New Gaming Rig Advice..

Plec · 5 May 2017 at 17:29

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

Activate the xmp - but don't worry about it.

If he/you wants to get his system back up and running just post on this thread - and we can give it a go. There's a chance that loading optimised defaults, setting the xmp and setting to AHCI - then load the OS onot any available HDD. There's every chance it will be back up and running.

BeadyRoller said:
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.

That's a £70 keyboard that he has there too - why is it in the garage?

He could do the above and sell a fully working system - it will go towards his/your build.

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.

Plec · 5 May 2017 at 17:39

Gumtree it - he may be pleasantly surprised.

Or strip it for parts on ebay.

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

Plec · 5 May 2017 at 17:46

BeadyRoller said:
Would sell even without the packaging?

I'm referring to the Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H on the bay - that would fit your needs.

What were you thinking of selling?

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.

Plec · 5 May 2017 at 17:55

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

Yes, but obviously not as appealing to buyers.

Look at Gumtree and see if people are buying second hand rigs. What is the rest of the spec? Mainly MB and CPU (will tell you in the BIOS - old school BIOS too).

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

Yes, if you've saved and exited and got to the BIOS again. Otherwise you've just changed a setting and the BIOS hasn't applied it yet.

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.

Plec · 5 May 2017 at 20:16

If you look at the motherboard closely (maybe around the cpu socket or between PCI slots) you should see a white label or gold/white print with some codes on it.

Write down the S/N and or the MAC number.

BeadyRoller · 5 May 2017 at 22:34

It's a GA-H55M-UD2H.

Plec · 5 May 2017 at 23:21

I'll be about some time tomorrow if you want to set it up for install?

Plec · 6 May 2017 at 11:17

That board is now nearly £80 with p&p - they really are selling for premium bucks second hand as they're discontinued :/ (But it was a quality board).

Perhaps we need to widen our search to include z68s...

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...

Plec · 6 May 2017 at 14:47

I would be tempted to install his windows on his conventional drive (if he doesn't need anything off it) and get it up and running - as much for your experience as to test if the system is stable.

And yes, i hoped it would hover just below £80 but that is a great board. As mentioned earlier, we may have to consider z68 too - wouldn't be an issue.

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?

Plec · 6 May 2017 at 15:07

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

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

BeadyRoller said:
Is the Z68 a cheaper option?

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.

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?

Plec · 6 May 2017 at 15:42

Ideally, you would connect it to another computer and see if it's recognised.

But, you could plug the SSD back into his system (disconnecting all other drives) and run the OS install process and see if it recognises the drive and can access it. (The BIOS may recognise it but doesn't necessarily mean its working - if it does't recognise it the odds are its borked).

(change to the 'bay' - i know we're looking for a second hand board but the mods may get twitchy if we keep mentioning them

)

Yes, we would look in the same place - or you could start posting in the 'General Discussion Forum' and get into a heated debate to build up your post count. You need 1000 posts to access the MM forum :/

BeadyRoller · 6 May 2017 at 15:55

I have a laptop?

Changed, forgot about we were using slang

Just searched Z68 but none seem to be as in good of a nick as the one we are watching for 72 quid.

Plec · 6 May 2017 at 16:12

Wrong interface unless you have a caddy?

Try hooking it up to his present rig - if the BIOS recognises it try installing a temporary OS. Be sure to delete partitions and reformat before install - if it works...