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Two years ago, I built a PC on a Z690 board with Intel i5-12400 CPU and installed Windows 10 Pro with an OEM license/product key purchased from Whokeys. I just upgraded CPU to i5-14600 and upgraded RAM from 32gb to 64gb. Motherboard was not changed, but I did have to update the BIOS given the...

motherboard: MSI Z690-A Pro DDR4 Intel LGA 1700 ATX CPU: i5-12400 with stock cooler RAM: 32gb DDR4 graphics: Nvidia P620 x 2 This is a trading computer I built 2 years ago. I notice that when the markets are busy, which means data streaming in faster, the fan ramps up. When I look at resource...

This heatsink came with a MSI Z690 motherboard. It kind of looks like there is a protective film that should be removed, but I can't peel anything at the edge. So maybe this goes on the SSD just as it is? I bought this motherboard open box, so I guess it's possible the first buyer removed the...

New build running Windows 10. When PC is asleep, keyboard and mouse will NOT wake the PC. I'd like keyboard to wake PC. I have the usual settings correct: 1. in Device Mgr > keyboard > Power Management > check box "allow this device to wake the computer" 2. in Power Options > Advanced Settings...

Newb builder here. I picked up an open box MSI Z690-A Pro board from MicroCenter. Did a quick bench build and board does POST, I can enter BIOS and it will boot a Windows install USB. I've got a 2 week return window to find any dealbreaker flaws. What's the best way to proceed? I'm thinking...

People, including myself, always talk about CPU upgrade potential when looking at motherboards, but do we actually upgrade just the CPU? Looking back over a decade, I haven't upgraded the CPU alone even once. What usually happens is the PC performance is good enough and I don't bother and by the...

Looking to build an Alder Lake system running DDR4 RAM. I care more about maximizing stability than maximizing performance. When deciding on which RAM to get, should I ignore XMP frequency and just focus on SPD frequency, and plan on running in SPD mode? Does anyone even make DDR4 RAM that runs...

Thinking of buying an open box motherboard from MicroCenter to save a little money. Is there a risk that I'm buying a headache? Is returning open box items a nightmare?

I've got a i7-8700 system with 250GB SSD (where OS and apps are installed) and 1TB HDD (for data storage). The motherboard has a NVME M.2 slot. I've got a 16GB Optane SSD. Wondering if the Optane stick can be used to cache/accelerate the HDD?

Looking to do an Alder Lake build. Is there any reason to not go mATX these days? I need to run 2 graphics cards, and the second x16 slot is usually fairly low on the mATX boards, but it seems like I'd be able to fit the card (small card, low power, uses only PCIe for power). Other than that, a...

Looking at mid-tower cases with a "basement" for PSU, it looks like the PSU intake fan faces the bottom? For the PSU I have, if I orient the fan to the floor, the exhaust vent faces the rear and the side the cables come out from points toward the front. Is that the way PSU's are designed to fit...

Thinking about building a PC around the i5-11400 to get a bump in single thread performance over my current i7-8700. I don't do any gaming; I'm only going for reliability and single thread performance. A few questions about this prospective build: 1. The other CPU I was considering is the...

Recently bought a Dell XPS 8930. I've used Dell XPS towers for many years, and have never seen such a poor design with respect to airflow. Let me introduce you to this mini oven. To orient you, the top of pic is top of case, the right side of pic is the front of case. The case PSU is upper...

Dell XPS 8930 - Intel Core i7-8700 @ 3.20GHz - 32GB RAM - NVME SSD - 2 Nvidia Quadro cards The stock cooler runs so loud that it's not practical to use under significant load. So I replaced it with the Arctic Freezer 11 LP Intel Low Profile Cooler. Cleaned off the CPU with a little isopropyl...

I picked up a PC with a HDD and Optane in the M.2/NVME slot. I'm going to replace the Optane stick with a NVME SSD. I've seen some complicated procedures for this, as described here: https://www.dell.com/community/XPS-Desktops/XPS-8930-upgrade-HDD-to-SSD/td-p/7686271 and in particular around...

