End of Year PC Build

Apparently I guess I am behind the times in using RAW audio format. For I don't see large hard drives being utilized. 

Thanks for that but that solution didn't work for me I tried it a few different times as my problem specifically relates to Onedrive making the "Documents" Folder the blessed or default Documents folder for when/where programs (like Bioware Games) install stuff to the "Documents" folder.

Thanks for that but if Windows 11 has already installed Onedrive and made the Documents folder located there the default location will programs not know where to save to?

Sorry I am normally good with this stuff having just another Fresh Start and got a completely different result but the same problem with Onedrive it's throwing me for a loop.

Basically I just want to do a local install but Windows will not let me. Even when I told it do do a clean start and not remember my files or anything it still installed One Drive and made its documents folder default and had all my files in it!!!!

Cheers been messing around with it and I think i have gotten rid of OneDrive by telling it to close and it pretty much has disappeared but honestly I have been messing with so much stuff in my account online and the PC who knows what happened. 

I have appeared to have deleted the One Drive folders even the Documents one and told the one I copied from xternally to "Set to Default" which it seems to have done since the Onedrive folder was now not there.

Just about to try and download a Bioware game and see what happens????

I have an ASRock Fatality Z97 Killer in my current PC. I have no idea what the equivalent price range would be today. I don't even recall what it cost in 2015. But considering that I never had any hardware failures in 8 years I either picked well or got very lucky.

I assumed the massive price difference between Z790 boards was about features and not how fast they break. But that was probably naive. So yeah, I'll want to buy a board that will ideally last as long as my current one.

If that cooler you recommend is really that good than that would be awesome. It's much cheaper than any other decent one I researched.

Yeah no idea about GPU. I could afford a 4090 but that would be incredibly unreasonable even if it's the only one with good vRAM. I just don't want to reward all this greed. I used to think that upgrading to a new XX70 card every 2-3 years is the best approach. But then the mining crap happened and the vRAM bullshit started and now I don't know anymore. I went from 970 to 1070 to 1080Ti pretty fast, so the most expensive one is the one I've been able to game without issues the longest but that was 630€ used and not 1600! Completely insane price tag. I was checking out prices for a used 3090Ti but those aren't appealing to me either and I don't want to get scammed (I bought the 1080Ti off a friend of a friend, so zero risk).

I wish I could like this paragraph more than once.

According to what I found that board was around $200 when first launched. 
Again this doesn't take into account inflation -so the board would probably be over $250 new if bought now. 

Certain companies try to save a buck where they shouldn't and you end up with a board with sub-par components and failures run rampant.
Gigabyte -in customer support but I think one reason may be they just spend more on the cards -no money for tech support -LOL. ASUS used to be good but since all the good people there launched ASROCK now ASUS are just a never buy:


Yes who would want to shell out that amount? Not anyone I am sure. I never spent over $350 on graphics cards before this GPU hostage situation began. Yes I consider it that GPUS are being held hostage till we pay up or we don't get one.

Though since there has not been much decline in prices the ZT-A30710B-10P is a better value now than when I paid for it. Its actually gone up in price but that is what I get for the best of the line -according to Buildzoid -LOL.

My personal builds have gone MX4000, something 6600GT, 7600GT,  8600 GTS, 9600GT, 250 GTS, 670 TI?, 760 TI,  GTX 970 <=>3070TI --> In build I building -after rainy season over). I may have mixed the order up and forgot older ones but that is pretty much correct order -I believe. Yes. Its true I have been mainly on Nvidia and I completely skipped the 10 series -well the community PC has a MSI Mini 1050ti but I beefed it up with 3500RPM fans so its rock cool temps. 

As to motherboards -that Gigabyte board isn't the only one after some research and since you are an ASROCK fan -and apparently like the color RED -I could look at their lineup and see what they offer if you want before you make a decision. Should I even look at MSI -their prices are just exorbitant? Asrock prices seem much more reasonable but they no longer use the Fatality line and no red MB's -MSI took that shtick I see. Sorry to make it a bad day.

Well in actuality while they all DO support the 13th Gen...
ONLY some support DDR5... This is important since Kappa Neko already got DDR5.

Boy...
I have a renewed LOATHEING for Windows 11.
The method above so far so good.
Just make sure internet is DISABLED till all is done.



I did it via a Local Account in a Virtual Machine. 
www.tomshardware.com/how-to/install-windows-11-without-microsoft-account

Aside also found and DELETED CORTANA -it deserves worse than the Recycle Bin!

ASRock is a different company altogether. They make good stuff, highly recommended. Asus should be avoided until further notice.
I suggest you get this, but I urge you to reconsider your stance on the MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WiFi. It's far better than the Z790-P, but they cost almost the same, where I live anyways; YMMV of course. And it supports DDR5 up to 7200MHz.

I don't see why it wouldn't. According to Crucial it does: MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI RAM & SSD Upgrades

Check the QVL (Qualified Vendors' List) on the Gigabyte website if you want to match RAM with a particular motherboard.  For all the motherboards and RAM comparisons Gigabyte has a list for all the compatibility comparisons they have matched...and the list is quite extensive.  Odds are quite good that you will find that the RAM you bought will match the board of your choice.....And if it doesn't, they will at the very least give you a comparable and competitive model that they have tested with good results.