM 480 GB SSD Corsair CX 450M PSU I'm long overdue for a GPU upgrade and am considering a RX 580 or RX 590, preferably a Sapphire NITRO+. My CPU has a TDP of 65W and the GPUs each have a TDP of 235W. That is a total of 300W, so 150W left for motherboard, drives, fans etc. Will my Corsair CX 450M be sufficient for this upgrade?

My new AUKEY KM-G8 (no lighting) dosen't seem to work. When I connect it either to my Desktop PC or laptop, none of them recognize it (no windows sound) and typing doesn't register (for example in a text document). Also none of the lights for caps lock, Num Pad or the third light up. I've also tried rebooting but I still can't get it to work For reference, my old keyboard gets recognized immediately (with windows sound) and also the Num Pad light turns on. I don't think this is a driver problem or? On the Aukey site there are no drivers for any of the keyboards, only a software for a RGB keyboard. Is there some way for me to fix it? Or should I return it and request a new one?

So in a 32 Bit Computer there are 232 = 4,29 * 109 possible memory cells. Each cell can hold 32 Bits of Data, so that would result in 232 * 32 Bit = 1,37 * 1011 Bits. And as 8 Bit = 1 Byte: (232 * 32)/8 Bytes = 1,72 * 1010 Bytes = 17,2 GB. But I thought 32 Bit PCs could only support up to 4 GB (that value would correspond to the 232 available cells). So is one Byte now 32 Bits? Or is it just 4 GB as only one value can fit in each cell and letters/numbers that were formally just 8 Bit are now stretched to 32 Bits? Wouldn't this lead to three quarters of the Memory being free if only these 8 Bit letters/number were used?

Net Neutrality

I've googled it and it seems like this screen is for purposfuly reseting your PC. So I clicked on No. The PC shut it self down. After that it booted up normaly into windows.

I restarted my Toshiba Laptop, and shortly after signing in windows crashed and said it was collecting data. This was somehow interrupted, I guess. Now I have a black screen with a blue box in the middle saying: "The Hard Drive Recovery Process has been selected. Please chosse [Yes] if you are sure that you want to continue. [Yes] [No]" Should I seletct this? And will this reset my PC?

GPU Overclocking pls

For what reason should I pay 10€ more for the Gigabyte GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 MoBo instead of the ASRock AB350M Pro4? I can't see a big difference so I would be happy if you could show me the benefits for it.

Ok thank you very much!

So you think it is ok for the mointor to be about the cost of the GPU as there are also monitors for ~half the price but without Freesync and 1ms responce time etc. Will I even notice the difference?

1. Budget & Location My Budget is around 900€ ( ~960$ ) and I live in Germany. 2. Aim I am currently only palying older games like modern warfare 2 but I want to be able to play EA Battlefront & Battlefront II when it comes out. I also want the system to be able to handle games in the next 3-4 years as I will probably get more games by then. 3. Monitors I will only want one monitor and am strongly considering the ASUS VG245H Gaming Monitor - 24" FHD (1920x1080) 1ms, GameFast Input Technology, FreeSync™. 4. Peripherals I've already got a gaming mouse, mousepad and a headset. I will probably be able to get a keyboard and an SSD from a friend of mine. 5. Why are you upgrading? Because I am using a five year old laptop with integrated graphics.... I think you get the point. PartList: https://geizhals.de/?cat=WL-794228 CPU: € 202 AMD Ryzen 5 1500X, 4x 3.50GHz, boxed (YD150XBBAEBOX) GPU: € 218 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4GD5, 4GB GDDR5, DVI, 2x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, lite retail (11265-09-20G) MoBo: € 81 ASRock AB350M Pro4 (90-MXB520-A0UAYZ) RAM: € 71 Kingston HyperX Fury schwarz DIMM 8GB, DDR4-2666, CL15-17-17 (HX426C15FB/8) PS: € 51 Corsair CX Series Modular CX450M 450W ATX 2.4 (CP-9020101-EU/CP-9020101-UK) Case: € 81 Fractal Design Define Mini C mit Sichtfenster, schallgedämmt (FD-CA-DEF-MINI-C-BK-W) Monitor: € 181 ASUS VG245H Gaming Monitor - 24" FHD (1920x1080) 1ms, GameFast Input Technology, FreeSync™ Storage: € 0 ? SSD 120 GB ( ? ) OS: € 30 Windows 10 Home from kinguin.net Sum: ~ € 900 I would like to be able to save a few bucks without losing performance so CPU and GPU fit for me. (the RX 570 might also be a compromise but as the System is for Gaming a good graphics card is a must) But the case and monitor? they are both quite expensive for this build in my eyes but I'm also not sure how much quality I will lose with going cheaper there. The monitor is the most used hardware as its the main interface so I would like to have a good one. But its almost the same cost as the RX 580 so will its low response time, Freesync etc. be actualy useful? And for the case I just really like the look of the Fractal Design Define Mini C with all its features but how much quality will I lose if go with a cheaper case? (no dust filters etc.) How harmful is that for my system? I would sitll like a micro ATX case for the smaller footprint on my desk and the easier option to transport it to Lan Parties which I do rather frequently. If you know a budget friendly alternative for the case or monitor I would be happy to hear it!