And the expectation some 5+ years ago was that by now SSDs would be as cheap as HDDs for the same storage capacity.
We're far from it! The pricing per TB is roughly 5:1 SSD to HDD at the budget end.

Given the current situation with availability and pricing I'd change your lists to some degree. Given that most aren't very noise sensitive and most computer parts are "low noise" by general standards that part is also toned down. All: * RAM should be at least 2666. 3000-3200 is usually the same pri...

... and not overclocked. Anybody who wants performance will, if at all possible, use the XMP setting and thus overclock the memory. My own memory has an XMP rating of 3200 MHz and I've been able to overclock it from the default 2133 to 3066 MHz. I'm not sure about the default speeds with the latest...

A dust filter is decisively more restrictive than the typical heatsink, so that's where you want a strong fan.
Other than that most mounts in cases aren't very restrictive.

To be clear, they still manufacture old gen CPUs when the new gen is launched? Not just sell off the old inventory? I wouldn't be as concrete as Steve. There will be "old" CPUs available in stores for a while (weeks/months) after a successor is released. Do not count on getting a brand new older ge...

The ESD bag isn't bad:
* It's equal potential all over.
* It's not conductive at the voltages involved with a computer (impedances more than tens of megaohms). Any leakage currents will be up to micro amps.

Asrock is Asus' budget oriented brand. Really good price/performance!

... My present SSD (2) connect via PSU and not PCI Express. :?: I suppose you mean it's SATA (powered by the PSU)? ... Right now I have Windows 10 Home from free upgrade of Windows 7. So I guess buying Windows 10 will be necessary -- I believe the free upgrade is only on current computer and differ...

CA_Steve wrote:... you can set the motherboard down onto a non-conductive surface (like a wood desk) and do the pre-build. It won't sit flat...

The box the motherboard comes in is a good support.
With the edge of extension cards off the edge of the box the motherboard will lay flat.

Seems like a nice case.
Driver cooling shouldn't be an issue unless you have some HDD that has to work hard for a long time.

That's 140 mm vs 120 mm. My assumption: The fan blades look the same, and to get the same area cover with larger diameter two more blades are required. The Dark Rock (PRO) leaves a bit to be desired for use with AMD CPUs. Can only be mounted in one direction. For the PRO version that's with vertical...

Clueless reviewer strikes again... Typically, CPUs never consume as much power as their TDP. As a blanket statement that's plain wrong nowadays, if one discuss power consuption at 100% load. (Admittedly, most CPUs are not demanded to run at 100% load most of the time.) The TDP is pretty much define...

It of course depends on actual use. Myself I use a 75 MHz Pentium computer from 1994 every now and again.
(Only one program, controlling home brewn battery test equipment.)

Thanks for the link, I note that the results on an Intel 201x platform at maximum stress are not so good, to me it looks like the 800 rpm fans are just not fast enough. ... Correct. Compared to the fans provided with the other coolers the Noctua fans aren't loud enough... In the other tests all coo...

Now I think I understand:
You're essentially feeding 5V on the 12V input and 12V on the 5V input on the fans.
Then the problem can be assumed to stem from having 12V on the 5V line, causing problems with some regulator.

180W on the 12V line might be a bit tough.
I'd rather suggest you buy a new PSU. Good ones in the 400-500W range can be had at <$50.

Ignore the timeout and just close the tab after hitting "submit".

Your pictures don't show how the cables are drawn between the connectors/pins, which is my concern.

Happens to me too since quite some time.
I just ignore it and close the tab, knowing that my posting is okay.

dan wrote:using a pair of pliers i cut throught he very hard plastic and then reversed the connection on the power molex from PSU a corsair PSU to fans, from power to the first one, but the other 2 are normal.

This I have difficulties to envision.
Can you provide a picture or drawing of the cable arrangement?

It's also possible that the HDD's I/O controller is dead.
(Happened to my 1TB Samsung 850 EVO after a few months. )

... there's no 6pin slot to plug and also I've normal power supply 500w... If your 500W power supply doesn't have a PCIe plug it's not "normal" by today's standards, and imply that it's a fairly old design. How much current can your power supply deliver on the 12V rail? Does it have one or two 12V ...

... "I'm surprised HDDs are still being sold." And by 'sold' I mean sold through retail channels to regular consumers — I'm surprised I still see HDDs on shelves when I walk into a regular computer/electronics store. I totally understand the need for corporations, governments, and certain occupatio...

Local storage is used! Like the 11 TB of pictures a hobby photographer I know makes use of. Those interested in filming will use up way more than that. Even a 500 GB SSD is currently prohibitively expensive for me, even though I'd love to have one for my game library (which is currently ~350 GB when...

But it's 30dB at only 10cm distance! (Comparable to 20dB at 100cm.)

There's just about always something "new and better" just a few months away.
That said I think it could be worthwhile to wait at least for the near releases of new Intel chipsets and new AMD products.
After that any releases are more uncertain in time and impact.

My own recent experience is that a QVL will only tell which RAM that are verified to function on that motherboard. Do not expect it to be able to reach the RAM manufacturer's rated max speed! (Although some RAM do, it boils down to many factors.) Initially I could run my "3200 MHz" RAM at max 2933 M...

From a very general point of view my experience says: * Thicker fans generate more pressure at a given maximum (zero pressure) flow rating. * Thicker fans generate more noise at a given zero pressure flow rating. Given that you have fairly restrictive air paths with dust filters and other stuff a th...

I suppose I'm not the very sensitive type here... Never seen HDD noise as a problem since my first computer in the mid '90ies. * In the early days the HDD noise just helped me hear what was going on during startup and general computer use. Was the drive starting normally? (A very real issue when I a...

I think you miss out on self-made media files. A friend of mine that is a hobby photographer has about 11TB of still pictures (in RAW format) in his computer. Anybody shooting a lot of films will also need a good capacity of data. That said this data can of course be stored in a NAS or other "off" l...

... a week after that FD launch R6... The R6 seems terribly asthmatic to me. Not an improvement! The main mod I did was to remove the useless frame behind the front fans. Seems like a good idea! ... The Noctua rubber screws are meant for M3 screw holes, while Silent Base 800 front mountings are M2 ...