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My question is, why did several companies *cough*Apple*cough* just all of a sudden start forcing USB-C on people?? It just made everything complicated, and basically forced people to buy more dongles and hubs I mean, there was almost no support at that time, and there still is almost none today!
 
(I know apple is not the only company to do this, but still)

Actually yes lol, even people like me who were born in America and know literally nobody in China use it, since the cell service is so awful in my area my friend who is Chinese uses it to text/call me, despite living only a few streets away.

WeChat? Nah fam. Wii Chat.
 

Gonna say, unlikely. They have SATA power connectors on them, but that's probably only to supply 5V. The Note 20's fast charge requires USB 3.1 PD with PPS (PD 2.0). If it doesn't supply PD, then it's 15w max. Most laptops will not provide 15w, only 7.5w on USB-C. Desktop motherboards are equally unlikely to provide the needed 100w to the USB-C port to enable PD.
 
What you're looking for is this:
https://www.asus.com/Motherboard-Accessories/USB-31-UPD-PANEL/
 

A problem that you're going to have isn't necessarily that the port can't deliver enough power but that the negotiation between the phone and the port won't allow it. There's some computer logic behind weather a device slow or quick changes. It's not strictly that it can't deliver enough amps.
 
I would look for something that advertise quick charging or product reviews that say it has it as a feature. If it doesn't say it had it it's a gamble not in your favor that it will.

lol no it was a user who posted something that was apparently deleted, I didn't quote because it would cause more spam

You can clip and lube the stabilizers, but that requires soldering if the board isnt hotswappable. If you are going that far you might as well replace them with genuine cherry stabilizers.

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You could get some rubber rings to add to the switches, if the rubber is firm it might change the feel to your liking

all that matters is that the top of the die is clean. You could take a cue tip and wipe off the excess on the sides if you really wanted to, but it won't affect anything.

Well, not necessarily, I ran both the ASUS software and GPU-Z at the same time, and GPU-Z seemed to be reporting the correct stuff (that screenshot), while the ASUS software just seemed to be mis-reporting the clock lol
 
Still uninstalled it though, probably better without it, even if it wasn't "causing" the "issue"

For gaming, focus on he graphics card. Laptops won't be equipped with an underpowered CPU for gaming. An i5 with a 1660 ti will perform a lot better than an i7 and 1650 across the board.

haha, glad i could be of assitance

Not exactly a tutorial, but vultr offers a "1 click" deployment: https://www.vultr.com/apps/openvpn
 
There is definitely other VPN programs out there btw, I just use openvpn personally.

Honestly I would just run your own VPN server (using a VPS) and you could choose a location very close to you, which would make the speed nearly identical to your speed without a VPN, providing you dont get an awful VPS provider, just go with the big trusted companies like Vultr, Digitalocean, Linode, etc. (Its cheaper too!)

Firefox 100% on all devices. I don't trust Google a damn bit, and edge is crap, so yeah.. (Firefox is also a great browser btw, and very regularly updated, despite what many people say)

You definitely would, but the 2600x doesn't have an integrated GPU either.

I would go with the 2400G (or the 3400G, since the 2400G is a bit hard to find from a 1st party seller, just beware the board may not be updated out of the box for 3rd gen ryzen), since that has integrated graphics, and while its certainly not necessary, you may want to get at least 3000mhz RAM.

Firefox 100% on all devices. I don't trust Google a damn bit, and edge is crap, so yeah.. (Firefox is also a great browser btw, and very regularly updated, despite what many people say)

Firefox 100% on all devices. I don't trust Google a damn bit, and edge is crap, so yeah.. (Firefox is also a great browser btw, and very regularly updated, despite what many people say)

hey, at least you didn't have the b450 steel legend, was pretty meh imo, left lots to be desired

i don't know that fast boot is that big of a deal... could just be me but generally my PC has booted up plenty quick enough for me just running with an SSD

The motherboard slot using chipset lanes has higher latency because it has PCIe lanes not directly connected to the CPU, so in that regard, the CPU connected slot is a touch faster (though it may make little difference depending on the application)
 
Whichever the manual says is the CPU slot is the best option overall, usually that's the top one since it's closest.

Fantastic! I love it when things work out like this.

Hmm it's still sitting at $50, interesting. I've bought lots from that seller and only one dud that was sold as not working and was actually not working, everything else has worked (even the sold as not working but that's not a guarantee, I knew what I was buying and fixing). They ship fast and package well, I'd feel confident buying from them. It's probably an overkill board for what you need but if you can snag it for $70-90 shipped it's a good deal regardless!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/MSI-Performance-GAMING-Intel-8th-Gen-LGA-1151-M-2-HDMI-DP-USB-3-1-WiFi-Mini-ITX/372929365483?hash=item56d45285eb:g:eQEAAOSwRY1eG0Py
 
you could try sniping that but I doubt it'll go for under $100. Newegg eBay has a H310 board for about $80 shipped.