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Whale - in this context - is referring to excessive, but insignificant (to the person concerned), financial outlay and therefore is nothing to do with acronyms.

Currently... plenty (100+).

Just to clarify - new card & monitor combo. 'is' what I'm looking for. Rest/whole or my rig in my profile.

Over 100...

Currently on an RX 6800 to an LG 27GP850 playing WoW at 1440p; I would love to play @ 4K 100Hz +. Yes, it's not really a game that screams "Needs to be played at 4K" & may that do play other games at 4K, so it's a side bonus. What is the best bang for buck graphics card/monitor combo. to achieve this...? I'm looking for ideas so I can gauge a budget & determine if it's 'personally' viable. Thanks, in advance.

The drives work - one of them is the OS drive - but the BIOS "front page" doesn't see them them in the same way it does with S-ATA drives... it may not even be possible to see them, just curious if it can & what I'd need to do that I haven't done already.

This may be equally valid in here or the Motherboard section, but since it revolves around m.2 drives, I've posted it here... by all means, if it belongs in Motherboards, please evict it from here & repatriate it accordingly. MSI B550 Tomahawk; on power-on it only reports the three S-ATA drives connected to it on the POST screen & I was wondering if there is a way to get the two m.2 drives I have installed in the 'board reported here, too? I don't know that it's even possible, so I could be on a hiding to nothing; full rig in 'signature'. Thanks, in advance, for any light that can be shed on this...

I already have a (second - had to replace the original damaged) pair of Arctis Prime... the Sony pair died decades ago.

Would that give credibility to the thinking that a driver than can "cover 10hz - 40kHz" would be better able to "cover 20Hz - 20kHz", than a driver designed just for 20-20k...?

The headset in question is the Steel Series Arctis Prime; specifically, is a frequency response range of 10 - 40,000 Hz anything special, or are there other factors that need to be taken into account alongside this metric? I used to own a pair of Sony MDR-V7 Studio Monitors and they sounded absolutely phenomenal; that said I don't deem myself remotely proficient enough to know that 'their' frequency response range of 5 - 30,000 Hz was all that special - for the reasons outlined above. The other metric that I can compare is that the Sony unit had 50mm drivers, where the Steel Series unit only has 40mm drivers. Most specifically; are there diminishing returns on a more extended frequency response range that many may not be able to detect? I think I can appreciate the full range offered by both units (could, in the case of the Sony unit), but am looking for better input than I have to hand to know if the headphones I have now are as good as I feel they are. Yes; I like them, esp. as the cable is infinitely more replaceable than the one on the Sony was (I replaced it twice, before I could no longer get a replacement cable)... and if 'me liking them' is all that matters, then fine. Ohh... "what do I use them for?" - any sound my PC makes (from a Creative Labs Audigy RX), as speakers are too intrusive for anyone else who happens to be in the room at the same time I'm using my PC. Thank you - in advance - for any input offered.

I still don't get what is meant by security updates... I know that makes me sound thick, but when it comes to mobile/cell phones I probably am. I still 'only' use my Xperia L3 for calls and texts and anything that requires any serious computing power I do on my desktop PC. Is there no need for me to have a heightened state of paranoia &/or FOMO if I don't actually live on my mobile phone...?

Why do I feel that the emphasis on having as new a version of Android as possible is something worthy of being paranoid about, that I need to replace - by the thinking outlined here - "my decrepit Sony Xperia L3" that only has Android 8(.1?) with immediate effect...? IS Android 8 REALLY that bad that it has no place in society, in general, any more...?

The choice you have to make is TWO graphics cards or TWO M.2 drives... which is more important to YOU? The two graphics cards you mentioned that you want to use make no sense as a pair.

It means "use this M.2 first" and "LIGHTNING GEN M.2" refers to the (then) newest Gen 4 PCI-e connectivity for storage. EDIT: What M.2 drive are you using & are you aware that Gen 3 M.2 drives work perfectly fine in Gen 4 M.2 slots...?

I have this EXACT Motherboard... The TOP M2 slot runs off the CPU, the BOTTOM one off the 'chipset'. What other cards do you want to use in which PCI-e slots? EDIT: I use BOTH M.2 slots and a PCI-e sound card in PCI-E4...

My Meshify C is the 'tinted glass' variant; the Ceres 500 has a glass panel.

Apologies in advance if I don't mark anyone as the solution; I don't see this as the kind of thread that seeks a definitve 'solution', it was more looking to add a pinch of sanity to a thought exercise.

I'm more than happy to do so & the whole rig will be as thoroughly dusted/cleaned as I can be bothered to muster before being reinstalled, to assist with thermals.

As far as aesthetics go, I've seen some rather tastefully 'designed' closed loops & even the RGB on some AiO's can be 'tamed', if it needs to be. I'm rather a minimalist when it comes to cosmetic lighting, so that isn't a major factor in this specific discussion... RGB can even be switched off, so... YES... I know the supplied fans with the Ceres 500 are RGB, but they'll get put on a VERY tight leash - trust me.

5800X Part of the reason for asking is that - aside from simply getting my a$$ in gear - I'm going to transplant my existing rig from a Meshify C to a Ceres 500 "exclusively" for the reason that the power button is on the side of the case (Ceres 500) & not the top (Meshify C), where my cats can (potentially) stand on the power button & kill my PC session...! Yes, the Ceres comes with a load of fans, but I'm just wondering if the appeal of liquid cooling is any more than a 'devil on my shoulder' wanting me to spend unnecessary money...? It seems it could be & thank you to those who seem to be echoing this thinking.

As I feel this is more about CPU's, I chose to post it here - but if Moderators see different, please move it to Cooling; no way I'm posting it there as well, to incur their wrath. I currently use a Ryzen 7 series CPU and would like to know if how I perceive cooling these units is correct; "Liquid cooling is best reserved for only the highest end CPU's". I fully accept that my Dark Rock 4 Pro is a more than capable unit, but the appeal of an AiO (or even a closed loop) has been something that's nibbled at my curiosity for a few years... what say the wiser amongst you, to this?

No guarantee the shipping will be cheaper...

Shortest answer - no time soon. Realistic answer...? Never.

That would be in VERY poor taste...

Rechargeable batteries may not have the same total capacity as their disposable counterparts, that's the trade-off of using them. Depending on the chemistry composition, the charge decay will vary, too; Ni-Cd are worse than Ni-HM and way worse than Lithium Ion. I think disposables are the option that wireless peripherals are designed around, so that would be my recommendation.