New Gaming Rig Advice..

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?
 
Any quality z77 you could get really - i'm looking at the members markey and they go for £50-£70. Depends on seller and model of board.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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. :/
 
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.
 
I'm afraid i can't answer that for you.

Finance limitations, disappointment of a failing board plus the excitement of the prospect of a new build are all drivers behind your decision making process.

Mine would be cold logic with the limited facts i have - and there are pros and cons to both...

Let me word it this way - if you were guaranteed a working Z77 motherboard for ~£70, 16Gb of memory and clocked CPU - but still unsure if your stuttering would be rectified (could apply to Ryzen too) - what's your gut feeling?
 
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)
 
Right so removed the CPU fan. Took a couple photos like you asked..

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OK, we'll wait for the arrival fo the IP and TIM before we start playing.

It's easier to clean the CPU with it clamped in place in the MB - paper towel and IP.

The HS is far simpler as you can man-handle it as much as you like.
 
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.
 
Yes, once you've cleaned the CPU (top only) - so that it's all spangly and shiny - you'll be releasing the CPU from the socket and removing. We'll give the CPU pins a token once over and the socket itself - looking for any signs of damage (i don't expect to see any)- if all looks OK we'll re-seat it straight away.

Then i'll talk you through the re-attaching HS - but will link you to a YouTube vid with my preferred method of applying TIM (pea sized blob method).
 
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Be careful not to oversaturate the paper towel - and don't pour onto the towel over the MB.

Once you've got the bulk of it off it should start to wipe away easily. Clean so it looks like new :)
 
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