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Hi! I just rebuilt my computer, and suddenly, when I got back home, the power LED won't turn on, and the computer doesn't start. When I hit the button, the PSU fan does one spin, and the rgb ram illuminates, but that's it. No fan spin. What's the likely culprit? The motherboard? The PSU? The latter is a few years old Corsair 600w sfx model. Ryzen 5 5600 Gigabyte A520I ac RTX 3060 inno3d Thank you!

Heya, getting back into it after a bit. I have a 4th gen processor on LGA1150. I want to switch to a new Ryzen CPU, probably the 5600. Could I transfer my old cooler? Also, while I'm at it, what ITX motherboard you would recommend (cheapest, I don't care about special features) that would still support the 5600 without a bios flash? Thank you!

Hey! This is not my first PC, but first time with this issue. The computer I'm building now has a Ryzen 5 5600G (no GPU until prices come down). The motherboard is an Asus b550m-k. After building everything, the fans spin but I can't enter the bios. (No display output). The motherboard outputs only power. I confused all the graphs and charts and compatibility lists, and it turns out, as far as my understanding goes, that I need a bios update for this mobo+CPU combo to work, but unfortunately, I don't have an older CPU to do the update with. The motherboard also doesn't have an update bios button. Is there any alternative way to update the bios? I would hate to throw away a perfectly good mobo just for that.

I'm honestly very glad to see how amazing this forum is. If you checked on Reddit, the same topic became a political butt storm. Either way, I guess what non Israelis don't get is that this is as close as we get to celebrities ever...

If you are willing to build your own, definitely not. You can do better than the i3 for that price for sure, depending on availability

Don't even trip, dawg. You are good.

It'll probably hold, but don't worry about it. SLI is as good as dead.

The cheaper one. You really don't need anything fancy for an HTPC, or for most common use cases, actually...

You shouldn't buy an external SSD either. You should just have two HDDs in raid 1 in your existing PC, and that's it. Linus has a pretty good video on what it means. Honestly though, cloud backup is pretty good and convenient, if you don't feel like the hassle

Maybe the issue is the size of the laptop? We own an hp x360 15", and even with my giant hands my wrists still rest on the metal, nowhere near the edge.

What do you mean? that cable management is fantastic. Maybe I'd take off a few points because that SSD isn't double-sided taped to anything. Otherwise, immaculate.

Maybe things changed when I wasn't hardcore into PC's for the past two years, but in 2018 the consensus was that the motherboard really doesn't impact performance, and you only needed fancy VRMs if you really cared about overclocking or had a very high end system. I'd love to be corrected though.

This is nice! GTX980Ti, unreasonably strong PSU, early age AIO water cooling. I think a fun practice would be to take everything out, clean it (ofc) and reassemble it nicely. Maybe even get a new case if you are feeling like it.

Hmm. It's a bit problematic to buy a computer that will have Photoshop and games with only 500 gigs of storage. NVMe isn't that necessary, Switch to a more generic 2.5'' SSD with 1 TB (could be like 10-$20 more, but definitely worth it.) Kill the fans, and maybe get a cheaper mother board (they don't really impact performance that much). I think that with that you can fit a 3070 in your budget, which is a way better value than the 5700.

How complicated do you want it to be? What's the design part of the system? From what I gather, you are just building a PC. Are you designing your own case? Maybe you can help me figure out what you are looking for.

If you're going all out on the motherboard, wouldn't you want pci-e 4? You could get it on ryzen. Linus has in his current build an amd motherboard that has thunderbolt. Maybe someone sharper than me remembers what it is.

The cheap keys are usually from the grey market. Unused oem licenses from cheaper countries and such. If you don't feel comfortable with doing so, you're welcome to buy the full licence. It's always 99$, unless the box itself is on sale somewhere. As far as I know, you can't get a virus from an oem key. So even if you buy it on eBay (and use PayPal for security), and it doesn't work, you're only out 3$. Imo, the only reason not to do it is moral. And I think you can guess what I think.

Honestly, you don't really have much to upgrade for. You already have one of the best CPUs, even if there are some that are slightly better. If you have a hole burning in your pocket, or you found a good way to flip the i9, you may be able to get a maybe noticeable performance bump. That's just how CPUs are - you don't need to upgrade every generation.

Alright. I should wait. I should not buy it right away. Wait a year, right? Save some money, wait for the prices to go down? I mean, you will have to buy essentially a new computer - everything but the case and PSU. Your ancient i5 won't support it. Just wait and save up a bit. You aren't exactly making big money now either.... But we wants it... Yes... Give us the precious...

Search ebay for h81 motherboards. They are the cheapest kind that would fit.

Not to toot your horn, but what games can the 750ti run at 144hz?

You could get something much more balling for that money, like the ultra curved ultra wide samsung monitor Linus is always raving about recently (I think it's the G7?)

I think it's a good thing. Occasionally people post here thinking that they should get sli, and this forum quickly corrects them. it's not obvious to know that 2 cards don't equal 2 performance and also caca in the middle. This way there will be less confusion.

Depends how deep you're willing to go. I wouldn't put anything in the inner part of a laptop (heat), and I doubt that there's much room behind the screen. You could just get a USB RGB strip and glue it to the back...

Why can't I ask why? Maybe I can offer you a better solution. What's your budget?