New Gaming Rig Advice..

Yeah there's nothing quite like it, can result in some of the most tense gameplay ever. It is a lot better, very very few hackers now, still very slow with the progress but it's getting there. It's what got me in to the ARMA series as well!
 
Plec said:
Unplug your PC, deplete rest of power by pressing the power button (old habit).

Touch your nearest radiotor pipe (exposed metal) and then pull out your old memory. Clear away any dust, in fact take the time to clean the inside of your PC, then insert new memory.
Check you haven't pulled any connections loose/out and then plug PC back in and power on.

Don't panic if it restarts a few times. Once it's settled down and booted up - restart and enter BIOS and set the XMP as before.
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Ok, great, thanks! Wouldn't it be lovely if all this stuttering went away just by adding another 8gb of RAM, wishful thinking.
 
Would be appreciated if you have a read mate thanks! I have downloaded a REG file to set the AHCI to active on power options.

Will do a clean install if I need to.
 
Plec said:
Have you reverted back to IDE for now?

What exactly had you done - just changed the sata configuration from IDE to ACHI and hoped windows would boot to alter settings?
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Yep, just changed the settings in BIOS from IDE to ACHI but it wouldn't boot so changed it backed to IDE. It did say something when it was loading up saying about repairing Windows or something but rebooted again and it's fine.

I downloaded the Reg file and set it to active like he said in the post but haven't had chance to play any games yet to try it.
 
Plec said:
Yes, i'm reading articles and unfortunately even changing the registry can result in the loss of your data.

I've got a windows 10 solution - but i'm uncomfortable sharing it unless you're fully backed up and appreciate you could lose your data - especially when using an SSD and even more so if your copy of windows is OEM.
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What would that involve? I'm not particularly worried about losing what's on my hard drives as there's only a few games on there so could just re install. Not sure if my copy is an OEM, I just upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7..
 
Plec said:
If this was my rig - and i had the time and data wasn't an issue - i would upgrade the firmware on the SSD and then revert to ACHI mode and do a fresh install. Especially as your install of windows 10 is an upgrade rather than a pure 10 install. (download a copy of windows 10 from microsoft - choose custom install to download the iso)

I would also save a profile within the BIOS - once you've got your settings sorted (xmp and achi etc..)

The registry fix may work - but a clean install in ACHI mode with a pure copy of windows 10 seems a more 'belt and braces' approach - especially given that your stuttering problems could be the result of any number of reasons. The fix option could introduce yet another unknown - plus it has the chance of failing.
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Might well give this a go, I have a USB stick with Windows 10 on, downloaded the ISO the other day actually in preparation for a new build but since as you know have decided to try get my current rig up to scratch so that's all ready to go. What's the risk of Windows not activating? I have my current windows tied to my MS account, thought that worked when installing Windows again and reactivated it? Could be wrong though.

What's this that I read about Page files as well? Not sure what he really means by that. If you read the last comment in the Reddit thread, it fixed someone's stutter from activating ACHI so has to be worth a go.
 
Brilliant thanks for the help again Plec, really do appreciate it. Won't be able to do it today, going to be tomorrow now probably, will need you to talk me through it I'm sure :)

By the way, what is the benefit of having it on ACHI?
 
Hmm how many times is the PC meant to restart when I've inserted this new RAM? It's been restarting constantly for like 5 minutes straight, gets as far as the BIOS a couple times (not the actual menu just a blank screen) and just restarts again?
 
Plec said:
Did you get round to updating the BIOS?

If not what version are you on?

And if you did update the BIOS - you could clear the CMOS instead of removing the memory as you would know your BIOS settings? As this would return the setting back to auto too.
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I did update it mate yes. I haven't really messed with any BIOS settings apart from the XMP we did so all would be default anyway. How do you clear CMOS? I don't mind putting old RAM in and changing then putting new one back in.
 
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