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Is it only your mouse? If so I'd just say its a defective mouse.

Funny enough, I had both a Darkflash PSU and a Corsair CV PSU blow on me. The Darkflash took my MOBO with it and the CV luckily didn't harm any other parts. The cheapest option I would go with are the EVGA BA 500w/ EVGA BR 500w for $60. They're no top tier PSU but I've used them in a lot of budget builds and they work perfectly for what they cost.

Tried, nothing. Im almost sure its not thermal paste.

I mean that I deliberately scrubbed the areas containing the grey residue and it still wont go away

Dont see why it wouldnt.

If thats thermal paste then its the most persistent thermal paste of all time. Ive scrubbed it with a noctua 99% IPA pad probably 300 times.

Alright, the pc works as intended so I won't worry about it.

When I bought a 9700k used off EBay, I noticed that when it arrive it had some weird discolored contacts. When looking at the contacts from a top down perspective they don’t look bad, in fact, they look completely normal. But when I shine a light on the side of the cpu, I noticed some weird discoloration. It almost looks like thermal paste, but ive tried cleaning it with noctua pads so many times that I know thats not the case. The images below show what im talking about. Theyre not the clearest but I think you can get the picture

He's only using a i5 7400

So, my friend is perfectly content with his system specification wise and performance wise, but his system keeps crashing and it has been troubleshooted to be caused by the motherboard. I'm searching ebay for motherboards and what not but it's very hard to find a B250 or Z270 motherboard that is not completely overpriced. The only one I have found is this one, but it claims to be a "mining motherboard." and i'm not sure if it will perform well when gaming.

I see, I guess I will just stick to Moca then.

im not planning on adding more than 2 devices, so should I still go MoCA? I dont understand the premise of Cate5/6 as I can't run long cables through my walls without it being insanely hard.

Okay, so I tried using power line adapters and those failed miserably, they kept causing my CAFCI breakers to trip constantly and I could not find a solution to it for the life of me. Someone recommended to me MOCA adapters to get Ethernet speeds, however. The problem is the price. These cost about $170 and after wasting $110 on powerline adapters that netgear refuses to refund me on, I'm really not looking forward to paying that. I found these that look pretty similar to the moca adapters that were reccomended and am wondering whether or not they will suffice, if they will do the same as powerline adapters and trip my breakers, and if they will give similar speeds to wifi.

Could I get a link please? I cant find it

I guess I'll have to start saving for the coax moca 2.0 adapter then. I've seen them online before and they seem pretty good, but sadly I'll have to go back to my subpar wifi connection until I can afford them.