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I have a computer with a core i7-7700k on a MSI z270 gaming pro carbon. It started with my original windows 10 boot drive (A 1TB Samsung SSD) would refuse to update. I noticed that it had not been updated since 2019, and it had been failing to update for nearly two years. The only information it would give me is an "unexpected boot state" error. I spent weeks trying to troubleshoot the problem, before I ended up giving up, since I had wanted to upgrade to an NVME M.2 drive anyways. I installed my brand new Crucial M.2 P2 ssd, installed windows on it, and started to work on installing my programs. I left the old SSD hooked up since it had some programs that my brother used that I hadn't gotten around to installing again. Thankfully I didn't wipe that drive, because after a few days with the new ssd it stopped booting. I booted into the Samsung ssd to try and fix the problem, and found that the entire new ssd was there, but showed up as a raw partition. I started working on different troubleshooting steps for that drive, and then my old drive stopped booting also. Windows started spitting out different errors, (which I have unfortunately forgotten) and now it's to a point where both copies of windows will boot to just a black screen with the spinning dots of death. I have spent hours trying to troubleshoot now, and I am beginning to think it may be a problem with hardware, perhaps the SATA controller. I have even attempted to repair the drives using bootable usb linux distros, but they give me an error of "NTFS partition is in an unsafe state. Please resume and shutdown Windows fully." Am I missing something, or has my motherboard passed on? EDIT: I now get an error of 0xc0000001 when trying to boot off of the Samsung ssd.

I was looking at the listings for dbrand grips and found a listing for AirPods 3, even though they were not released yesterday at the Apple event. There hasn't been any announcements or any news of this. The shape of the case is almost identical to the leaks and renders we have seen so far.

GTX 1050ti vs two GTX 950s in sli? Could be interesting...

So I have a system with 16gb of DDR4 G.SKILL rgb ram running at 3000 megahertz, and was looking to add 16gb of ram. I was looking at this ram from corsair, and was wondering if I had to use the exact ram that I got when I built the machine, or if I could use the ram I have right now with the corsair ram.

I was looking at an Asus ROG RX 560 4gb on Newegg, but the only version of that card they had was an open box version. I was wondering what type (if any) of a warranty it may have on it.

I just built my first system, (yay!) but currently have no graphics card. I have a Intel Core i7 7700K, Msi Z270 Gaming Pro Carbon, a 120 gb ssd alongside a old samsung 64 gb ssd, 2tb hdd, and a corsair 750 watt psu. I cannot afford much, probably a 1050 ti or rx 560. I have a dell freesync panel, and have a few questions: 1. Does it matter if I have G-Sync? 2. Should I get a 1050 ti, rx 560, or wait for a rx 580? (can probably get one around Christmas) I apologize for being sparse on details, but am in a bit of a rush while writing this.