Will a Samsung 860 EVO M.2 SSD work with the Gigabyte B850 AORUS ELITE?
PCPartPicker is flagging my Samsung 860 EVO as incompatible with the Gigabyte B850 AORUS ELITE motherboard. The drive is an M.2 2280 model, so I'm trying to understand…
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Are genuinely new LGA 1150 motherboards with NVMe support still available?
Since LGA 1150 is the last Intel platform commonly associated with DDR3, I'm wondering whether there is still a shortage of truly new motherboards for it, especially models…
Are genuinely new LGA 1150 motherboards with NVMe support still available?
I'm looking for a motherboard for an LGA 1150 system that supports DDR3 and ideally has an M.2 NVMe slot. With NVMe SSDs sometimes costing less than SATA…
How can I add more storage and improve performance in Marvel Rivals?
My current PC has a Ryzen 5 5600, 16GB of DDR4 RAM, a GTX 1660 Super 6GB, an MSI B550-A PRO motherboard, and Windows 11. Marvel Rivals runs…
Do I need an SSD heatsink in my laptop?
Hi! I'm using an ASUS V16 Skillcorp laptop and want to replace its single M.2 SSD slot. I have roughly 5 mm of clearance under the laptop's cover,…
Is the WD Black SN850X worth paying extra for over the SN7100?
I'm choosing between a 1TB WD Black SN7100 for £158.94 and a 1TB WD Black SN850X for £178.99. The drive will mainly be used for Windows and gaming.…
Windows 11 installer can’t see my new SSD after the old NVMe failed
My M.2 SSD containing Windows failed yesterday and no longer appears in the BIOS. I've ordered an external enclosure in case I can recover data from it. In…
Windows 11 Installer Cannot See My New NVMe SSD
My M.2 SSD containing Windows failed yesterday and no longer appears in the motherboard's BIOS. I've ordered an external enclosure in case I can recover data from it.…
How do I get my NVMe drive to appear in the boot options?
I'm setting up a Gigabyte Aorus X870 WiFi 7 system and can't find my NVMe drive listed in the BIOS boot priorities. I'm new to the AM5 platform…
Why isn’t my NVMe drive showing up in the boot options?
I'm using a Gigabyte Aorus X870 WiFi 7 motherboard and I'm new to the AM5 platform and BIOS settings. My NVMe drive doesn't appear in the boot priority…
Samsung 990 Pro appears in BIOS but not in the Windows 11 installer
I'm trying to install Windows 11 on a system with an MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX motherboard, an AMD CPU, and a new Samsung 990 Pro NVMe installed…
Which SSD should I use for Windows and which for games?
I'm planning a gaming PC with two separate SSDs and am considering PCIe 4.0 drives, or possibly using one PCIe 5.0 drive. If I buy both generations, should…
Is an M.2 SATA SSD fast enough for an operating system, or is NVMe worth it?
I have two NVMe drives in my desktop, one 128GB and one 1TB, plus a spare M.2 SATA SSD. I originally bought the SATA drive for a laptop,…
After upgrading my Ryzen CPU, my HDD and SSD disappeared
I upgraded my processor to a Ryzen 7 5800XT on a Gigabyte A320M-S2H Rev. 1 motherboard and updated the BIOS from F51 to the newest available version. After…
Proxmox and Debian Installation Reboot During Setup on Lenovo M720q
I'm trying to install Proxmox VE 8 on a Lenovo M720q with an i3-9100T, 16 GB of RAM, a 256 GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe drive (firmware…
Should I use a PCIe x1 slot or an M.2 adapter for a capture card?
I have a GIGABYTE B850 GAMING WIFI6 motherboard with a GPU installed in the PCIe x16 slot. The three remaining physical slots are wired as PCIe x1, even…
WD Black SN750 Suddenly Became Read-Only—Can I Recover It?
My WD Black SN750 NVMe SSD crashed unexpectedly, and afterward Windows, Command Prompt, and DiskPart all reported that the drive was in a read-only state. I tried the…
Should I buy a PCIe 4.0 or PCIe 5.0 SSD for my gaming build?
I'm planning a gaming PC with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, an RTX 5070 Ti, and a B650M AORUS ELITE AX AM5 motherboard. The board has one PCIe 5.0…
What’s the Difference Between 2242 and 2280 NVMe SSDs?
I'm looking to upgrade the storage in my gaming laptop and I'm comparing 2242 and 2280 NVMe drives. As far as I can tell, the main difference is…
Is moving from B-Series v1 to v2 a safe long-term choice for basic VMs?
Around 60% of our virtual machines currently run on older B2ms or B2s sizes with temporary disks, and those sizes are no longer available for reservations. We mainly…