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What the heck happened? the MSI Z87-G43 had XP drivers yesterday but now today it doesn't have XP drivers listed anymore? https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/Z87-G43.html Even the official page says it's Windows XP compatible and I swear I went over to the driver section and double checked that it had XP drivers and it for sure did but now it doesn't

Whenever I search for older components like these motherboards and processors on ebay, I see mostly listings from China. Are any of these possibly fakes? It seems a bit fishy to me how 90% of these listings are from china or hong kong with cheaper prices than the local ones. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=msi+Z87-G43&_sacat=0&rt=nc&_fsrp=1

Well, I found out the MSI Z87-G43 on LGA1150 has XP drivers! Which means I could use an i7 4790k which would be faster than x79's offerings for single core and officially make it the fastest gaming cpu with official XP drivers that I know of. I think I'm going to try it anyways and hope for the best. This is kind of an experiment that I want to do.

Is there another CPU that's better than the 3770k for single core performance that's officially supported on Windows XP?

Yup, I'm aware of the security vulnerabilities of XP and plan for this pc to be offline only, don't wanna compromise the rest of my network. That's good to know. I have a 2x8GB kit, since 32bit Windows can only address 4GB, would it still know operate in dual channel to see those benefits or would it just address the first 4GB it sees in one channel and ignore the rest? I didn't even think of doing that! I'll definitely try it, I'm not sure how much benefits single core performance would see but it's probably worth doing

I've decided I want to build a PC that will run Windows XP 32bit and I want to use the most powerful officially supported components that still have high compatibility. I plan to pick up a quality CRT monitor for this build and a future Windows 98 build I'd like to do, so the GPU should support analog output in some capacity but I believe all cards prior to Pascal support analog output. Not sure about AMD side though. So far I'm thinking Intel i7 3770k on a Z77 platform with an Nvidia GTX 780ti. I'm not super familiar with any memory limitation intricacies Windows XP 32bit has and I see mixed information from random forums that can date back to 2001. I have questions like: "Can I have 4gb RAM and also have a 3GB video card?" "Can I have more than 4GB physical RAM and have Windows only use 4GB on boot so it's seamless with no compatibility issues? If so, how would I get dual channel to work if the kit is say, 2x4GB or 2x8GB?" "What are the maximum storage device size limitations?" I've already considered the GTX 690 and decided against it because I'm not sure about SLI stability in general (cool card tho). I'm aware that technically the GTX 980ti and Titan X are supported on XP with a minor driver edit, but I don't want to pay current gpu prices for those cards and it's not technically "out of the box supported" so they don't follow my "officially supported" theme i have going on. let me know if I'm missing any other potential GPU contenders. I'll come right out and say it, I'm not really sure if the i7 3770k is the absolute endgame CPU for this build. I'm really just looking for best single core performance here. And I guess this is where my research ended and I hopped on this forum. I've been researching for 3 days now very inefficiently. I'd really like to see a list of motherboards and chipsets that support XP but somehow haven't found any online. Also interested in any pc case suggestions, thinking of getting like an early to mid 2000s period accurate case or something but I don't know any off hand. I'm 24 years old and always played with PCs growing up but I never really got into PCs until 2016 so there's a lot of hardware history I missed completely.

I'm aware of audiophile quality headphones, however I need a mic and have no space for a dedicated mic on my desk. If I'm going to spend ~$300 on a pair of headphones, it's gotta be my headset for everything, not just explicitly listening to music or watching movies. (can't game with no mic). This doesn't really answer my question

Why? I just want to know if the audio quality is at least the same or better than the Siberia V2

Hi guys, I've been looking at the Steelseries Arctis Pro Wireless for a while now, and it checks every box except for 1. I've been using Siberia V2's for the last 7+ years because all the other headsets I've tried in recent years have had much worse sound quality than my V2's. I'm aware the Arctis Pro Wired headset has near audiophile sound quality and the Wireless version has worse sound quality. Has anybody tried both the Siberia V2 and the Arctis Pro Wireless headsets? I want to know from somebody who's tried both if the sound quality is at least the same or better than the Siberia V2

Thanks for the informative answers. I will be manually wiping the drives a couple times then reinstalling Windows.

Couple questions: 1: Is choosing "Reset this PC" with all the data deletion settings checked functionally the same as if I booted from a Windows Recovery/install disk, opened command prompt, and ran "clean all" on each disk, then reinstalling Windows? 2: Will anything I do affect change the Raid configuration 3: If I write all bits to 0 with "clean all", then how would it be possible to recover ANY data from the SSD/HDD? Why would I need enterprise grade data deletion software? Link to original comment and question: Sorry I'm double posting, but I feel like the original thread probably died. Thanks in advance

Okay so I just saw Linus's NCIX video about configuring Raid and it's not painful at all like I thought it would be. Couple questions now: 1: Is choosing "Reset this PC" with all the data deletion settings checked functionally the same as if I booted from a Windows Recovery disk, opened command prompt, and ran "clean all" on each disk, then reinstalling Windows? 2: Will anything I do affect change the Raid configuration 3: If I write all bits to 0 with "clean all", then how would it be possible to recover ANY data from the ssd? Why would I need enterprise grade data deletion software?

So can I just use the "Reset this PC" function? Or do I have to manually write all drives to 0 and reinstall Windows and configure Raid myself? I mainly just want to avoid having to learn about configuring Raid right now

Okay, so I'm planning on selling an MSI laptop with Windows factory installed on 2 128GB NVMe drives in a Raid 0 configuration. Like any time you want to sell a pc or get rid of it, you want to erase all your data from the drives to prevent someone stealing something important. Can I just choose "Reset this PC" in Windows settings to erase all files (write to 0) while keeping the Windows 10 installation on Raid 0 intact? Or do i have to manually write all drives to 0 then fully reinstall Windows 10 on a newly configured Raid 0? I hope not because I have no experience configuring Raid and I don't have the Windows 10 key it came pre-installed with.

Decided to go with the Corsair Dark Core RGB SE https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826816109 It's cheaper, has higher DPI, has a sniper button, has wireless charging, looks way more ergonomic and less ugly, and has that same low latency tech. And as an added bonus, it matches the rest of my Corsair branding lol