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If you're using an older Gigabyte motherboard with an Intel CPU—up to and including a Z590/B560 chipset—you should probably ...

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We already had the B850 Steel Legend Wi-Fi as our pick for a midrange AMD AM5 motherboard, and now we've got its sibling, the B860 Steel Legend Wi-Fi, as our pick for the best budget Intel LGA1851 ...

You can do this by going into the Device Manager (right-click on the Windows icon on the taskbar and select it). Locate ...