Measure once...oh, I didn't. Build stalled. Bah!

Angilion

Angilion

Angilion

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I finally got around to cloning my drive and building my new PC. I haven't bought a new case for ages, so I'm still used to PSUs being at the top. New case, unsurprisingly, has it at the bottom. In a big case with a seperate compartment for the PSU.

Did I measure for the required length for the 8-pin power cable? No, I didn't. I didn't even think about it. It's never an issue with a top-mounted PSU.

New board has the socket right at the top edge of the board. The cable from the PSU is nowhere near long enough to reach. It might just about reach if I stretched it taut, didn't have a CPU cooler or a graphics card and didn't do any cable management. So no.

Also, what I mistakenly remembered as a retail licence for Win 7 is an OEM licence. So that's no use either. Something else I should have checked beforehand.

So now I can't do anything until I can get an extension cable, a license for Win 10, a KVM switch and a Linux box. Obviously I'm not going to use Windows 10 for anything other than a pure games console, so I'll need another computer and a convenient way of sharing keyboard, mouse and monitor.

This has become a lot more expensive than I wanted it to be and I'm almost regretting not just buying a PS4 for gaming.
 
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Hotwired said:
He said new board so unless he does the phone up and blag trick (does that still work) he needs a new licence.
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You're allowed to change hardware, i've done it a load of times and actually quite often the online authentication works fine. Its not like you are wanting to use it on two machines, activating on new hardware is fine as it renders the old copy inactive.

I've done it a bunch of times, the online support is pretty quick with live chat - just make sure you dont get spoofed in to using some bs.
 
I've never liked the PSU at the bottom of a case and I don't think I ever will. But I feel forced to have my PSU at the bottom, because this is how cases seem to be designed now. :(
 
Smffy said:
You're allowed to change hardware, i've done it a load of times and actually quite often the online authentication works fine. Its not like you are wanting to use it on two machines, activating on new hardware is fine as it renders the old copy inactive.

I've done it a bunch of times, the online support is pretty quick with live chat - just make sure you dont get spoofed in to using some bs.
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This
 
It's an entirely new PC, although I will be using my current graphics card in it when I get it built and working. Since I needed a new motherboard, CPU, CPU cooler (or a new mounting kit if I could get one for the right socket), memory and PSU (my current one is years old and rattles when it's a bit cold, so the fan is probably close to failing) and I wanted a much bigger SSD, the only other things I could move over were the HDD (which is years old) and the case (which I dislike working in as it's too small). All new hardware seemed the best way to go.

Reactiviating a retail licence on a new motherboard should work.

Reactivating an OEM licence on a new motherboard should not work.

Microsoft defines a new motherboard as a new PC. You can change the rest and re-use the same OEM licence (although you might need to phone them), but not the motherboard unless it's a direct like for like replacement due to a failed motherboard. That's what the terms and the FAQ says, anyway.

I thought I had a retail licence because I bought a legit boxed copy direct from Amazon (an authorised reseller), but my memory was at fault. It's an OEM licence.

I might get lucky, I suppose.

Another problem - my new case (Enthoo Pro M) is missing the front panel. The left side panel doesn't fit either, due to quite severe damage to the case (there's a big dent in the top, towards the left), and both are missing all three retaining clips at the top so even if they did fit I'd have to tape them in place. I lost the B grade gamble on that purchase. Should have paid the extra £30 and got a standard one.

A quick look for a replacement front panel didn't get anything apart from a site selling replacement side panels for about the same price as a complete case!

Just for laughs, the most recent patch for Fallout 4 fixed the worst of the performance issue (framerate in my larger, more complex settlements) that was what prompted me to build a new PC in the first place.
 
ThaReaperGuy said:
Made me chuckle a little bit. :p
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I've been playing a bit on a PS4 recently and found it barely adequate in most ways. Maybe I could get used to the input device that's uncomfortable, crude and inaccurate in comparison to a mouse and keyboard and the lack of mods and the lack of configuration options and maybe not all PS4 games have the horribly limited field of view of the ones I played. Gaming on a PS4 wasn't utterly dreadful and it is relatively cheap and straightforward.

I'd rather not, though. It reminds me of drinking cheap instant coffee instead of proper coffee from beans. It's still coffee, but it's really not the same thing.
 
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