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    Upgrade cooler for Ryzen 3800X ?

    The Thermalright Royal Pretor 130 is one of their newer designs and has received some excellent reviews. If I were buying a cooler today it would be on my short list. IIRC the Frost 140 units are a little bit older. I don't know if anyone has done a head to head between the Royal Pretor 130...
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    Best upgrade from GTX 1070 in a 14th gen i3 desktop?

    What's your power supply (model and wattage)? That's likely to be your primary constraint, along with money of course, on what you can run. In my area (across the state from you), I see various 2070's and the occasional 3060 in your price range. (and an RX 6700XT that might be a little too...
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    2 stick of ram versus 4 stick of ddr4 ram

    If the two 16GB sticks are single ranked, and if the memory controller can handle 4 sticks at rated speed, you can get a modest improvement out of 4 sticks because refresh on one stick can sometimes be overlapped with access on the other. If the 16GB sticks are dual ranked, as was common with...
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    Advice on GPU for AMD APU system

    I think I mentioned the 5500 CPU earlier; it would be a very definite advance, and it's not all that hard to cool. There's a Thermalright Peerless Assassin 90 at 110mm high that would work for that CPU, or one like it (e.g. a 5600). (In fact, I see a Completed Build on pcpartpicker with a...
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    New Thermal Paste in Old Mac mini

    If you're going to take the trouble to repaste it, I'd think it would be worth it to buy some fresh paste. Something like Kryonaut if you don't mind the price, or Arctic mx4 / mx6.
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    Advice on GPU for AMD APU system

    Yes, it will fit, and will be ... adequate, I guess. I really advise spending $20 on something like a Thermalright Assassin X or Assassin King, though; it cools much better and is much quieter than that stock cooler. Some time back, I replaced the stock cooler on a 3200G build (the 3200G is a...
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    Advice on GPU for AMD APU system

    There's nothing stopping you from installing any GPU you can afford, that the PSU will power, and that will physically fit. The CPU has very little to do with it, except in the case of the Intel B580/B570; those boards, or probably more correctly their drivers, don't run well with older CPU's...
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    Simple question - in my use case scenario is 9950x3d worth $200 upcharge over 7950x?

    "Worth" is always a tough one. If you're spending hours a day doing CPU intensive stuff, or if 15% off of a critical path might matter, then sure. I'm looking at US prices, and I'm seeing a 9950X at $550, a 7950X at $675, and a 9950X3D at $722. In your case I'd go for the 9950X.
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    Ga-Ab350-d3h bios issue

    Silly question I guess but have you done a plugs-out, battery-out CMOS reset? and is the CMOS battery OK?
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    PSU Fan should you keep it Off or On?

    I'd agree that it's personal preference. I turn on fan-stop mode if the PSU has it. My primary machine has a Seasonic fanless PSU that's going on 8 years old, so not an issue on that machine. The other computer that's on 24/7 serves as a network bridge (among other things) and I have fan-stop...
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    Do you own a Backup PSU?

    Not deliberately backup, but yes, I have one or two (or three? maybe 5) PSU's sitting in the basement parts closet. So far, knock wood, I've only had to replace one PSU and that was because the fan was getting noisy, not because it failed.
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    I did a stupid for the first time in 30+ years

    30-odd years? Dude, you were way, WAY overdue. My experience as a very careful worker is that one can expect a facepalm every decade or so.
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    Asus won't warranty RTX 5090 Astral and claim "surface irregularity" under microscope to a Reddit User

    IIRC this was traditionally "film at 11" but I guess that might confuse some folks these days. LOL
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    Poll: Which motherboard manufacturer has the best UEFI menu?

    MSI is IMO the simplest and cleanest. Asus is pretty comprehensive but you almost have to know where something is before you try to find it, and I strongly object to the fan nannyism (at least on the couple AM4 Asus boards I have) to the point where I will avoid Asus going forward. Asrock is...
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    Video Card Fried. What to do with it?

    I see any number of ebay listings "for parts". I don't know if any of them actually sell, but maybe it's worth a try. Failing that, there are plenty of good suggestions already posted. I can also think of: buy a few of those "for parts" cards / motherboards and make artwork out of them.
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