>>1680802 Okay, don't fuck with this unless you know what you're doing. It does block Windows Updates, but because of the way Windows 10 calls out to certain urls, it breaks certain parts of settings. Network & Internet Settings just closes out the Settings app, and Action Center just does the load circle, then nothing. Trying to roll back its modifications didn't fix it either.

>>1684228 Thanks for the sacrifice, anon.

My new pcs wifi is absolute shit compared to my old laptop from 2017. It was fine first few weeks then went to shit. Updated drivers but no dice. What's the problemo muchachos?

I hope desktop computers continue to prosper for a while, it's pretty much the only platform left with any freedom I mean just look at consolefaggots. They can't run their own software on their consoles, they just buy an entirely new one if they break or bricked/banned cuz they did a no-no. I don't want my daily computing device to be gay and retarded like that

>>1688413 Probably a bad WiFi chip, as you ideally want either Intel or Qualcomm. Anything else is awful

>>1682554 You know who else works for Bloomberg?

>>1688413 is it an usb dongle, m.2 extension or built into the motherboard?

>>1689334 >dongle

>>1689457 You're a dongle.

>>1689334 It's in the motherboard. I got the cheapest ASRock B850 I could find.

>>1688413 Are you on 2.4Ghz? I had the pleasure of learning recently that USB 3 devices make a shit ton of interference in that range. Was pulling my hair out thinking my new router was defective after I plugged a drive into the USB ports. I switched it to a USB 2 to SATA adapter and the issue resolved itself.

>>1690558 i second this, there are a lot of devices emitting in the 2.4ghz range, consider getting an ethernet cable if your pc and router are nearby each other, or return the motherboard since it was bought new

>>1690558 >>1691005 So 2.4Ghz keyboards and mice can interfere with Wifi? That would fucking suck.

>>1691210 Modern Wi-Fi is 5 GHz with 2.4 as a fallback, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem. Only a handful of devices can receive 6E or 7 signals yet, so I won't mention 6 GHz as though it matters.

>>1691210 No, because they would, in effect, disable themselves if they were USB3. Input devices don't need the massive bandwidth increase and the extra pins USB3 has, not to mention the extra components that would inflate the price.

Do I need to avoid ASRock motherboards like the plague? I'm doing a 7600X3D build and I've hard they melt 9000 series CPU's but I haven't kept up with the info too much. Mostly just wondering if it will make it so upgrading down the line to a 9000 CPU will be fucked.

>>1695386 the motherboard problems are limited to 9800x3d because amd sent wrong numbers to the companies and it wasnt limited to asrock, if i were you id avoid that specific cpu instead, consider something like 9700x instead

>>1695402 Ah that's good then, thanks.

>>1637624 Late but this is why I pretty much eschewed all normal RAM and started buying ECC RAM instead and I will probably buy AMD unless Intel allows ECC memory for cheap. Yes, it's more expensive for what you get and it's slower but I will take the stability gains and the vastly better error reporting over RAM malfunctions and time spent debugging. And it actually is even better in OC situations because you can monitor the error rate and see when you OC it too high when it starts running into errors so you can dial back and try again until you find a sweet spot. Easily worth what I paid in my opinion.

So what would you buy for a gaming rig if you were to get a new one today? I ask because every time I consider upgrading from my 5700XT, I see AMD still has driver issues, NVIDIA has driver issues (and melts), and Intel Arc has drivers issues. And I'm tired of driver issues. I am tired of build it bloatware. I am tired of having a GPU and NVME 2.0 that runs hot enough to cause hardware faults. > "Everything is shit, don't bother"

>>1707634 Personally I would only upgrade when something you want to run demands more power, amds new 90xx series of gpus has problems with dx9 titles so you could consider rx 7000 instead (7900xtx is better than 9070xt anyways) As for thermal throttled parts consider custom cooling solutions (ssd heatsinks, graphics card repasting/repadding etc) and undervolting

>>1707634 I only upgraded because I use my rig for work, if not I'd stuck with my 9900k/3070ti build for another several years.

