oops, and help with new PC spec pls?

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well, that's why my old PC has been going slow :o oops. not going to reseat it though since i did that with my X6 1055t and bent every single pin and couldn't get it to go back in the socket again. :(

anyway, i need an intel cpu, mobo. something with at least 6 sata ports.

i'm not going to overclock,
i have 8GB DDR3 ready to go anyway (can get faster but this will do)
have an OCZ and Crucial SSD but might go for something bigger.... maybe
i have a 6950 flashed to a 70 so that'll still do me.
i have a case (3 actually) and storage drives.

so by my reckoning i need a mobo (pref asus or asrock - not gigabyte - had probs with them), a cpu and a cooler. i'd rather something with a bigger fan just in case of noise

now that we have a black friday sale going on, this might be the best time to shop :o

ta all :)
 
Refitting the cooler wouldn't require the CPU to come out of the socket so there's little chance of you doing any harm. If you build a new system aren't you going to be running the same risk anyway?

To get that hot the cooler must be more-or-less falling off, be completely clogged with dust, or the fans aren't running.

If you do want to replace the parts you mention then some idea of budget and what the PC is used for will help people to give the best advice.
 
Intel have the pins soldered into the motherboard so removing the heatsink is easy, I know what you mean regards the AMD I have done it once or twice before :eek:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
Total : £297.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).

 
bremen - with the AMD cpu, the heatsink was basically soldered onto the cpu! :eek: it was running 100% for an hour just before i turned it off too. weird. i had to use sooo much force to tear the 2 apart it was crazy

also, general PC use, some light gaming, media center (most of that is the gpu anyway).

i think RJCs recomms might do - off to have a gander now.

ta lads :)

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that mobo has built in hdmi - what happens if you connect that to your telly instead of the discrete card? i assume that it just doesn't get used?
 
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ordered. sod it, went for some ram too. soooo cheap. now need to sell the old 8GB of ram, the AMD mobo, the intel processor/mobo and ddr2 ram :eek:
 
Blimey waste no time :p, early Christmas present :D

The GPU will not get used if you connect the motherboard HDMI to the monitor and you can use Lucid which will enable the external GPU of needed, ie when gaming.
 
Still got Q6600, overclocked to 3.2 ghz with artic cooler 7... dont hit above 50, my Q6600 still going strong.

Changed Mobo and ram to 8gb DDR3 though.. cause old Foxconn DDR2 burned down.
 
heh, i have 2 sets of DDR2 ram now 8 and 6 GB as well as the DDR3. need to get rid at some point.

RJC - do you mean that if i connect via mobo that only when gaming the discrete gpu will be used?

lazdec - i don't blame you. for pretty much everything bar video encodes etc it still did the trick. it's just that i have a SB laptop which kicks the PCs arse and it's weird having a laptop stronger than a base unit :o
 
so connect onboard, install lucid drivers, connect to ati card and install ati drivers then reconnect to onboard leaving no hdmi cable connected to the discrete and leave the lucid drivers to deal with the switching?

sound about right?
 
Personally I would have seen if I could sort out the Q6600 and saved a lump of money, but the Sandy/Ivy i5's are great chips, you won't be disappointed :)

My 2500K sits at 4.7GHz with cheap watercooling (see sig) on 1.36v (I think I could probably reduce the volts if I tried), and my record on this chip is 5.4GHz with 1.41v :D
 
for the time being, stock will do me tbh, but i have oc'd in the past so might do again - temp depending of course.
 
well, it's arrived. wow, cpu's are getting smaller huh!?

now deciding on whether i can be arsed putting the heatsink on or just going with the retail one. :o
 
Put the heatsink on, it will be quieter and allow better overclocks :D

Mind you, what cooler are you using?
 
i will probably. i almost took the current plate off to put the new one on. then i realised there's nothing to clamp down on the cpu. (been a long day)
 
I know how you feel, took me 3.5hrs to get to work this morning going round the houses to get their.
 
RJC have you got that fan? there's no sign on the fan itself on whether it pushes or pulls when attached with the pads on teh heatsink
 
tomos said:
RJC have you got that fan? there's no sign on the fan itself on whether it pushes or pulls when attached with the pads on teh heatsink
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I dont have this fan, but sometime the arrows on the fan can be quite faint!

The should push the air through the heatsink, you will need to install with the logo facing out as you see in the pics.
 
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