u/Fuarkistani

I haven't seen too many reviews of this one. Any here got it and can comment on it?

I'm replacing an Aorus Z690I Ultra Plus which has insane coil whine, to the point where I think it's defective. Support haven't been helpful. I'm mostly worried about that. I'd rather get the ASUS Rog B680I but the aorus is significantly cheaper.

I need to buy a bunch of mechanic tool kits like bearing pullers and stuff like that. They're typically around £20-40 each and I need about 4 or 5 of them so in total £200 max. So far I've been getting friends and family to make an account and purchase for me with £20 off £20 promo so I end up paying very little but this takes a lot of time and is kinda bummy to keep asking people.

Is there a better way to make this amount of purchase? I see people here doing the big promos but I don't get how they work inherently. Tried my best to understand it but it seems I have to spend a lot of money buying shit I don't need to get coupons back. Which means I'm not that much better off?

I checked my account and I have "claimcredit" and "credit777" available. claimcredit says I have £23.00 to withdraw and 580% credit back if I spend £30+. But it only says £23.00 on the checkout.. ?

current build:

i5-12600K
Aorus Z690i Ultra Plus DDR5
2x 16GB DDR5
Asus 4060 2X
SF750

My board is producing a lot of coil whine, especially at idle. I've tried everything including removing the GPU or undervolting. It's so bad to the point I can't use the pc without noise cancelling headphones.

I was thinking of getting an Ultra 5 225F, B860i and 5060. Or a B760i and 14400f. Any suggestions or opinions on this? What else could I try before buying new hardware?

So I have free shipping on any item on my account. I tend to buy the cheapest stuff for my needs, my order value is usually around £5-40 max. I see here people using these promos like rebate100 to get money back. Is this applicable for me or is that if you're spending a lot of money? I looked at the rebate100 offer and it was asking me to buy 10 shit items which is no use to me.

I'm running a build from 2022 so a bit out of the loop with the latest and greatest. Cousin needed a cheapish first PC build for a 1080p setup. I researched and came up with this:

CPU: i5-14400F
Motherboard: MSI B760 Wifi DDR4
GPU: Zotac 5060 Twin Edge OC
RAM: 2x 16GB DDR4 3200Mhz C16
PSU: Either a Corsair RM750x or RM850x (to give a bit of room to upgrade to a 5070 or something for 1440p in the future)

Price wise we got most of the parts cheap, especially the RAM considering current prices. I was wondering if this is a good selection of parts? Alternatively I could for a similar price go for B760 DDR5 + 2x 8GB DDR5 RAM, maybe a tiny bit more. Is that worth doing over DDR4? I also have no idea about AMD CPUs, always been into Intel. Are they worth a consideration or is this build fine?

All the parts are ordered but I'd be happy to order better alternatives before building. Budget was around £750.

I want to do rear pads and discs on my dad’s 2017 prius+. I’m aware it uses an electronic parking brake. What steps do I need to take to make sure nothing electronic gets damaged?

Do I release the EPB, disconnect 12V battery and then proceed as normal (wind back pistons, change discs etc)? I was reading about putting the electronic handbrake into “service” or “maintenance” mode.

Any other tips will be appreciated. I’ve only ever done brakes on simpler cars like older Yarises or hondas.