Pyramiden

I don't need car insurance. I think I am a great driver, and the chances of me hitting someone and paying damages for the rest of both of our lives are so small. It is basically a waste of money.

 

Please take our advice and don't be this stubborn regarding back-ups. Everyone agrees on this topic that back-ups are important. You almost make yourself sound like some kind of vaccination denialist.
And about starting your own business, continuity is not a joke. It is important, and something you should secure for your business to keep being in business for an extended period of time.

I don't need car insurance. I think I am a great driver, and the chances of me hitting someone and paying damages for the rest of both of our lives are so small. It is basically a waste of money.

 

My sarcasm sense is tingling.

I don't need car insurance. I think I am a great driver, and the chances of me hitting someone and paying damages for the rest of both of our lives are so small. It is basically a waste of money.

 

I don't need car insurance. I think I am a great driver, and the chances of me hitting someone and paying damages for the rest of both of our lives are so small. It is basically a waste of money.

 

This is fake news.
3.5mm jacks are perfectly capable of outputting RCA video. However, the transmitting device would need to support the technology.
For example, the Nokia N8, E7, N808 Pureview, and most other Symbian devices could output video using their 3.5mm jack using the Nokia CA-75U adapter. The technology became obslote because of the rise of (micro/mini-)HDMI and later wireless technology.

Did they press the button of letting Windows scan the disk?
The disk probably wasn't unmounted properly when you removed it from your PC. This is not a big deal. Sometimes a prompt comes up asking you to scan the device when you connect a unproperly unmounted USB device to another Windows PC. If you press scan, the PC will run Checkdisk (chkdsk) to attampt to "repair" the problem. Sometimes it fails and removes the data. If they would have pressed "don't scan" everything would have been fine, so technically they wiped the drive.

So, what to do know? Firstly, don't touch the USB drive anymore. Don't connect it to PC's, don't format it, don't even look at it the wrong way ? 
You have to ask yourself the following question:
How important is the data?
If the data is extremely important, like 800$ important, then I would contact a local data recovery company.
If the data is less important, you can attempt to rescue it by using data recovery software, by following a guide similar to this one:
https://www.minitool.com/data-recovery/recover-data-after-chkdsk.html

Did they press the button of letting Windows scan the disk?
The disk probably wasn't unmounted properly when you removed it from your PC. This is not a big deal. Sometimes a prompt comes up asking you to scan the device when you connect a unproperly unmounted USB device to another Windows PC. If you press scan, the PC will run Checkdisk (chkdsk) to attampt to "repair" the problem. Sometimes it fails and removes the data. If they would have pressed "don't scan" everything would have been fine, so technically they wiped the drive.

So, what to do know? Firstly, don't touch the USB drive anymore. Don't connect it to PC's, don't format it, don't even look at it the wrong way ? 
You have to ask yourself the following question:
How important is the data?
If the data is extremely important, like 800$ important, then I would contact a local data recovery company.
If the data is less important, you can attempt to rescue it by using data recovery software, by following a guide similar to this one:
https://www.minitool.com/data-recovery/recover-data-after-chkdsk.html

WD-40 isn't a a grease. It stands for Water Displacement - 40(th formula). You can put some WD-40 to see if the squeaks go away, but it would be temporary, and I would expect the squeaking to come back. Try it with some WD-40. If the squeaking comes back, get some real grease.

I did the same, and got an amp with a set of older speakers. I have a Topping PA3 which powers a set of two Bose Acousitmass speakers, and the bassbox that belongs to the same set. Pretty great sound for the size. 

You can basically get any set of speakers once you get an amp, so I would take a look at what they have on your local second hand website/stores.

Or just use your MX Master for gaming... 

I use mine for games from time to time. It is decent in for example Battlefield V. In my opinion all those complaints are big overstatements of people with 1337 RGB no-scope mouses. It will generally do fine, unless you are very demanding or play on a professional level.

Or just use your MX Master for gaming... 

No, because these graphics cards have modded BIOS files, causing them to malfunction under load. You should be able to pick up something for the same price on the second hand market, if you are looking to upgrade that old PC.

But why? If you don't mount that converter that @jonnyGURU posted your airflow is probably going to be worse with a larger fan.
If there is no mesh your fan will just be pushing air, against the side of the case, accomplishing nothing. With the larger hub to fit the larger motor you might even move less air.

A normal HDD will be just as fast for gaming. No need in getting an SSHD.

Just use 3.5mm to RCA. It should work fine.

You could have a look at the SMSL AD18.
It is a small desktop AMP-DAC combo that has speakers outputs on the rear and a headphone jack on the front.

As for speakers I would take a look at the second hand market. Once yet get a desktop amplifier you get access to the HiFi speaker market in general, and you can get really awesome speakers at a much better price. Speakers rarely break anyway, so you have relatively few risk.

Personally I run a Topping PA3 with an older Bose Acoustimass system, including the bassbox, and they sound pretty good for their size.

You could have a look at the SMSL AD18.
It is a small desktop AMP-DAC combo that has speakers outputs on the rear and a headphone jack on the front.

As for speakers I would take a look at the second hand market. Once yet get a desktop amplifier you get access to the HiFi speaker market in general, and you can get really awesome speakers at a much better price. Speakers rarely break anyway, so you have relatively few risk.

Personally I run a Topping PA3 with an older Bose Acoustimass system, including the bassbox, and they sound pretty good for their size.

Usually 4 pin ARGB is 12v, and 3 pin DRGB is 5v. Therefore they shouldn't be compatible...

I love how this dude questions if he can do this with an SSD but then goes on to Flame others and state how he is a professional PC tech.

If the device you have them plugged into supports swapping audio channels, that's what I would look into first. Otherwise, you can use a male 3.5mm to female RCA adapter connected to a male RCA to female 3.5mm adapter, but swap the red and white connectors to flip the left and right channels.
 
https://www.amazon.com/RiteAV-Stereo-Female-Adapter-Y-Cable/dp/B0018MI5F6/
https://www.amazon.com/Single-Stereo-Adapter-Y-Cable-Connector/dp/B0711DY18S/

 

That looks like trash... Personally I would contact them... This is a fairly expensive case...