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Not via the phone. use the actual physical Steam Link. It has a USB port.

Steam Link. I’ve never had an issue.

It has a serious lack of USB ports compared to the others and a lack of front USB type c is a dealbreaker.

R5 5600x and eventually a 6800 GPU. I didn't add them initially since they aren't available anywhere.

Budget (including currency): sub 300$ (CAD) Country: Canada Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Stremaing, AAA gaming, VR, after effects Other details: R5 5600x Nvidia 1060ti (will upgrade eventually to RX 6800 or better) SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2 Team T-Force Delta RGB 32GB CORSAIR CX-F RGB Series CX750F RGB White 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Fully Modular ATX Power Supply Can't decide! MSI PRO B550-A PRO (159.99$) Pro: price Con: No RGB on the board (though it does support RGB accessories) MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK (199.99$) Pro: reputation Con: 2 fewer USB 2 ports MSI MPG B550 GAMING EDGE WIFI (259.99$) Pro: wifi included ASUS TUF Gaming X570-PRO (WiFi 6) (289.99$) Pro wifi + x570 board Con: That yellow accent on the board ASRock B550 STEEL LEGEND (274.99$) Pro: fits my color theme (white + black) Con: Price I am having a very hard time picking from amongst these boards. In terms of ports, I am happy with any one of them. In terms of wifi: reality is adding a wifi adapter will add to the cost of the cheaper boards, making the price discrepancy not so dramatic (but would make the ASRock the most expensive board on the list). So what it is coming down to is the following: 1) is the x570 board worth it? What REAL benefits am I getting through that instead of the B550 boards, in practical terms. Will it make a difference with the RAM or NVMe drive? 2) RGB compatibility. Which of these boards is the best option considering that I will have RGB from a bunch of different platforms?

Budget (including currency): 1500$ (CAD) Country: Canada Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Streaming, AAA gaming, VR 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): (Polychrome) ASRock B550 STEEL LEGEND B550 Motherboard (iCUE) CORSAIR CX750F RGB White 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (shows support for Aura Sync, RGB Fusion, and Mystic Light Sync) Team T-Force Delta RGB 32GB (2 x 16GB) Fractal Design Define 7 Compact White Only the relevant parts are listed for my question. I'm looking to build a black/white PC. As you can see, the parts listed above all aesthetically play with the theme I'm going for BUT they all support different RGB standards and I am looking for help or reassurance that they will all play nice together from an RGB standpoint. If not, what do you recommend instead?

Well, It's upgrade time! I'm going from an Intel 3570k build and looking to go towards something like this: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6j27Mv The MOBO is an MSI MPG B550 GAMING CARBON WIFI, which supports 1x USB 3-C, 2x USB 3-A and 4x USB 2 on the front panel. The closest I've found that supports all of this is the Cooler Master SL600M, but it only has 2 USB 2 ports. I'm wondering if something out there supports the full 4. Also, the price of that case is just plain stupid. I'm looking for something about half that price at the high end of my budget. Would any of you know?

When this happened to me with my 7950, it was because the graphics card was overheating. I fixed it by reseating the heat sink but eventually the gpu just wasn’t doing it’s job. everyone is blaming the power supply but this could easily be because your graphics card is burning out... though the gtx isn’t as old as the 7950.

It's the convertable microtower. The cooler feels heavy enough.

Is this an adequate solution? https://www.amazon.co.uk/ThermalRight-100700554-Narrow-ILM-Motherboards/dp/B01N9OLDFR?tag=georiot-trd-21&ascsubtag=tomshardware-9817073082228701414-21

that doesn't sound great....

Is that good enough though?

I am moving my son's HP Compaq Elite 8300 motherboard to a new case where we can upgrade his PC with new parts. I obviously realize HP uses proprietary parts as evidenced by my current problem: The motherboard installs just fine in a standard ATX case. I've found a solution to power the motherboard with a new PSU which can also power a GPU. However, I fins myself unable to install the CPU cooler as I do not have a backplate bracket for the cooler to screw into. The original bracket is molded directly into the HP case itself. I have a spare Intel CPU cooler but it is incompatible as the motherboard uses a "narrow" format (rectangular) while the standard coolers are square. So I find myself in need of a compatible backplate to use the HP cooler, an adapter to use my Intel cooler on this motherboard, or an alternative cooler but I don't know what I should be looking for here. The CPU is an 1155 socket. Thank you all!

Okay, so I can confirm that the problem appears to be my mouse. It's a Logitech G502 Proteus Core. Unplugging the mouse and plugging it back in fixes the problem... temporarily. After about 30 minutes, I have to replug the mouse. It's annoying, but it's an instant temporary fix. As far as I know, the drivers haven't updated recently so I'm perplexed as to why this is happening. Any ideas?

After hours of scanning the PC for a bunch of issues, a simple troubleshooting of the mouse in devices & printers SEEMED to solve the issue. That is until I unplugged my mouse and put it into a different port and Windows blue screened giving me a BAD_POOL_CALLER error. Rebooting required me to do a system restore but I'm back at square one with the problem showing it's ugly face again.