SOS I cant install the CPU

Haha well first build or not, you've still gotta have researched it surely, when I put new stuff into my PC I ALWAYS made sure I knew exactly what I was doing, we need a compilation of all the hammer related new build fixes over the years haha
 
Classic-not seen this before. Sounds like his CPU got nailed!

Anyway, 1st build wise it is not always that easy to find out what you are meant to be doing-putting components together is quite self explanatory, but when I build my 1st PC in August the amount of force needed for the CPU bar shocked me too, and when it came to the wiring I pretty much ended up guessing! I think that at one point my reset button was my DVD LED or something!!!
 
SKT478 stock hsf's were hard for me with them 2 levers on, the ammount of force i had to use was scary, i genuinely thought that the board would snap and had to stop a few times take off the heatsink and try again
 
VaderDSL said:
We need updates! How is the PC doing?
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Haha, lol @ the revival, it brought back some dark memories hehe:cool:


Yeah I haven't posted for a long time but I have recently started lurking around here again (looking for the lowdown on the upcoming gfx cards;)), you guys can make some really detailed analysis sometimes:D


The PC is doing well, barring the 10 degree temp difference in the cores which I still haven't been able to fix even after 2 re-seats of the CPU...not a big problem but it just bugs me for some reason.

Also, the weirdest thing has happened recently, in which if I play a newer game like Bioshock, after about 10 minutes of play the screen just goes black as if it has been disconnected from the gfx card or something... I cleaned the card of any dust and also checked the temps, which were around 75-80 under load...It doesn't happen with less demanding games like ET, Chessmaster, and Audiosurf.

It's an x1950pro which I was pretty happy with up until now, because it has served my needs well, given that I mainly play Wolf:ET, and it even played games like CoD4 surprisingly well, but ofcourse now I want a go at more recent games like Crysis and Grid etc, so I guess even if there is something wrong with the card it's about time for an upgrade anyway.






Cheers guys looking forward to any help/advice
 
Holy **** the man himself!!

Depends how much you want to spend - 4850pro is the hot potato at the moment for around £125-£135. Failing that a 8800GT is equally as good in terms of price/performance.

the new 4870XT is to be released tomorrow and if it's around £200 mark it would be a great buy - its performance is somewhere between nv GTX260 and GTX280 according to the chinese review posted in the 4870 review thread.
 
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