I'm kind of hoping to be told i'm over reacting and everything is fine, but here we go.
I've just recieved the PS i ordered from OCUK, ForceBox Gamer Plus. I added a 2tb HDD, Win 7 Home, and a GTX770 4GB.
Since this was my first ever PC, as i've only used laptops till now, i decided on a premade over self build. I went with the 770 4GB since it was only £50 more and it would give a bit of future proof, and some games (BF4) do use more than 2GB.
I was concerned about overheating, given the 770 is a beast, but when i talked with the sales rep he assured me it would be fine. And i also figured they wouldn't list it as an upgrade if it wasn't going to work.
So it arrived, and it seemed to be a sweet build, looked nice and was very happy. Until my net refused to stay connected. There was no set time it would stay connected, sometimes it would go hours, other times mere minutes. When it went though my connection was showing the triangle thing with exclamation mark. Only way to fix it was to run the troubleshooter, which ALWAYS fixed it, and reported something about a gateway.
So i called them up and the guy i talked to was great, listened to what i had already tried, and then said he'd send me a PCIE card. I was again concerned about wether it would fit and the effect it would have on over heating, but again he assured me it would work, and more importantly wouldn't invalidate my warranty since i would have to put it in myself.
Card arrived, and i put it in, noticing in the process that the card essentially blocks the fans on the GFX card.
Everything with the internet seems to have been resolved, but the heat the machine is out putting now is rediculas. When i use it for gaming i'm having to open EVERY window in the room otherwise it turns the room into an oven.
Hell i could actually probably heat my entire flat with the heat it's outputting at the moment.
Tied with this is some odd smells, i wouldn't call it burning, but it just smells weird. A mate of mine told that that is normal with new PSU's and that after it's 'growing pains' will settle down and the smell will go away.
Finally, it's now twice just shut down for no apparent reason while gaming. Which i'm guessing means it's over heating.
So what do i do? Is all this just the growing pains of a new system that will settle down over time. Or should i return machine for a refund/replacement?
I love the machine, it's been amazing playing games on 1080 on max settings, rather than on 1366 on low
But i'd rather not ignore everything and then have it die in a month or so
I've just recieved the PS i ordered from OCUK, ForceBox Gamer Plus. I added a 2tb HDD, Win 7 Home, and a GTX770 4GB.
Since this was my first ever PC, as i've only used laptops till now, i decided on a premade over self build. I went with the 770 4GB since it was only £50 more and it would give a bit of future proof, and some games (BF4) do use more than 2GB.
I was concerned about overheating, given the 770 is a beast, but when i talked with the sales rep he assured me it would be fine. And i also figured they wouldn't list it as an upgrade if it wasn't going to work.
So it arrived, and it seemed to be a sweet build, looked nice and was very happy. Until my net refused to stay connected. There was no set time it would stay connected, sometimes it would go hours, other times mere minutes. When it went though my connection was showing the triangle thing with exclamation mark. Only way to fix it was to run the troubleshooter, which ALWAYS fixed it, and reported something about a gateway.
So i called them up and the guy i talked to was great, listened to what i had already tried, and then said he'd send me a PCIE card. I was again concerned about wether it would fit and the effect it would have on over heating, but again he assured me it would work, and more importantly wouldn't invalidate my warranty since i would have to put it in myself.
Card arrived, and i put it in, noticing in the process that the card essentially blocks the fans on the GFX card.
Everything with the internet seems to have been resolved, but the heat the machine is out putting now is rediculas. When i use it for gaming i'm having to open EVERY window in the room otherwise it turns the room into an oven.
Hell i could actually probably heat my entire flat with the heat it's outputting at the moment.
Tied with this is some odd smells, i wouldn't call it burning, but it just smells weird. A mate of mine told that that is normal with new PSU's and that after it's 'growing pains' will settle down and the smell will go away.
Finally, it's now twice just shut down for no apparent reason while gaming. Which i'm guessing means it's over heating.
So what do i do? Is all this just the growing pains of a new system that will settle down over time. Or should i return machine for a refund/replacement?
I love the machine, it's been amazing playing games on 1080 on max settings, rather than on 1366 on low
But i'd rather not ignore everything and then have it die in a month or so
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If i'd known that i probably wouldn't have gone for the 770, or at least gone for a bigger case