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Much appreciated.

Thank you. Follow up - is this a legit site? It's asking me to dl a system detection program and run it. AV says it's clean, but wanted to ask as it's off a site that I'm not familiar with.

Is there something like that out there? Maybe on Steam or GOG? I want to empower my youngest's burgeoning love for PC gaming, but can't spend time looking up individual system requirements given the massive volume of games out there. If there were such a website, I wouldn't be the bottleneck to his gaming fun. TIA.

Budget (including currency): Country: Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Hello - I recently purchased an MSI MAG B550M Bazooka motherboard. I'm now in search of appropriate RAM for it. In the spec sheet, it says: DDR4 MEMORY: 4400(OC)/ 4300(OC)/ 4266(OC)/ 4200(OC)/ 4133(OC)/ 4000(OC)/ 3866(OC)/ 3733(OC)/ 3600(OC)/ 3466(OC)/ 3400(OC)/ 3333(OC)/ 3300(OC)/ 3200(JEDEC)/ 3000(JEDEC)/ 2933(JEDEC)/ 2666(JEDEC)/ 2400(JEDEC)/ 2133(JEDEC) MHz Question: do the above specs means that I would need to overclock the 5600x processor I just purchased in order to make full use of any RAM with speeds greater than 3200MHz? In other words, if I buy 3600MHz RAM, but do not OC, the RAM clocks down to 3200MHz? Follow-up Question: How easy or difficult is it to overclock a 5600x so that I can make use of 3600MHz or greater RAM? Will Ryzen Master or MSI's utility allow me to do this? TIA.

Don't use standard power connectors? Surely I can buy adapters on Amazon?

Hi - Thanks for your response. I've attached a screenshot of the motherboard grabbed from a teardown that a youtuber did on the same system a few years ago. Other components (I believe the system was introduced in 2019): CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 1700x GPU - Radeon RX 570 HDD - 1TB WD SSD - 1TB XPG RAM - 16GB So I'm looking for a standard ATX power supply? Would you recommend fixed/semi/modular? Stock PSU was fixed. Do you prefer a particular brand? I also included a pic of the back of the desktop from the Dell site. Are all PSU's oriented the same way so that the plug will line up with the opening in the case? See the red box that I crudely drew. If it doesn't line up then I might have to take a Dremel to it.

Someone gave me a Dell Inspiron 5675 whose PSU is missing. After googling I've determined that it came stock with a 460W PSU (model Dell D460AM-03). From what I've read, Dell uses custom PSU's. My question is: can I replace the PSU with another 460W PSU from MicroCenter? What specifics must I know about the original PSU that will help me pick out the right Corsair/EVGA/Seasonic/CoolerMaster? Things like modular/semi/fixed/3.3V+5V combined power, etc.? Also, if I went with a bigger PSU, say a 750W one. If I install it, will I just end up frying the motherboard and components because it's much more powerful than the stock PSU? Or does the bigger PSU 'self-regulate' the power? Again, I'm very new at this and the 5675 is a project to learn on. Any and all advice is appreciated. TIA.

That's exactly the type of answer I was looking for. Thank you!!!

Thanks, I already purchased a SATA power splitter.

ADATA SU800 1TB (three drives in total).

Hey, everyone. I want to add 3 SSDs I was given for free to my system, and while I have enough SATA ports, I don't have enough SATA power connections. If I were to get a splitter adapter to have enough SATA power connections, how do I know if I'm running the risk of having too many SSDs for my PSU to handle or for that one cable to handle? My motherboard has 4 SATA ports (not including SATA 0), so I would hope that the PSU is expansion-proofed, but that's just a newb's assumption. PSU is a 460W unit. Thanks much, and I look forward to learning from this community,