New Gaming Rig Advice..

BeadyRoller · 5 May 2017 at 11:54

Turns out not that old!

He had it replaced cos his old one died but then this PC stopped working (he didn't test out what was causing it).

BeadyRoller · 5 May 2017 at 12:41

Freezer Pro 7 it says on sticker so I guess so! Is it good?

It just kind of stopped working, I was going to look in to it for him but he didn't seem bothered so never did, it's a very old build so he kind of just said he will have mine when I'm ready to upgrade

BeadyRoller · 5 May 2017 at 12:56

Plec said:
What's the spec?

And how old is the PSU? (But looks in good nic)

And yes, that cooler is better than stock - it's a budget cooler but performs well for the money. My main issue is that I think they still use pushpin fittings :/

It's actually not as bad of a rig as I thought, he has 16gb of RAM (4x4gb) 1600mhz, the PSU is what you see, it replaced the old one about 2 years ago ish?

He has some sort of SSD and HDD but haven't had time to have a proper look what exactly they are yet.

An i3 processor I think (from memory) and a graphics card which I haven't a clue what make it is, it's very small.

BeadyRoller · 5 May 2017 at 15:35

Will be trying shortly mate.

Got the SSD out..

Any good?

BeadyRoller · 5 May 2017 at 15:37

Just read some reviews. Looks like a 120gb one, few people saying it died on them, maybe the fault of my brother's PC possibly.

BeadyRoller · 5 May 2017 at 15:51

Just tried brothers PSU on my motherboard, the same outcome so definitely must be the motherboard now right?

Looks like my brother's PSU is ok going off this.

Boot up from where?

BeadyRoller · 5 May 2017 at 16:26

Is it meant to boot in to the backup bios even if the motherboard is faulty?

Will give it a go now.

BeadyRoller · 5 May 2017 at 16:37

Plec said:
Hang on - worried we're at cross purposes.

Which rig are you talking about? to both statements

My rig, my motherboard.

So I've booted my brothers rig up to the power and I get a message "disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter"...

BeadyRoller · 5 May 2017 at 16:48

Finally a BIOS! Not the one we wanted though unfortunately. must have been the SSD then like you said.

Anything I should while I'm on it?

BeadyRoller · 5 May 2017 at 16:50

This is the GPU, dust and all, recognise it? The fan on it is so loud.

BeadyRoller · 5 May 2017 at 17:13

He's only young and expects me to do everything for him so no chance of that

He bought this computer off my mate who bought it off someone else so it's had a few owners!

He still hasn't given me a definitive answer if he wants my pc or not so still in limbo on if I'm buying this motherboard or not.

BeadyRoller · 5 May 2017 at 17:22

His memory is running at 1333mhz instead of 1600. Not sure how to access memtest?

It all depends on what he says. If he does want to buy it I'll go Ryzen. If not I'll probably just buy it and stick with what I have for a bit... Maybe.

BeadyRoller · 5 May 2017 at 17:33

Will do. Yeah may be a good shout actually to clear it out, get it up and running again and selling it on, very much doubt it would be worth anything though.

BeadyRoller · 5 May 2017 at 17:43

Plec said:
It's at £28 now - suspect it will reach £60+. If it's cheaper buy it!

Would sell even without the packaging?

Was in the garage by the way due to just getting in the way in our small study, just to free up some room

BeadyRoller · 5 May 2017 at 17:50

Sorry quoted the wrong thing mate. Just meant to say generally will his parts sell even if they weren't in original packaging.

Setting XMP made the RAM run at 1600 so that's good.

BeadyRoller · 5 May 2017 at 19:23

CPU is an i3 of some sort, couldn't tell which one in BIOS. Not sure what Motherboard it is either, how would I find out.

BeadyRoller · 5 May 2017 at 22:34

It's a GA-H55M-UD2H.

BeadyRoller · 6 May 2017 at 14:33

Sorry for late reply. Been out all day. Not sure what to do with brothers PC still. Also that's gutting, thought I'd be able to buy it for about 80...

BeadyRoller · 6 May 2017 at 14:57

Would cost though wouldn't it mate to buy Windows? Or do you mean just install it and not activate it?

Is the Z68 a cheaper option?

BeadyRoller · 6 May 2017 at 15:18

Plec said:
Has he not got windows? But yes you could install and not activate for practice purposes. Always Linux/Ubuntu

Would hope - but would expect a top end board to still hit close to the same money unfortunately due to demand. It would at least give you more options to pick from.

He hasn't, I think when he bought it, it was actually an unactivated version of Windows 7.

Is there a chance the SSD is working still? How could I find out? If not I'll download it on his HDD, not sure how many GB it is, doesn't seem to say anywhere on it. Is 7200rpm though.

Where could I find one of them then? The Bay again?