Voucher Code?

[DaveTomneyUK]

Hi,

I am going to be buying this graphics card Saphire ATI Radeon HD 3870 in a few days but £8 for shipping? where do you get "Voucher Code" so I could get a little knocked of the price as I am about £3 short.

PS - I have allmost built a PC it only needs a Graphics Card, Hard Disk and DVD Drive, If I try and boot without these would it send out a beep code or anything as when I try and boot the system fans come on but the CPU one does not and it does not even beep.

Thankyou for any advice

 

[Ezyryder]

I think you will need to wait then until you have £3 more as those vouchers only go for special promotions or may be if you buy a lot. There was a 7.5% voucher not so long ago for a few people that completed a survey.

 

[Trunks9486]

Go for the cheaper Powercolor model... It has a better cooler and is overclocked.

 

[DaveTomneyUK]

OK, Any idea about the PS part. Another site said its an Intel processor and it and the fan only starts when it reaches a certain temp any idea if its right?

It's a Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600

 

[skunksta]

LOL your cpu fan should be on all the time unless you got water its that simple.Have u got the power to run all your pc.

Ha might have something to do with no hard drive.If not as i said cpu fan should always be on.

 

[Trunks9486]

There might be some BIOS settings resposnible for that... Check with your Motherboard to be make sure, its something i have heard from others before.

 

[DaveTomneyUK]

These are the items I have purchased upto now.

1. Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R Socket 775 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard.
2. Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping (2.4GHz 1066MHz) Socket 775 L2 8MB Cache (2x4MB (4MB per core pair) Retail Boxed Processor.
3. Corsair 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Memory C5(5-5-5-18).
4. Antec Nine Hundred - Gaming Case with 200mm Top Fan - No PSU.
5. Coolermaster eXtreme Power 650W PSU - ATX 12V V2.01 120mm Fan 20+4pin.
6. Arctic Cooling AC-FRZ-7P Freezer 7 Pro Socket 775 Processor Cooler.

 

[Ezyryder]

remove that link if you dont want to be banned!

 

[DaveTomneyUK]

remove that link if you dont want to be banned!

Removed sorry, Added the details instead.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

OK, Any idea about the PS part. Another site said its an Intel processor and it and the fan only starts when it reaches a certain temp any idea if its right?

It's a Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600

Yeah it is right, but you can change it in the BIOS so that it runs all the time.

 

[Van Diemen]

Are you sure the CPU fan is plugged in to the board?

Common mistake

 

[-iceblade^]

that's what i was about to say... and a CPU will shut off quick quick with no power to the fan... is there an OS on the hard drive? is there a bootable disc in the DVD drive?

 

[PinkFloyd]

Most modern boards by default give a bios "press F1 to continue" error if the cpu fan is not connected.
You can then turn this off in bios.

On the Asrock board I was running in the summer with a 2180 in it, the fan didn't kick in straight away, only span up if it warmed up.