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On 12/10/2022 at 6:07 PM, ShooterPawn said:

It is as far as i know. From time to time the servers are down and you cant use the site. Also if you change something in your pc and you do the system detection again you have to download the program again. It only works one time for each download, after that the website remembers your specs. Another thing, the website tells you the oficcial games minimum requirements, but almost always you can still run the game just fine by adjusting settings if you system isnt too far under ther requirements with things like the speed of the cpu or the Vram of the gpu.

Much appreciated. 

40 minutes ago, ShooterPawn said:

https://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri

 

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.

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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.

22 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

Not unless you make custom cable adapters. Dell's power supplies don't use standard power connectors. If you try to connect a regular PSU you will explode something.

Power isn't a "push". It's a "pull". If I took a Celeron and only used its iGPU and hooked it up to an EVGA T2 1600W nothing would explode due to too much power, it doesn't work that way.

 

If you connect power to where it doesn't need to be, then yes, things can explode. But with standard components and non-dangerous/explosive power supplies nothing should go wrong.

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

7 minutes ago, RAS_3885 said:

As long as it doesn't use a motherboard with proprietary power connectors any standard ATX power supply will work, even if the original Dell PSU was proprietary. This would mean a 4 or 8 pin connector towards the top left of the board and a 24 pin connector along the right hand side. Maybe a picture of the inside of the computer would help.

 

What's the other hardware in the system? CPU, GPU, etc.?

 

You can go with whatever size PSU you want since it will only pull however much power is necessary. Going with a quality PSU that will meet the load requirements is most important, but oversizing doesn't really gain you anything.

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.

5 minutes ago, mariushm said:

A SSD uses around 1 watt when reading files from it, and maybe goes to 3-5 watts only when writing to it. SSDs use only the 5v on your power supply, so that's a maximum of 1A of current on your 5v power supply output.

Your power supply will have 15-20A of current on the 5v output - around 2-3A of those will be used by motherboard and usb peripherals and mechanical drives, so you have plenty of room for ssd drives.

 

Each connector is good for 4.5A ... that's around 5 times as much as a SSD could possibly consume, you'll be fine.

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

2 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

SSD power consumption is low, i wouldnt worry too much about it

you can get a sata power splitter

Thanks, I already purchased a SATA power splitter. 

1 minute ago, mahyar said:

psu can handle it can you give us the drives model?

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,