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Oh god... yeah I just checked the ram I had is out of stock, but the price doubled for similar types that are slower with higher timing. Oof.

Like... mech harddrives or just ssd's? Kinda glad I grabbed my rig when I did. lol

personal preference to what? UI layout? features? or just general tin foil hat against microsoft?

Genuinely curious as to why you decided to do this?

I believe any ARGB controller would work. You'd have to shop around and see which device and their accompanying software you'd prefer. I only suggested corsair because your case and the rgb fans are from Corsair. At the end of the day, you'll have to read reviews of the controllers, figure out...

Yeah you'll need a controller for those ARGB fans. They're not compatible to the 4 pin 12V RGB headers on your motherboard. If you want to stay on the corsair eco system, you would probably need to pick up their Commander Duo controller to control the RGB's correctly. It pulls power from a...

that cpu supports TPM 2.0. You just need to make sure it's enabled in the bios.

.... TPM only goes up to 2.0.

What mobo and CPU combo do you have that isn't TPM 2.0 ready? There are a few things that Win 11 do better than 10 besides the obvious of security updates. AutoHDR support is way more flushed out on 11, and Wifi 7 support is available from 24H2 onwards. File Explorer update is nice with the...

You should definitely get a DDR5-6000 kit if you can. Specifically ones that use the SK Hynix dies. There is a significant sweet spot in performance at those speeds until you start pushing single rank kits to 8000.

Well then you can try to plug the DP cable into the mobo rear i/o (ensure iGPU is enabled in BIOS, sometimes they are disabled by default). See if you get an input. At least that way it can confirm that it's either the cable or your monitor's DP port is an issue. If the monitor works, then it's...

Not to be that guy, but just want to make sure that it isn't the case but... Did you connect the displayport cable to the back of the GPU or the motherboard rear i/o?

ublock origin.

chrome remote desktop should do what you need.

USB4 Gen 3x2 (40Gbps) is more targeted towards folks that want to have external nvme drives and external GPU enclosures.

I would prioritize getting security updates over restore points. I'm surprised people still uses that feature in 2025.

No, microcode updates are done through the bios of the motherboard. It is not a hardware change to the CPU. Hardware changes would be typically marked by a "Stepping" change. They used to etch the stepping on the IHS, but I don't believe that practice is done anymore.

Yeah... just motherboard shenanigans with computer case pinouts. Not much more I can do if OP can't figure this out. Maybe take a pic of the actual mobo near that JFP1 pins and I can circle the thing to pull out. lol

If the mobo is indeed a MSI Z97 Gaming 5, then it's the pin shown in the following diagrams taken from your mobo manual. Pull out the cable that's connected to the highlighted pin and the power LED won't turn on for the computer case.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11 You can get them from Microsoft direct.