New Gaming Rig Advice..

Plec · 6 May 2017 at 16:18

There's a MSI Z77A-G45 - solid board.

BeadyRoller · 6 May 2017 at 17:11

Keeping my eye on that. I'm bios now. How do I see if SSD is being recognised?

BeadyRoller · 6 May 2017 at 17:15

Hmmmmm.. well, it is obviously working as just let it start up as normal without trying to get to BIOS and it's launched windows with all his games on it.... Bit awkward.

BeadyRoller · 6 May 2017 at 17:23

Windows 7 is indeed activated as well. It's a 50gb SSD. Not sure what to do now. Really don't know why it wasnt starting up before. Whatever I've done I've got it working again though.

Plec · 6 May 2017 at 17:47

Probably just a faulty/loose connection.

BeadyRoller · 6 May 2017 at 17:58

Think my brother may want to keep this build now and add to it if it's working... Presuming that's what he will say when I tell him. Don't know what I'm going to do still, keep going round in circles haha.

BeadyRoller · 6 May 2017 at 18:11

i3 530 is his processor by the way.

Plec · 6 May 2017 at 18:17

Your old card would fit well in his rig - you could sell him that.

BeadyRoller · 6 May 2017 at 18:26

Is his i3 overclockable at all? With that Arctic 7 he's got. Needs a good clean as well, I do have a can of air to get rid of dust but get scared when it leaves a bit of residue when sprayed for to long, can it harm anything?

Plec · 6 May 2017 at 18:52

BeadyRoller said:
Is his i3 overclockable at all? With that Arctic 7 he's got.

Yes, you can the MB allows it.

BeadyRoller said:
I do have a can of air to get rid of dust but get scared when it leaves a bit of residue when sprayed for to long, can it harm anything?

Just be sure it's completely dry before switching on - but do short bursts and not over a long period (go back to it rather than do it all in one go)

BeadyRoller · 6 May 2017 at 19:15

That's him sorted then, just got to get me up and running now, would help of I knew whether to buy a new motherboard and keep current system or take working parts from current build apart from CPU, GPU and RAM and start again.

I'm sorry if I'm boring you now.

Plec · 6 May 2017 at 19:33

BeadyRoller said:
That's him sorted then, just got to get me up and running now, would help of I knew whether to buy a new motherboard and keep current system or take working parts from current build apart from CPU, GPU and RAM and start again.

It's a hard call - all I can do is list pros and cons for you - which i'm happy to do. But it all boils down to hard cash in the end. The fact that you're agonising over what to do, so much, says a lot...

BeadyRoller said:
I'm sorry if I'm boring you now.

It's no problem bud - glad we got one PC up and running. Just a shame that yours wasn't as straight forward.

BeadyRoller · 6 May 2017 at 20:16

I see what you're hinting at there and you may be right but a Ryzen rig really is giving me some thinking to do. Won't say no to that pros and cons list!

Shall I update his firmware on his SSD? He can update to Windows 10 it looks like as well.

Plec · 6 May 2017 at 20:30

BeadyRoller said:
Won't say no to that pros and cons list!

Sure - i can work one out - i think you'll be able to skew it in your favour

BeadyRoller said:
Shall I update his firmware on his SSD? He can update to Windows 10 it looks like as well.

I would, to both.

Update the firmware first as there's always a risk it may corrupt the OS and need another install.

BeadyRoller · 6 May 2017 at 20:45

Looking forward to it.

To update the firmware do I need to go on the website of the product or can I just do it through Windows?

Plec · 6 May 2017 at 20:47

What's the name/model of the SSD?

BeadyRoller · 6 May 2017 at 20:53

OCZ Vertex Sata 2 50gb.

BeadyRoller · 6 May 2017 at 20:53

Look at post 544.

Plec · 6 May 2017 at 21:03

Looks like Toshiba (who bought OCZ when they went belly-up) didn't take on the support of their older products - not even software/firmware updates.

I can't find the firmware - will look in other places...

Softpedia have it - but there's always a risk getting drivers (especially firmware) from third party sites.

Install the SSD as is - after a reformat - and see how you go.

Save this - link - if it turns out it's not stable, as you would have nothing to lose.

BeadyRoller · 6 May 2017 at 22:29

So don't update it unless I have to? Thanks for looking Plec.

Is a air compressor ok to clean the back of my 7970 (very dusty due to no back plate), feel bit nervous as pins are exposed obviously due to no backplate.