New Gaming PC - £1600 spend

orbitalwalsh · 11 Jul 2019 at 10:02

@EsaT @tamzzy @Plec

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-Z77X-UP7-rev-10#ov

https://www.anandtech.com/show/6786/gigabyte-z77xup7-review-oc-oriented-orange-overkill/2

^^^^

hand on a minute... finned heatsink array ... and on the chipset too!!! make it so!!!!!

tamzzy · 11 Jul 2019 at 10:03

orbitalwalsh said:
finned heatsink array ... and on the chipset too!!! make it so!!!!!

Not enough bling bling

orbitalwalsh · 11 Jul 2019 at 10:05

tamzzy said:
Not enough bling bling

im actually surprised theres no rgb from gigabyte on 90% of their chipset heatsink . haha dont think the others have too- prob adds more heat lol

Plec · 11 Jul 2019 at 12:47

orbitalwalsh said:
im actually surprised theres no rgb from gigabyte on 90% of their chipset heatsink . haha dont think the others have too- prob adds more heat lol

Not surprised, did you see that RGB/LED SSD buckle due to heat on Jay's2uselesscents?

/will try and find link later if not...

DazedNFused · 11 Jul 2019 at 12:52

@tamzzy

MB is now out of stock. If i need to change this, what would be a good replacement? Thanks

orbitalwalsh · 11 Jul 2019 at 12:58

DazedNFused said:
@tamzzy

MB is now out of stock. If i need to change this, what would be a good replacement? Thanks

which mother board ?

Plec · 11 Jul 2019 at 12:58

DazedNFused said:
@tamzzy

MB is now out of stock. If i need to change this, what would be a good replacement? Thanks

The MSI Tomahawk is in stock elsewhere ~£90

Plec · 11 Jul 2019 at 12:59

orbitalwalsh said:
which mother board ?

MSI B450-A Pro

tamzzy · 11 Jul 2019 at 13:12

DazedNFused said:
@tamzzy

MB is now out of stock. If i need to change this, what would be a good replacement? Thanks

Can get it elsewhere

Alternatively as mentioned, the b450 tomahawk too - tomahawk is a slightly more bling and feature-rich version of the b450-a pro

If you can get the b450 tomahawk for the same-ish price as the b450-a pro, I suggest you do that.

orbitalwalsh · 11 Jul 2019 at 13:20

tamzzy said:
Can get it elsewhere
Alternatively as mentioned, the b450 tomahawk too - tomahawk is a slightly more bling and feature-rich version of the b450-a pro

If you can get the b450 tomahawk for the same-ish price as the b450-a pro, I suggest you do that.

better heatsink too i believe ?

tamzzy · 11 Jul 2019 at 13:24

orbitalwalsh said:
better heatsink too i believe ?

debatable. looks about the same mass to me...and with the top-down stock cooler providing air flow, neither should pose a problem. of course the tomahawk looks better

orbitalwalsh · 11 Jul 2019 at 13:33

wow.. all these heatsinks are s***..... how can the likes of ABit get it right so many years ago ! Gigabyte did it right 5-8 years ago and finally getting back on track

http://abit.ws/upload/products/an78gs_top_500.jpg

RIP

tamzzy · 11 Jul 2019 at 13:36

orbitalwalsh said:
wow.. all these heatsinks are s***.....

lol...the vrms from yesteryear were nowhere near as efficient too though...

DazedNFused · 11 Jul 2019 at 22:56

Journey said:
Board has BIOS flash back, just need to use a USB drive with the BIOS on it, and press the button on the I/O shield before you install the RAM/CPU etc.

"Flash BIOS Button: Simply use a USB key to flash any BIOS within seconds, without installing a CPU, memory or graphics card."

@tamzzy The MB is in stock, so i am sticking with the original one you suggested. Are you able to give me a direction on what and where to get the Bios update that i need. I've been looking on the MSI website but not entirely sure what one i need to download.

Cheers

tamzzy · 11 Jul 2019 at 23:07

@DazedNFused https://www.msi.com/blog/the-latest-bios-for-amd-300-400-series-motherboard

DazedNFused · 12 Jul 2019 at 12:41

@tamzzy Top man, thank you.

orbitalwalsh · 12 Jul 2019 at 13:47

heads up for 1080p intel and amd

ryzen 3*** has done well ! intel will still be holding esports chip to use until Zen3

havenrl · 12 Jul 2019 at 13:59

tamzzy said:
@DazedNFused https://www.msi.com/blog/the-latest-bios-for-amd-300-400-series-motherboard

This list doesn't contain the B450 Tomahawk which I am getting, so where do I get the beta bios from?
Wondering this.

The normal page is at: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/B450-TOMAHAWK
This one?

orbitalwalsh · 12 Jul 2019 at 14:02

havenrl said:
This list doesn't contain the B450 Tomahawk which I am getting, so where do I get the beta bios from?
Wondering this.

The normal page is at: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/B450-TOMAHAWK
This one?

yep. just if there is any up to date chip set drivers too

Version
19.10.16
Release Date
2019-07-01

havenrl · 12 Jul 2019 at 14:14

orbitalwalsh said:
yep. just if there is any up to date chip set drivers too

Sound, thanks.