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When your system no longer fits your need

No need to replace a system just because it is aging. Do not consider an upgrade simply because the socket is no longer getting CPUs - it only matters if your computer is no longer useful for what you need it for.

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Or if you simply want something new. Know that if you plan too long you'll be encroaching on Ryzen 9000's release. 

If it still works fine for you no need yo upgrade or anything
 
Just because something is older doesnt mean its useless suddenly

You have a system a lot of people wish they could have. It makes no sense to upgrade your PC unless your needs are not met. Making small improvements is one thing, but planning an entire system upgrade seems like an unnecessary waste of money.

The only reason I have my current rig is cause I got the CPU for free, if I didn't I would still most likely be rocking my i7-4790K.
 
With a solid last-gen spec like that, you have a great PC 

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

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

I totally agree. I basically built my own headset by adding the capsule of a Shure WCM16 headset microphone to my old AKG K240 Sextett. And because i had some free time during covid, built my own small preamp and power supply for it with 2 soviet 1sh29b tubes to get something that fits my needs.
 
Now i use Austrian Audio Hi-X 60 and a surprisingly good dynamic microphone made in GDR on an arm that i also modified a little.
 
Both combinations work really well, but are not that easy to replicate... Although i still have a couple of those microphones lying around, if someone wants something unusual, they fit the bill.

By the time you're an adult 99% of what you'll hear will be in the ~25-16,000Hz range or so. You might hear a little under (and you'll certainly be able to feel it) and a little over but 40KHz is for bats, not humans.

A bunch of other things matter more like how consistent the response is (no frequencies extra high or low), how responsive the headphones are, how much distortion there is, etc.
 
Also you might be able to get a new cable off of ebay. It might be a "knock off" that's fine. Cables aren't magical. They're VERY simple to make. At least if you're worried about frequencies under 20KHz. If it's 1000x higher or more then tolerances matter more (why trace design and insulation matters on a motherboard or for certain TelCo systems)

A frequency response spec given only as a range between two frequencies is completely meaningless, since you can technically produce any range of frequencies with almost any device – it's the loudness at that frequency that really matters. For instance, Airpods can technically produce bass down to 20Hz, but bass they produce at 20Hz is too quiet to be meaningful. It wouldn't be a lie to spec their lower range to 20Hz, or 5Hz, or whatever arbitrarily high or low number; it just wouldn't tell you anything about how they sound. 
 
Being able to produce frequencies beyond the conventional audible range has some benefits; you can feel lower frequency as haptics and can perceive higher frequencies are improved timing accuracy. Practically speaking, however, it's rare for these qualities to be relevant or even audible in everyday music listening, given how many other factors have a greater effect.

frequency response range is typically marketing material as everyone has mentioned that you can only hear in a certain range.  It's what the headphones do in that range that is important, never use the range as a purchasing point.
 
I'm typically a fan of purchasing a headphone designed for audio then adding some kind of mic to it.  I did the headset stuff for a while and found that, at least 5+ years ago headset manufacturers didn't care much about anything other than gaming.  Even to the point that one headset I had was fanfreakingtastic at games and pure garbage at everything else, couldn't even watch YouTube with it.  I quickly moved on to audiophile grade and a boom mic, today I have a condenser mic on an arm.

Oh, i'd have recommended buying a better headset. Audeze Maxwell are absolute market destroyers (literally all of the closed headphone ((up to like 1,000+usd)) and gaming headset market look irrelevant in comparison) or maybe a Sennheiser PC38x/ HD560S with boom mic. 
 
As for frequency range tbh so long as they cover 20hz and 20khz then it's kinda irrelevant, what is extremely relevant is the frequency response (how quiet and loud parts of the music are, trust me it makes a gigantic difference) and the details-imaging (if you can hear the texture of a drum head/ different people clapping on a live album and have the sound so clearly presented to your ears that you can practically point at where different instruments/ general sounds are coming from) Steelseries will not do any of these things very well because they're a gamerbrand headset builder, not a good headphone maker (Don't buy into brand loyalty but also gamerbrands are not at all incentivised to make quality stuff) 

Yes, it's extremely rare to hear above 20kHz, let alone 30kHz, and it only gets worse as you get older (I'm still relatively young and I'm lucky to hear above 17kHz). It's also not really possible to hear below 20Hz, as your brain will just start to hear each individual pulse as a pulse rather than a consistent sound wave. That said, while you can't necessarily hear the individual frequencies outside of the 20Hz-20kHz range most of the time, frequencies outside of that range can help add the the ambiance of whatever you're listening to (say a 2Hz petal tone will be noticeable as something that feels like you're in the room as a helicopter). 
 
Beyond just the standard 'make sure it can do at least 20Hz-20kHz range,' you want to read reviews of headsets instead (or ideally find a store that has some on sale, as everyone's ears are different) as the spec sheet really isn't enough to gauge anything more than how big are they. 

The maximum range of human hearing is 20hz to 20,000hz, anything outside this range is not very helpful in headphones, If you're interested in frequency then i'd suggest finding frequency response graphs (it's a very complicated topic) i personally use Crinacle's stuff the most, it's very subjective but once you figure out a type of tuning you like (neutral, super bright, extra bass, V style etc) then you can use those preferences to see what kind of headset you would like. Or buy a well credited headphone and get a boom/ inline mic (this is what i'd do) 
 
You can also ask in more places than just the LTT forums if you're open to stuff besides gamer brand headset/ give budget and requirements here and wait for recommendations (DO NOT TRUST AUDIO REVIEW SITES) 

PC specs please
 

I tried checking several Reddit threads and I couldn't find a practical answer regarding how it would affect a normal user.
I personally only go on the same like 10 websites on my phone, and use like 3 social media apps.
 
I don't see how "missing out on security updates" would affect me in any way. I think it's just paranoia. Of course, if you're some power user checking out dozens of possibly sketchy websites regularly and sideloading apps, I think security patches would be very important.
 
I think you should just upgrade your phone whenever you feel like it.

Don't put an SSD in the M.2_2 slot while having something in the PCIe 2 slot.  If you do both those things, then PCIe 3 is turned off.  Nothing you can do about it.
 
So again, leave either the M.2_2 slot OR the PCIe 2 slot UNUSED.  
 
Done.

Use M2_1, the higher one. The lower one shares resources with the PCI slots so you can't use them all at the same time, but the higher one is fine. Lightning gen is just dumb marketing.
 

If I am reading your question correctly, it's because the slots share PCIe lanes (internally) and the ssd slot takes priority. I believe this is common practice on some lower priced boards

Yes, and this is mainly because it's more expensive on average (and they have a shorter lifespan).  Liquid cooling a mid-range CPU doesn't make sense.
 
Spending money on cooling has diminished returns.
 
You'd get more performance out of a $300 CPU with a $50 air cooler, than a $200 CPU with $100-150+ liquid cooling.

Keep the dark rock pro 4. It'll still do a good job of cooling it. I wouldn't spend the extra money on the AIO

which one specifically? 5700x? 5800x? 5800X3D? 3800x?
 
this should be more than fine for any of those cpus. But if you really want to go with an aio for a cheap price I would recommend arctic's 280 rad or deepcools lt520 rad for price

Good news - you lucked out
Bad news - yes, it will.

Gigabyte B650 AUROS Pro Ax has 3 as well, as do many B650...  The Elite Ax has 3x PCIE4, the Pro Ax has 1x PCIE 5 and 2x PCIE4.