Recent content by TerranUp16

LG sorta answered my question today with- https://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-27up650-w-4k-uhd-monitor I'll probably go with it.

I currently have one of these- https://www.amazon.com/LG-27UD68-P-27-Inch-Monitor-FreeSync/dp/B01CH9ZTI4/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=27UD68-P&qid=1627431048&sr=8-1 It's my primary. I do game on it. I know it's a waste of my RTX 3090, but 'tis what 'tis. Long-term there I am thinking of an LG...

Thank you, everyone (for the answers on Freesync/Gsync Compat)!

The "review" mentioned it supports Premium Freesync, but I can't find any specs that verify it actually supports variable refresh rates and if it does, what the range on those are (and for what inputs). Not encouraged by the manual not explicitly mentioning it, but it also seems like there is...

Latest update is the Dark Hero arrived ahead of schedule, so just a under a week after my last post I got the MSI swapped-out and the Asus swapped-in. Have to credit Asus that there isn't much of a drop in overall connectivity and available board space dropping from EATX to ATX- MSI gave a...

That's awful =( Got ahold of MSI via livechat today as they hadn't responded to the ticket since Saturday. They confirmed a mythical tool capable of solving this problem by enabling force-flashing of the BIOS exists... but they only give it to authorized repair centers and in the US they only...

Yeah, this has been my take-away. Definitely going to be making dual BIOS and/or flashback an absolute requirement from now-on. I am surprised that the chips aren't replaceable these days tbh. I'd imagine it's out of concern for security, but honestly I would be quite happy with just a simple...

Follow-up The X570 Prestige Creation started well. It actually came with Rev 7C36v1B BIOS out-of-box, so I didn't have any issues dropping my Ryzen 7 5800X in and getting everything going. While the board waited until the physical manual to advertise that MSI offers a PCI-E support brace they...

Oh, I definitely noticed ;) I am keeping myself unexcited about it to keep expectations low until I dive deeper on it and figure out how I want to move forward for storage, but it definitely immediately slotted into the, "nice to have" category and helped seal the Creation's position...

I ended up pulling the trigger on the MSI PRESTIGE X570 CREATION. Moving on now to finding qualified RAM (probably needs to be this as the D15 AM4 is still going to require tiny-ass RAM modules; waiting to see if NewEgg gets more back in-stock tomorrow and will honor that deal still though) and...

Thank 'e, everyone, for the excellent recommendations! Starfalcon, the X570 Creation looks great. Looks like NewEgg has it for $500 right now which would make it cheaper than the Crosshair Formula and would address the heatsink compatibility issue (it tosses a PCI-E 1x slot between the CPU and...

Thank you! $400.00 is the ideal price point, but I'm willing to go higher given the circumstances (capping around $700). Ideally, would like the board's layout to work well for my Noctua D15 AM4. Would like at least 8 USB ports on the back panel, at least one of which is Type-C. Haven't...

Or maybe I'm overthinking all of this and I should just grab a second Strix X570-E (got one in late 2019 to build my wife a rig centered on a Ryzen 3800X) and call it a day.

Thank 'e. Getting closer, but I noticed a NewEgg review where someone using a Noctua D15 had clearance issues with a GTX 1080 installed in the first PCI-E slot (and there may be general issues with the idea of only being able to use the second slot). I have a D15 AM4 edition I'm planning on...

Thank you both for the feedback! I just found out that an RTX 3090 has fallen into my lap, so my absolute top priority is now stable power delivery above all else- last thing I want is for the motherboard to have an electrical problem that fries a part whose MSRP is 3-4x its own. While I'm...