New Gaming Rig Advice..

I didn't. The fan is on top now, can't seem to push down the corners though? To get it out i had to screw them anti clockwise going by that video you sent me, I've put them back to clock wise as well and they won't seem to budge.
 
They ain't budging. Does it matter how the fan is positioned at all?

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I'm not surprised you snapped one in half after this...
 
Basically is it ok how I've got it installed in the picture above?

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Do they look through to you? The fan part of the heatsink moves up and down a little when I pull it. Can't tell if it was like that in the first place.
 
Plec said:
Well - you've done all you can with the components you have to hand.

Well done - you've essentially reverse engineered your build. And will prove invaluable if you choose to rebuild or buy a new rig.

Decision time now...

I can do a list of pros and cons - but it could ultimately make it harder for you to decide what to do.
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Thanks very much for your time and patience Plec, couldn't of done it without you, really appreciate it.

And if there is a positive I do feel like I've learnt a lot through this process so there is that.

Yeah I need all the help I can get right now. Brother said he'd buy my current system for £500 so would have that to put towards a new system if I went that route.

Or I could buy that motherboard you found and persevere with what I have.

OR I could take components that work in my current PC, selling the 7970, CPU etc and putting the money towards a new build.
 
Plec said:
So £450/£430 - given that you have to buy a MB?

What is your budget ontop of the £450 without making you broke - don't stretch (as you can add luxury components at a later date).

*Noted - that you have a GTX 1070
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Correct. Take in to account the 1070 is already bought. I'd say about £600-£800.
 
Plec said:
You're going to need an OS?

If you do i'm going to suggest you get that from somewhere else - an OEI (builders licence) - can be picked up very cheaply BUT you may have to make a phonecall to get it to work - which is why you buy it supplied from the Forest so that you're covered. Will save you £60 - but i won't mention in this much detail again as i'm stretching forum rules - but you've been very unlucky so...

But i'm listing the rest of the build here - makes sense to purchase from one place in case you run into problems.
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I have the ISO loaded on a stick ready to go, it's just the matter of activating it. Search "Paul's hardware windows 10" on YouTube, take a look at that for me and see what you think, because that's the way I was thinking of going about it.

Wasn't sure if it would just work once I logged in to my Microsoft account as well as it's linked to Windows now. Seen an article about that somewhere.
 
Be great if you could.

That's a very similar to what I was thinking, looks very capable! Ryzen gives me future proof as well which is what I'm after.

Are we 99% sure it definitely is the motherboard?

Haha he's still in two minds if he's going to buy it now apparently, think he will want to though.
 
Thanks for that Plec, when he was on about the deactivation, that was from a different service right? I'd be using the first with the insurance. Are the OEI's available from the forest then? What does that stand for, haven't heard of it before.
 
Right got you. Think they are listed as OEM's on the forest though from what I can see.

Just found an old PC my brother used to have in the garage, power supply MAY work, could test it just to make sure it's 100% the motherboard.
 
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