Upgrade advice intel or Amd

bettz · 23 Sep 2021 at 21:55

Craig_d1 said:
I used artic silver and never had to reapply, and was going to use it, but was told it's really old school (was over 15 yes ago)...its also electrically conductive so if you make a mess can fry your mobo...hence why I started reading up a bit. The mx4 and mx5(this years stuff) is artic's more modern pastes which are long lasting and non conductive. They require a 24 hrs curing after application though go fully dry etc but then good to go. Just not quite as good as the noctua in my opinion, but to be fair, think unless you doing serious over locking, they'd all be fine

Cheers for the help

bettz · 26 Sep 2021 at 18:30

So started the build today and noticed the cpu cooler is damaged :mad:

mickyflinn · 26 Sep 2021 at 18:39

bettz said:
So started the build today and noticed the cpu cooler is damaged

Annoying but wont make any difference, does the fan cover it ?

bettz · 26 Sep 2021 at 19:05

mickyflinn said:
Annoying but wont make any difference, does the fan cover it ?

Yes the fan covers it didn't think of that but there's a few bits missing I think screwdriver, amazon warehouse job and it's now cheaper to buy brand new :rolleyes:

from amazon.

Just trying to work out what to do with all my old parts

mickyflinn · 26 Sep 2021 at 19:30

bettz said:
Yes the fan covers it didn't think of that but there's a few bits missing I think screwdriver, amazon warehouse job and it's now cheaper to buy brand new from amazon.

Just trying to work out what to do with all my old parts

Sell them, keep as a back up components or build a spare pc there's a real benefit to be able to test components.

Craig_d1 · 26 Sep 2021 at 21:54

Regarding fan cant you return it as damaged? Get a refund and order again, or just do a swap?...that is if damage is going to ge something that will constantly be in back of mind and irritate you...

bettz · 26 Sep 2021 at 22:01

Craig_d1 said:
Regarding fan cant you return it as damaged? Get a refund and order again, or just do a swap?...that is if damage is going to ge something that will constantly be in back of mind and irritate you...

Yes that's what I'm doing sending it back tomorrow and the replacement arrives before 1pm and costs a few £'s less

bettz · 27 Sep 2021 at 14:02

Not having much luck with this cooler :cry:

this arrived apparently the warehouse had a leak and all the couriers parcels were wet, more like they left them out in the heavy rain this morning.

Craig_d1 · 27 Sep 2021 at 14:28

Is it damaged, or just box?

bettz · 27 Sep 2021 at 14:38

Craig_d1 said:
Is it damaged, or just box?

Just the box letting the fan dry out in the airing cupboard just incase

bettz · 1 Oct 2021 at 18:14

I've just got a new bitfenix 230mm fan which is going on the bottom and replacing the 2 smaller akasa fans.

It's got me thinking have I got the airflow right?

At the moment that is how I've got my fans plus one going on the cpu cooler directing airflow onto the ram

I'm confused as to the bottom fan should it be intake or exhaust? And should I change the fan next to the cpu around?

Craig_d1 · 1 Oct 2021 at 22:16

Don't know much about that case. I'd post the question in case central too under new thread, as there are some on this forum that have the case

Craig_d1 · 1 Oct 2021 at 22:19

https://youtu.be/jJ_DoRfUqfk

This might help

No, just unboxing, he doesnt really say too much so ignore

bettz · 1 Oct 2021 at 22:42

Craig_d1 said:
https://youtu.be/jJ_DoRfUqfk

This might help

No, just unboxing, he doesnt really say too much so ignore

It's okay I managed to find the instructions

VigiFlyer · 5 Oct 2021 at 21:48

Those warehouse items look ok albeit the box and cooler was damaged. It would be nice if they had photos of the item you are buying

VigiFlyer · 5 Oct 2021 at 21:49

Then again stuff is flying off the shelves atm and they probably don’t care (Amazon)

bettz · 5 Oct 2021 at 23:19

I agree amazon warehouse is hit & miss tbh.

Only thing is if your going for something expensive record yourself opening the box as I've read lots of story's where people don't get what they've ordered and it's a bit of a nightmare with amazon then.

Happy with my build for some reason it wouldn't boot when I reconnected my ssd so I had to reinstall windows 10 again???

VigiFlyer · 6 Oct 2021 at 20:29

I’ve bought other items off warehouse (non electrical) and it’s been ok. When the price difference is less than £10 I tend to pay the higher price. The same goes with Amazon vs third party retailers on the platform. The resolution through Amazon is much easier if it is bought and sold from Amazon.