>>1707634 I should build a computer where troubleshooting the system is less of a pain: >a CPU with an iGPU in case the dedicated GPU doesn't work >a GPU with a dual-VBIOS in case of a VBIOS failure and repairable heatsink/fans >a motherboard with a debug LED in case boot fails (someone should make a list of boards that have them) >a case where maintaining or replacing most parts is easy, including the front I/O >a reliable PSU that lasts for years >durable SSDs both physically and internally It seems like every computer part has issues regardless of software and hardware. Could some older hardware just work with the right drivers and other code?

>>1708371 > "Could some older hardware just work with the right drivers and other code?" Well my rig is from 2018. My GPU has been acting up for a while. I found out it was sort of burnign inside, and tried to clean it out. It's crashes less from overheating and more form hardware faults now. I do not recommend replicating this procedure. I tried undervolting it, but it just crashes slightly harder, when it eventually crashes, and need a complete driver reinstall afterwards. I've been considering upgrading for a while, but between hardwre being shit and modern gayms being shit, I'd rather just let it roll a while yet. Unless some anon can recommend an easy gpu that could fix this whole thing. Included my shitty rig for anyone interested. RAM is on 4 sticks, which I heard also causes problems on AMD boards, so there is that.

>>1708428 >> It's crashes less from overheating and more form hardware faults now. I'd believe it with the ass-tier paste job they did on that die. It probably killed itself, unfortunately. Gonna get harder to recommend cards for that board since it's pcie 3.0 only and cards are now using 5.0 and coming with fewer lanes, which screws midrange builds' upgrade options.

>>1707634 >So what would you buy for a gaming rig if you were to get a new one today? Pretty much just build the mini-PC I already built again, but with a 9070XT instead. It's overkill for my needs, and ultra-wide past 21:9 is cool for screenshots, but there's no gameplay benefit in anything I play without crippling my vertical FOV using PerspectiveFix. If I'm at the point where I build a new rig, it's to offload my hard drives onto a NAS and put a drawing setup on a tablet PC. The point of this rig was to condense my needs to one machine. >drawing tablet >multi-monitor gayman >hard drive storage >virtual machine headroom for self-hosting or local alt frontend clients like invidious

>>1695386 They just put out the 3.40 bios update for AM5 boards for "increased stability" for 7000s and 9000s CPUs, just wait and check for other's who updated to give their experience, otherwise just get a different motherboard brand.

>>1708607 I suppose you're right. Now even the BSOD crashes.

>>1710490 H... how?

>>1710506 GPU sad

Has anyone ever had to try to update directly from 1709 to 22H2? An in-place upgrade doesn't work, nor does using Windows Update (error 0xc1900101). I'm at a loss as to how to fix this shit. I've tried almost everything anyone has ever suggested.

>>1710849 You've tried an actual installation already I would guess? Maybe gradually upgrading from older version would work well enough, but that will require you finding the updates yourself .

>>1710849 You can futureproof your Windows installs. Step 7 in this Rentry: https://rentry.org/windowsinstallguide There's also this guide, scroll to the partitioning section: https://pastebin.com/Zh7WSbJ2 It might actually be better to run a fresh install anyway.

>>1711034 You mean downloading various intermediate ISOs and trying to in-place upgrade to them first? I suppose that might work. DISM and SFC return 100% good. I've repeatedly deleted the cached downloads files and forced it to redownload. I've repeatedly relaunched (and restarted) the Windows Update service. I haven't tried to see if the motherboard needs a BIOS update yet (why the fuck does this matter). I have no idea how to see whether or not any "UWP apps" are installed, nor how to delete them. Zero of the attached device drivers are throwing errors.

>>1418497 I'm shopping for epyc 7003 supported SP3 mobos to upgrade my homelab and these boards are still ridiculously expensive. Just 1 more year right?

>>1711429 Yeah you're probably hosed for something like that, even "for parts" mobo are horrendously expensive (and they never come with easy fix anyways so it's almost always a waste of money)