Recently picked up a Dell XPS 8930, which has a mobo with a M.2/NVME slot. It comes with 16gb Intel Optane in that slot paired with a HDD. I'm going to install either a 240GB NVME SSD or a 240GB regular SATA III SSD for OS and apps, and use the HDD for data storage. My question is which of the...

I've run 2 x Nvidia NVS 510 cards simultaneously, but they use the same driver. I replaced one of the cards with a Nvidia Quadro P620 (x16 slot), uninstalled the NVS 510 driver, restarted, did a clean install of the P620 driver, restarted. The monitors connected to the NVS 510 card (x16 slot...

My current laptop (which gets light use and is also a backup if my desktop goes down) has a Intel Core i5-3320M @ 2.60GHz CPU. Looking to make a low cost upgrade (buy a slightly newer laptop and sell my existing laptop). I'm particularly interested in getting an improvement in single threaded...

PC specs: Dell XPS 8900 mid-tower Intel Core i7-6700 @ 4.00 GHz 32gb DDR4 RAM 2 x Nvidia NVS 510 cards (running 6 monitors) Windows 10, 64-bit This is my trading PC. The most important app I need to run is thinkorswim, a trading platform that is a single-threaded java app. The PC is getting a...

I'm considering buying a Dell Optiplex 5060 MT (mini-tower), which comes with a 260W PSU (non-standard form factor, so swapping out to larger wattage PSU not feasilbe). And I'd want to run 2 x Nvidia Quadro video cards, each of which has a max draw of 40W. Would this combination work?

PC specs: Win 10 Dell XPS 8700 mid-tower Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.40 GHz 32gb DDR3 1600Mhz 2 x Nvidia NVS 510 cards (Intel graphics auto-disabled when 2 video cards installed) I have 5 monitors connected to the 2 Nvidia cards; 1 x 4k, 2 x QHD, 2 x HD The PC will absolutely not power on with all 5...

I'm running thinkorswim ("TOS"), trading software that is a single threaded app built on java. PC specs: Dell XPS 8900 mid-tower Intel Core i7-6700 @ 4.00 GHz 32gb DDR4 RAM 2 x Nvidia NVS 510 cards (because I'm running 5 monitors) Windows 10, 64-bit Because I was having lag issues in TOS (but...

Have a system (with onboard Intel graphics disabled) where I am going to remove the AMD card and install two Nvidia NVS 510 cards. What is the best practice for the install? Install one card, install driver, then install second card and reinstall driver? Or install both cards, and install driver...

System specs: Dell XPS 8900 Core i7-6700 @ 4GHz 32gb DDR4 RAM Intel HD Graphics 530 (integrated) AMD Radeon RX 480 8gb 256gb SSD 2TB HDD I have no monitors connected to the integrated graphics ports. I have the following 5 monitors (all at native resolutions) connected to the RX 480: DP port 1...

Picked up a used desktop with a M.2 SATA SSD and SATA HDD. BIOS was set to Legacy (not UEFI) and SATA mode was set to RAID. I figured I'd install Windows 10 to the SSD, since it's plenty large at 256GB. So I switched to AHCI from RAID. And enabled UEFI. Deleted partitions, installed Windows 10...

I have a mSATA SSD that I was using in a Win 7 laptop as additional storage (not as a cache). I recently installed Win 10 on that laptop and the mSATA SSD is not recognized inside Windows (only in BIOS). The most recent driver I can find for it is from 2014, and it makes no reference of Windows...

I'm running a trading platform (TD Ameritrade's thinkorswim, "TOS"), and there's a bit of lag in this Java-based app. Examples of lag/choppiness: I can out-type the characters appearing on the screen in TOS chat window streaming video in TOS is very slightly choppy, but audio is fine TOS pop-up...