New Gaming Rig Advice..

You make some good points there Plec. I think as it's only going to cost me another 75-80 quid it's worth doing. If it was another 150 or something I wouldn't bother. If I do go ahead with it is it a simple case of swapping the CPU's over like the RAM or would I need to do something else?
 
BeadyRoller said:
You make some good points there Plec. I think as it's only going to cost me another 75-80 quid it's worth doing. If it was another 150 or something I wouldn't bother. If I do go ahead with it is it a simple case of swapping the CPU's over like the RAM or would I need to do something else?
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You will be returning via the DSR act - so you will have to return it with all the packaging/instructions and probably pay P&P. You usually have 30 days from requesting this.

They will probably sell it onto a discount company or at a discounted price in there warehouse section - depending on packaging.

(i spend £1000s at this company each year - so i never pay anything for returns and sometimes they don't even request stuff back. Obviously they would for a 1600 :))
 
BeadyRoller said:
I mean once I have the 1700 do I just swap them over as well as the fan of course? I don't need to do anything in the BIOS?
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Yes, simple swap.

You could clear the CMOS, shut down and install the CPU. Then boot to BIOS and load optimised defaults and reapply your manual settings. Save and exit - reboot. (Belt and braces approach)

BeadyRoller said:
I ordered it through...
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I guessed - delete :)
 
This only just started happening..

Last night he was about to go in to a game and his screen went black, pc was still running and monitor still on but nothing showing on screen. Has happened every time we have restarted.

I have reseated GPU incase that was it and checked for loose cables but still happening.

Tried using only a couple sticks of his ram (he has four sticks) but that seemed to just make the PC go in to a loop. Tried my old RAM in his but would just get to windows logo and restart...
 
BeadyRoller said:
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Reset the CMOS and reapply tthe settings - take pics of BIOS if necessary.

Try a different cable and/or a different output from the GFX.

Have you tried a different monitor?

Run memtest on the 4 sticks - or perhaps give them a bit more voltage manually and try this first (or both).

Has he experienced any visual artifacts in game?
 
Right, I cleared CMOS, once I booted it back up it said something about CMOS reset then it rebooted by itself to Windows. I'm doing Windows updates incase that has anything to do with it..
 
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