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    PCSPECIALIST Installing additional M.2 on crosshair X870E hero

    The only configuring it will need, will be to initialise (aka format) it so that it’s usable in Windows. Insert the SSD as a secondary drive and load Windows from your existing drive. In Windows 8 and later, move the mouse to the lower left corner of your desktop and right-click on the Start...
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    PCSPECIALIST Installing additional M.2 on crosshair X870E hero

    No BIOS changes needed. If you want to stay clear of the lane being removed from the PCIe5.0_1 GPU slot, then use m2_4 or m2_5 as they’re both independent PCIe 4.0 x4. Even if you used m2_2 or m2_3, it wouldn’t have any real world impact on the GPU performance as it can‘t even saturate an PCIe...
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    PCSPECIALIST New Monitor_Do I have a Display Port on my PC?

    Why did you have to “take the PC apart to get it to 'forget' the incident so I could exactly see where the ports were connecting to the graphics card”? What was being ‘forgot’? What was not clear about the advice above regarding the ports? We told/showed you what outputs you’d have, and if the...
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    PCSPECIALIST Premier League Gone Mad

    Formula 1 I hope 🤣
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    PCSPECIALIST Premier League Gone Mad

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    PCSPECIALIST Quest for the ultimate flight sim PC

    The Ryzen 7 has less cores, but usually faster core clocks. The Ryzen 9 has more cores, but as they're intended for heavy workloads, they tend to run a little slower. For gaming, the X3D CPUs only have the extra cache on a max of 8 cores...so the all of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D cores share that X3D...
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    PCSPECIALIST BSOD on new PC

    Could you follow the 3rd post of the linked sticky and upload the results as requested. https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/threads/when-youre-seeking-help-with-a-bsod.71885/
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    PCSPECIALIST Icons Blank after windows update

    Mine randomly disappear now & then, and I have to delete it and reinstate the desktop shortcut from the game installer. Did read something about corruption of thumbnail cache, but none of the fixes did anything for me.
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    PCSPECIALIST BD-R DL external drive suggestions?

    What's wrong with the Asus ones at Scan in my earlier post?
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    PCSPECIALIST Any issues with this build?

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    PCSPECIALIST Indie game recommendations

    ...and it's not even an indie game :LOL:
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    PCSPECIALIST Indie game recommendations

    Wow, my FPS is all over the place (50-120 on ultra+RT+DLAA), and I keep getting 'fatal errors' with CTD. Even when it's reporting 100+ it seems jumpy and not smooth at all...and that's just in the initial tunnels sections. Looks like Im going to have to play with the settings a bit, and then...
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    PCSPECIALIST Indie game recommendations

    Ive noticed the usual 'Unreal Engine Tweaks ini' being shown on the NexusMods page for this. https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivionremastered/mods/35 I'm sure we'll see lots of people's ini file tweaks over the coming weeks too!
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    PCSPECIALIST Unexplained Stuttering/Frame Drops

    I've just had a look at pictures of that XFX 6950XT, and it looks to be one of the few that only takes 2 8-pin power cables. https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/xfx-speedster-merc-319-rx-6950-xt-black.b10400
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    PCSPECIALIST Indie game recommendations

    I might have to install it (it's free on Gamepass) and see what I'm getting on ultrawide. I tend to cap my games at 100FPS as I don't get anything out of faster FPS...and prefer it slower & smoother to faster with bigger drops. Edit: download has been stalled at 96.4GB of 119.2GB for 10...
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