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OKAYY I WILLL, omg how did I- I can't stop laughing lmfaooo. Thank you soo much, I'm gonna order a new one rn.

Oooohhhhh HAHA yeah that makes a LOT more sense now.
 
Don't worry, we all have our moments. It's okay.
 
Just go to ASUS's support site for that board (the VII Hero X470 just making sure lol) and download the latest BIOS for that board and put it on a FAT32 formatted USB drive. Put the old 2000 series CPU in and update the BIOS, then swap the new 3000 series CPU in and everything should work perfectly.

It’s not a dead cpu because I returned another one that was doing the same thing. I have a couple of motherboards lyin around for AMD so I’ll give that a try when I get home. Thank you

did you remove all usbs?

Do you have a way to test that new CPU in a different board such as a friend's board or by taking it to a computer store? It may be an issue with your new CPU, it is highly unlikely that CPUs are dead but it is still a possibility.
 
I would also reset my UEFI firmware settings (clear CMOS). You can do this with the old CPU in, just enter the UEFI firmware settings menu (Del on boot) and click the Exit tab, then click Load Optimized Defaults. Then click Save and Exit - the motherboard may power-cycle a few times before booting again. Then switch it off with the PSU switch at the back install the new CPU and see if it boots.

That is correct.
The box with all the parts in it can be called a "tower".

Whatever is clear to the person you're talking to.
PC, tower, desktop, computer, etc.
Some people in the past even used the term "CPU", because your desktop is a central processing unit.
 
What it comes down to, is that people should use language understood by the person they're speaking with. Language is not static, it evolves with usage and time, meaning terms like "CPU" don't work to refer to a desktop computer anymore.
There is no one correct term, use whatever is appropriate and clear.

I've done some work with school IT, its a mess and horrible. boring, idiots and people being dumb

I'm an IT student right now and the one thing to watch out for is many degrees are made so poorly. Most of my classes are good but for whatever reason they decided to lock a simple programing class behind a Junior level math class they expect you to take in the first year.
I'm doing IT because I'm tired of math.
Almost as important is getting an internship at a good org/company. My IT degree will help me get to the door and with some knowledge by my internship at NERSC is what has really taught me stuff.

Checkout the r/cscareerquestions subreddit. It's got some good advice and relevant industry knowledge 

It entirely depends on your goals.
 
Getting a computer science degree is the way to go in my opinion, especially if you are outside of the US. You can much easier move to other countries due to special visa programs for qualified people if that´s what you want.

I'm going to be super blunt and this is also my two cents so take it with what you will. Working IT at a school will get extremely boring within a year. You'll be doing the same style of configs day in and day out for as long as you work there. You'll also get endless calls from staff about fixing projectors and minor problems that will drive you insane after awhile. A CS degree will teach you a lot more than just programming like people think. Anyone can go to a bootcamp and learn to program but a CS degree will really help you with systemically solving complex problems and learning the fundamentals of how computers actually work. A CS degree will be harder but also you'll have more job options and on average be paid more compared to an IT/IS degrees. Also many IT jobs will accept a CS degree and depending on who you are you most likely already know a lot about IT from tinkering with things on your own

Thank you everyone for helping me, I think I will just backup my games and important files and just really start fresh again haha. Thanks for your help!!!

You might lose your drivers but your steam games should be fine. Steam games are saved to a certain disk, they're just kinda like files. When you download games, you're given the option of which drive to install it on. You can keep HDD files. I've for sure make a back up of important files though just in case. Like game saves and so on.

Also! Depending on your SSD or HDD speed, installing a game might not be that much of a worry. Like I said, save important game saves and then start the process of booting from the SSD.

I don't see any reason these parts wouldn't work together. 
Right now it's difficult to decide what Graphics Cards are worth it.

Thank you!

First off, Information Systems and Information Technologies are interchangeable for the most part. Second off, a pure computer science major will teach you to reason about computers and develop software, but not how so muich how to apply computers or implement solutions. You should go for the IS degree

sorry for not replying, it was the cord. idk how they're all bummy but they are except one lmao
 

Business with a specialization in Information Technology Management (or Business Technology Management BTM, I've seen both terms used interchangeably) or regular Computer Science would be my picks. Computer Engineering is more about software development and maybe a bit of hardware engineering in my opinion. 
 
In Business they don't teach you the specifics of Databases (like how SQL and Relational Databases works) and Networking like they do in Computing Science. Then in Computer Science you could get into learning about Distributed Systems, Big Data, etc. 

I would only recommend a business major or degree in general if your goal is to be among the top 30% or you want a comparable easy study. I have done a few business classes and they are a joke compared to most computer science classes. They don´t even have to do homework and teachers do not leave if students are not prepared
 
A friend of mine did an apprenticeship and when he quit a business student was selected to do his job. Yeah, not exactly great job perspectives.
 
 
 

Yeah I agree that business is the way to go, or study something like information systems that involves a lot of administration-type education like management, governance, architecture, etc. 
 
You will need that type of experience for many jobs in IT.  A lot of roles in IT you will be part of a team that will own some infrastructure.  Operations is kind of dying out in the long-term I think (local Datacenter Hosted Infrastructure) and going in more of an automated cloud, modular deployment.   
 
If you study things that are required, such as the skills that are needed to become a solutions/technical architect, then you will always have a job.  Projects need people who understand auditing, understand governance, understand how these systems work and the supporting infrastructure.  If you focus directly on engineering, in 5 or so years a lot of what you know will be trumped by new technologies. 
 
You can definitely keep up, but IMO the organization type stuff is the biggest learning curve in any IT field. It's one thing to know the engineering side it's a whole other thing to be able to write all that in design and implementation documents, proposals, and explain the whole systems to stakeholders. 

You are welcome. Anytime you need advice with stuff like this, feel free to drop me a line.
Cheers mate!

you can learn networking in college if the college offers the right courses. the college I work for is a cisco academy partner school so we offer a decent tech branch. It covers just about everything to easily pass N+ and entry level cisco CCNA i think it was. def want to take linux and windows server classes as well. If you want an online school western governors university has some nice tech/business class options ( https://www.wgu.edu/online-business-degrees/it-information-technology-management-bachelors-program.html ) I'm looking into that one my self.

And also, for new clients, always under-promise and over-deliver. It'll make them happy and they will spread your name around to their friends.
In the firm I worked for, we went from a 2 person outfit (me and the bossman) to a 10 person outfit, ISP and multiple offices, based on customer satisfaction, loyalty, and never saying "no" when the client is in need.
Service with a smile will get you farther than anything else. Remember, there is a ton of competition out there, even if you don't make a massive profit (or any at all) on a job, making a client happy is far more important. It will pay back tenfold down the line.