New Gaming Rig Advice..

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Found this in my sister's room, doesn't say the percentage of alcohol though.
 
Plec said:
We would still need thermal paste, unfortunately - but generic would only cost £2.

Options for tomorrow or today if you're prepared that i might disappear for long periods:

We remove HS - you take photos of HS base and the top of the CPU - i decide if there's enough for HS to be placed back on after CPU re positioning for testing - TBH i expect it to be solid and unlikely.

Or we wait until tomorrow/whenever - pick up some generic paste - we'll use the nail polish remover (but really clean off any residue by buffing surface with paper towel) - and then test.
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We will wait until tomorrow mate, I'll buy some alcohol and paste, want to do it properly and will come in in the future like you said. What alcohol should I buy? There's so many different ones, haven't a clue.
 
Sam
Plec said:
Yes, TBH, this is probably going to be the ground work for you getting all the skills you need for doing a new build.

Although there is a cheaper alternative we have overlooked - and that would be buying a second hand MB - you could possibly get one for approx £50/£60.
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I do feel a lot more confident now when I'm messing about with the build. Same motherboard or?
 
Plec said:
Obviously you don't have access to the MM yet but do you ever buy from the bay?

There's a Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H (so a little upgrade) - 3 days to go from a 100% rated seller - if you got it for £70 that would be a good buy.
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I have bought from there before. I either go the way of buying a new board, getting it up and running and my brother will be buying it off me, I will then use that money to buy a complete new build.

Or I just knock it on the head and use my existing parts for the new pc and sell the parts I don't need.
 
Plec said:
sounds like you have some thinking to do...

If you did get the second hand board and eventually sold it to your brother - you would certainly be able to offer him very specialised tech support :)

The better quality board would give a better chance of higher clock or an easier route to a moderate clock.

That reminds me i have a YouTube clip about how to take off the crappy pushpin heatsink that INTEL designed.

Need to find it again. :/
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What would you do? Really stuck on what to do, save money by getting a new motherboard and just keep my current build (saying that the money I got from my brother would go a lot towards it)

Or use this opportunity to go for a new rig entirely.
 
It is a tricky one. We still aren't completely sure it is the motherboard even though it has to be right? Power Supply is the only other suspect.

I feel like getting a new board, trying to overclock the CPU and seeing if this 16GB RAM does the business would be the sensible option but if I did sell it my brother I'd probably spend more getting a whole new build than just taking parts out my current system and adding to it. What would you say my current build is worth, been very hesitant to put a price on it (with a 7970 and 8gb of RAM in not the current upgrades)
 
Ok great, shouldn't be to long now hopefully. Am I going to be resitting the CPU? Feel like I'm an IT apprentice right now :D

Still undecided on what to do if it doesn't work.
 
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