Today I built 
Temporary location while I installed windows and got the wifi drivers.
Any must doās in bios?
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You forgot to mention the model of your motherboard, CPU and RAM.
Also, keep in mind that your GPU might bend over time due to the lack of a GPU holder.
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There is a holder itās at the back and it connects and uses 2 of the motherboard screw holes and then a frame attaches and runs along the end of the gpu. You can see it in the pic, right side where the little hole is thatās the frame.
Ryzen 7800x3d
Msi x670e tomahawk
Corsair vengeance 64gb 6000mhz CL30
After zooming in did I notice that you have a Gigabyte graphics card, so itās likely that an anti-sag bracket was included in the package, just like the one I have from Gigabyte.
Even though I have the anti-sag bracket installed, I also use 2x GPU holders for extra support.
I recently had the X670E Tomahawk motherboard. I suggest you start by updating BIOS and after the restart, select the EXPO profile for RAM.
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Thanks, yeah I will update bios tomorrow.
I think the bracket included is very sturdy myself, so wonāt bother adding anything else.
Also, if you donāt need virtualization, you can disable IOMMU and SVM in BIOS.
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I have no idea what that is, off I go to research it. 
Iāve got a Gigabyte 4090 which came with an anti-sag bracket but it wouldnāt fit on my motherboard, which was annoying. I did a hack mod using a cable tie instead.
My new Lian Li case came with an adjustable GPU support bracket built into the case. That works really well, so Iām not tempted to dig out the Gigabyte bracket (if I could even find it). I think this is a thing thatās common in new cases.
Iād lay 50-1 odds you donāt need it. 
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Virtualization is essential for running virtual machines or software like VirtualBox. It allows a single physical machine (your PC) to host multiple isolated operating systems or environments.
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Virtualization also plays a role in systems like Windows 11, particularly for security features such as Core Isolation.
With Core Isolation enabled, additional features like Memory Integrity are activated to prevent malicious code from being injected into high-security processes.
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Canāt agree more. I have quite the same build and it is amazing
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Thanks, I changed it up a bit since my initial post, I have a 4070ti super and 64gb ram.
Happy since building and flight sim runs fine over my WiFi, I have 1gb fttp line, and over WiFi I get average about 400-500mbps for where my pc is located which is plenty.
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Bit of a bump, sorry.
I recently had to do a clean install and I reset my bios as well, just going back to some things maybe worth disabling like SVM and IOMMU, these I believe will prevent me from using core isolation, is that a big deal.
Seems quite an important security feature, but perhaps not?
Personally, I have virtualization disabled most of the time (SVM and IOMMU) - I only enable it when I specifically need to run a virtual machine. In my case, disabling virtualization improves performance and reduces stuttering in games.
The downside is that features like Core Isolation (Memory Integrity) wonāt work without virtualization. Iām not an expert on Core Isolation, so Iād recommend reading up on it a bit to see how important it might be for your setup.
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Thanks, I noticed core isolation was disabled after I did a clean install, but maybe that was reflected from my bios settings, canāt remember if I had svm and iommu disabled in the past before I did reset of bios settings.
IOMMU is an important safety feature if you are using a virtual machine.
I presume you are not, so neither SVM nor IOMMU is needed.
For gaming, Microsoft also recommends:
- Enable Secure Boot and TPM in BIOS.
- Disable Fast Startup in BIOS.
- Disable Memory Integrity and VMP in Windows.
Disabling Memory Integrity makes me a little nervous, although the best anti-malware is the gray jelly in our skulls. ISP routers, Windows Firewall, and Defender all do a decent job keeping our computers safe - as long as we donāt do anything stupid, like installing the video player a ā ā ā ā site tells us we need. 
As for disabling VMP, does it really matter if you have SVM disabled in BIOS? The article seems to suggest it does. I donāt get that - or maybe Iām just misunderstanding the article. Itās happened beforeā¦ 
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Fast startup in bios is that the actual name?
I do intend to disable memory restore context, which makes boot time a little longer.
Different manufacturers use different terminology for some things, but I think āFast Startupā is pretty common.
I think MCR should be disabled. It does make bootup longer at times (my Gigabyte board has taken up to 15 minutes to boot after I changed something in the BIOS) but usually turning MCR off doesnāt add enough time for me to worry about it.
DDR (especially DDR5) can change its behavior, and even its structure, over time and with different conditions.
Credit for the following goes to an electrical engineerās post I found online. It makes sense to me:
Subjects like temperature differences at startup, aging of the silicon, voltage differences from the supply at startup, transmission line impedance matching, clock timing, PLL calibration for the clock, page refresh counters : Are some of the aspects that needs to be taken into account for a high speed system. It is about training and calibration to make sure the data is reliable for example signal integrity.
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I disabled MCR on advice from here I think, it does take a lot longer with it disabled vs enabled, currently itās enabled and it boots a lot quicker.
I donāt overclock anything, only thing Iāve done is enabled expo in the bios.
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Bogottenpoet mixed up the terminology: in BIOS itās called āFast Bootā whereas in Windows itās called āFast Startupā.
I have long recommended disabling both of these features. For example, Windows Fast Startup can interfere with driver installation and proper driver functionality, which is why I advise turning it off.
https://www.howtogeek.com/856514/how-to-disable-fast-startup-on-windows
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