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Wish Google showed me that option when I looked lol

Once you get the driver loaded it’s fine, it is the i225-V3, but even the WiFi wouldn’t work out of the box. Looked in UniFi Network Manager and it was auto negotiating to 100Mb/E, tried forcing it to 1Gb/E. but that didn’t help! Otherwise 10Gb/E, Dual USB4, and proper PCI-E bifurcation.

You don’t mention what CPU, if it’s Ryzen then I would recommend an air cooler as an AIO is really not necessary. I have gone back to an air cooler for first time in 12+ years and the Deepcool AK620 I have was a fraction of the spec and just gave a nice aesthetic.

Seriously if this is affecting you at work get a bigger screen, one with a blue light filter, and perhaps a higher refresh rate. Most businesses buy the cheapest monitors, if you had an issue with back pain then you’d likely get an ergonomic chair. I would discuss it with line manager in first...

You really need to hardwire the boxes with Ethernet ideally, then use the Sky Service menu to disable WiFi on all boxes. Even if it seems to show being connected to your WiFi, it is actually using a proprietary mesh network to communicate between the boxes. Otherwise you receive regular...

I got a new system with the ProArt X670E WiFi, unfortunately trying to install a clean install from USB with the latest download, part way through the install when it needs a network connection it couldn’t identify the Intel i225 v3 Gb/E card. Ended up having to download and customise it using...

It has a 21:0 aspect ratio so the extra vertical real estate makes it an excellent productivity monitor IMHO.

Why do you want to upgrade to Windows 11? I would hold on Windows 10 as long as possible, I have had nothing but trouble since I had a forced Windows 11 upgrade, even a clean install has only partially helped. My current favourite game, RDR2, has so many more random crashes and I get out of...

Definitely a good idea as 4 x 8GB was really challenging to get working on my AM4 system, even with an high end motherboard. and those were two identical kits. Given most motherboards use a daisy chain layout for memory traces, there is always a performance penalty using 4 ram modules over two...

If Ray Tracing isn’t a key requirement then AMD outperforms most equivalent nVidia cards in rasterisation performance. Check out Hardware Unboxed on YouTube as they just released a GPU ranking for 2024.

Make a note of which fan header on the motherboard the fan hub is connected to, then check the BIOS to see if that fan connection is not disabled. I would recommend plugging it into CPU_OPT if you can. Also be careful as some fan hubs can draw too much power from a single motherboard connector.

I know Zen 5 CPUs and new Blackwell based RTX cards are due this year, but then there is always something on the horizon and I think comment prices are very competitive right now. The system I am putting together would have probably been over £1,000 more six months ago, but those low prices...

I have been looking at both the Big Screen Beyond and the upcoming Som VR1 so glad you mentioned these. The Pimax Crystal seems to be either absolutely the best VR headset ever or a disappointment, based on my research so far.

Fools and their money are soon parted!

I took the decision to get a new system, whilst AM4 remains a great platform I have gone for a new AM5 system with a 7800X3D and an RTX 4090 as I am planning to go VR in Flight Simulator 2020, this is incredibly demanding on the GPU. Had I not been able to pickup a 4090 for £1,500 I would have...

It has been regularly upgraded to be honest, the case, PSU, and AIO are from when the Evolv X first came out. Motherboard is a couple of years old as I had a Strix X470-F that failed under warranty and was offered a credit by OcUK. SSD is an about six weeks old. RTX 3090 was bought at the tail...

Given the maturity of fabrication technology the 1080ti left me blown away after it replaced my 780ti, earlier generations were boosted by much larger node shrinks and the widespread adoption of FinFETs. I looked up my old OcUK invoice and I paid about the same for the 3GB 780ti as I did the...

Have you thought about the Asus ProArt X670E Creator WiFi, not such a dissimilar cost but has dual USB4 ports and an a Aquantia 10Gb/e NiC on board as well. Might not have the gamer aesthetic but it’s what I have gone for on my new PC.

Unfortunately I lost my access to the MM when they updated in August 2023, didn’t even know as last year was a bad year health wise, I realise it’s a really good resource but unless a mod takes pity on me and restores my access I’ll have to try somewhere else. I will order a 5800x3d and install...

Thanks for the reply, I understand your point about the VR making a monitor redundant. The next 12 months looks to bring a number of new VR options to market, been following VR Sim Guy on YouTube and he’s got a pre-production unit from a new entrant. Out of interest what VR headset are you...