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Hi everyone, Hoping for some community wisdom during the sales going on this weekend... The goal is to find a cost effective solution to add a second screen beside my main monitor, for productivity. I currently use a 27" 1400p main monitor and I would like to have a second, smaller, screen to use in portrait mode alongside it... Preferably around 24" and ideally one that comes by default with a stand that can switch into portrait mode. Any suggestions much appreciated, thanks

I think I found it, Asus Ram Cache III. I think the set of software for my motherboard included it during install. Is this worth using? It seems it has by default allocated 2gb of my DRAM towards this ram cache.

Edited: added question Thank you! Extremely valuable wisdom, exactly the reason I asked here! If I may ask you, what are your thoughts on this alternative? WD Black SN 750 2tb https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=179_1927_1930&item_id=134013 Also I just looked into the SX8200.. Is it safe to assume the revised 8200 pro would still get 3k read speed and at least 1.6k write speeds? Please excuse my ignorance, in which use cases would I notice the lower write speed? I am wondering if it's primarily the 3k read speed that I would be benefitting from (loading games/gaming in general). If the write speed isn't as important, the 280$ 8200pro still seems like an option. Unless of course (as I expect) there is more to it than this.

I never installed anything intentionally, knowingly. Could it be part of the motherboard software? I did not install any Western Digital software at any point. Thanks for this information I had no idea.

Hi everyone, I have been looking around at 2tb drives and have settled on the SX8200 pro... https://www.amazon.ca/XPG-SX8200-Gen3x4-3000MB-ASX8200PNP-2TT-C/dp/B07TY2TN64/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 As I am not in anyway an expert on this I am hoping the community could offer any reasons not to purchase this drive. Based on my understanding I think it's a good choice but I appreciate the wisdom that comes from this community. Thank you, anyone, that takes the time to read and respond with any opinions.

Hi everyone, I just ran crystal disk mark to test out my 1tb WD SN550 drive. I don't understand the results I got and I am hoping someone can provide some insight, I was expecting significantly lower numbers and I don't understand what to make of this. All opinions much appreciated! MB: Asus b550 rog strix New Bitmap Image.bmp

Hi everyone, I am looking to purchase a new 4k tv as a gift for my parents this holiday season and I am hoping to get some advice from this community. My parents will only watch tv/movies (no video games), and I am not sure yet if they will tolerate a smart tv in their house (they are still be freaked out by it...I am working on it). My budget is $600 CAD and I am hoping to benefit from a Black Friday sale if possible. I know nothing about tv's but I am hoping to get some feedback on what models I should be keeping an eye on (both smart and non smart models if possible please). Any suggestions are welcome, as always I appreciate this community. Thank you for any help offered.

Hi everyone, I currently use a PG279Q on an rtx 2080ti and I am looking to add a second monitor strictly for productivity purposes. I am looking for insights from the community regarding pros/cons and things to be aware of when doing various multi monitor setups as I have never done this before. I appreciate any help offered. I am currently looking at potentially using this https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_1953_1957&item_id=170350 as the second monitor unless there are glaring issues with this idea. Will I run into issues using a second monitor that is not G sync like the PG279Q? Will I encounter odd behaviour when trying to run games on the PG279Q? Can I run a game while still using the second monitor simultaneously to display a video? I am using display port for the PG279Q, must I also for the second monitor or can I use hdmi without issue? Any other insights definitely welcome, thank you everyone.

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hopefully, that is what I am counting on with this b550f board I bought.. Otherwise I do wish I was able to get a 10700k.

ok thanks

I tried to run usermark and this came back as the result for the ram. I double checked and the xmp settings are on for the ram, does this result seem right though? Not sure how to show the image but I attached it. ram bench.bmp

Ok this made it very clear, thank you very much for this!

Ok thanks for this. My understanding now is that I could populate both m2 slots with nvme and my gpu will be unaffected. My only loss is 2 SATA ports. Thanks, I feel confident to go buy the drive.

Only in those specific cases? and the difference is with my board, it doesn't use the PCIe lanes and instead disables the SATA ports is this correct?

Thanks for that clarification. So does this mean that using the m2_2 slot will interfere only with those SATA ports and will not interfere with the pcie x16 slot ? I am a bit confused as I had read elsewhere that populating the m2_2 slot on a board causes it the share bandwidth with the pcie x16 slot (gpu)

Everything seems to be running better than before and I checked the clocks etc like you mentioned. Unfortunately I won't be hitting the fps dreams I had for wwz on amd, but since the intel chips aren't available near me lately I'll make the best of this. Thanks again for your help in making the best of the situation I had.

Hi everyone, looking to pickup https://www.amazon.ca/Black-SN750-NVMe-Internal-Gaming/dp/B07M64QXMN?th=1 SN750 1tb nvme drive today but I have some questions I am hoping to consult the forum about.. My motherboard is Asus B550f Rog Strix https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-B550-F-GAMING/specifications/ Under the specs it lists as an additional note. * Share bandwidth with PCIe3.0 x1_1, PCIe3.0 x1_2, PCIe3.0 x1_3 * When the M.2_2 Socket 3 is populated , SATA6G_5/6 ports will be disabled. Could anyone possibly shed some insight on what all this means for me? I only see 2 sockets on the board for these types of drives, where is this socket 3? Does this bandwidth share mean anything that I need to concern myself with, when adding a second nvme drive in the future or any other interactions I should be aware of? Thanks for any insights.

So after switching boards to the asus rog strix b550f, and the ram kit I linked earlier the Trident rgb cl 14 3200mhz as well as now using the H100i rgb water aio.. I am getting +10 more minimum fps in WWZ. I am only at about 65% max gpu load during benchmark so I am thinking I am cpu bottlenecked (by max clock speed?) Currently just running the ram in the xmp mode, and running the +200mhz max boost option in bios. I'm seeing up to 4275mhz max boost currently, this is definitely better than the previous board + stock cooler. Thanks for the guidance, this is already an improvement. Any quick suggestions of bios options I should look into changing/overclocking? I am getting great temps for the cpu now (60C during loads that were previously causing 90+). Thanks!

I think it was determined I could get a b550 asus strix board now and be able to swap the 3600 out for a Zen3 cpu when they release.

Picking up this rgb ram and the strix board when store opens in a few hours.. Psyched to get this put together. Thanks I'll follow up later today once it's all together

Ok thanks. I was using it with 3600 only because the list of supported CPU on asus website included the 3600 and even better cpus (like 3800x). The cost of impatience

How does that limit the 3600 exactly? If it limits performance a little that's ok wife isn't that hardcore. If it might damage something then I guess I should sell the board asap

https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=24_311_1326&item_id=103830 Trying to search on my phone since my computer is torn apart... Hard to navigate I already miss my pc. If this kit is as good to you, I'd pick it up today there is 1 in stock. Unless I'm mistaken I think this is that Samsung b die you mentioned, it's on sale in stock across the street. 3200mhz and CL14. Am I missing something?

https://www.asus.com/ca-en/Motherboards/PRIME-B450M-A-CSM/ Pretty sure this is the old one I have. How do you know it maxes out at 50w? Not that I don't believe you, I would just like to know how I can determine that myself in the future. Thanks for the help.