That be kind of obvious; did it LOOK like the paste had run all over the sides? But could be! I'll go with dead HDD, though, just to be basic. We eagerly await the results.
The paste looked fine to me, but it's one of the more likely elements of chaos (what with removing the cooler to see what's up etc). Motherboard short would be one fuck of a bummer.
When I right click it get the option to convert to dynamic disk or convert to MBR disk.
right click the empty area to the right of the grey box where the disk name is, it'll either be white or like checkered. then format and assign it a drive letter.
Could you take a screenshot? Should have 'new simple volume' if not Format, more than just those 2 options. I assume the disk isn't allocated, but is it?
Could you take a screenshot? Should have 'new simple volume' if not Format, more than just those 2 options. I assume the disk isn't allocated, but is it?
you get different set of options if you right click the name of the disk area then you do if you right click where the volumes are is whats going on.
Computer management is just a little odd in it's ui choices, but it works so no one working on windows ever wants to change it much.
Long story short: motherboard died at some point. PSU is insufficient for this card.
So I need a new motherboard and PSU. He offered me a 60 dollar motherboard with only two ram slots, which I'm not thrilled about. I don't know much about motherboards though. I know this one (MSI Z77A-GD65, Intel Z77, S 1155) was last gen but don't know what that means for my build.
For those playing along at home, the ram and processor are all that exist of platos original ship.
Oh and the cooler wasn't screwed in tight enough (probably from my last attempt) and would be better at the front according to this guy. So that's nice. Apparently some screws were in the wrong place and there were mistakes in the build, but nothing that would have shorted the motherboard.
Two RAM slots isn't that big a deal. You only really need 8GB for gaming, and you're fine just going with the cheapest 2x4GB kit of 1600mhz from any trusted brand.
That it's Z77 shouldn't be an issue -- but don't quote me on that. The difference between the chipsets is, afaik, really just down to icing-on-the-cake featuresets and OCing potential (ie. higher-capacity VRMs, etc). If those aren't things that matter to you, a $60 motherboard should suffice.
(Though actually, come to think of it... I'd kinda wanna pay more than $60 for my motherboard, especially if you have a literally $650 video-card in it. Personally, I might shop around for an ASUS mobo in the ~$100 range on NewEgg.)
Did you say Socket 1155? So is your CPU also 1155?
I just forced a friend of mine to move from his old 1366 motherboard + i7 950. He swore the i5 4670k I was telling him to get would be a downgrade from his 2011 i7, literally because "more cores." After selling him my old mobo + case + PSU + H60 for $75, he is now thoroughly convinced that it was the right choice and his games run much more smoothly.
tl;dr: I am right about everything, ever.
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What if I can talk him down to 250, or possibly even 200? A few people have already told me that for it's age it is still a decent card since it is a x90 meaning a dual GPU card, that would be up in the 900 series for performance give or take, and can still play most games on ultra settings. I'd be upgrading from a GTX 580, and at least want to be somewhat able to run a Rift setup when it comes out. I had a couple of friends tell me it was a decent price, but not some fabulous deal. Frankly it's still a lot of money for me and I'd prefer to hear as much feedback as possible, thus my asking here. I wasn't going to get a new graphics card for a while, but for a decent deal I wouldn't mind a stopgap card that can hold me for a couple more years.
That price is just goofy. I'm upgrading to a Fury X. I'm happy to send you a 290x for $200.
They actually stopped selling the PC version? That's pretty catastrophic.
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minor incidentexpert in a dying fieldnjRegistered Userregular
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Mighty catastrophic, yes. You can either play it okay and it looks worse than the console versions, or you can't play it at all. No ETA on any real fixes.
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Casually HardcoreOnce an Asshole. Trying to be better.Registered Userregular
For AK, either get the PS4 version or wait until PC fix, at which point you probably can get the GOTY edition for like $5 on a steam sell.
According to shop guy, it wasn't a build problem with the motherboard. Apparently it happens a lot to that board, the move probably exacerbated it. It was nice to know there wasn't anything I could have done. The bill is going to sting a lot though.
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hmm, I'm going to guess motherboard shorting on the case
What I see is:
Disk 0: 119.24GB - Windows (C:)
Disk 1: 931.39GB Unallocated
CD-ROM 0: DVD (D:)
So I'm assuming Disk 0 is my SSD and is setup as my C drive.
And that Disk 1 is the HDD, and hasn't been setup yet? Which I don't know how to do.
When I right click it get the option to convert to dynamic disk or convert to MBR disk.
right click the empty area to the right of the grey box where the disk name is, it'll either be white or like checkered. then format and assign it a drive letter.
you get different set of options if you right click the name of the disk area then you do if you right click where the volumes are is whats going on.
Computer management is just a little odd in it's ui choices, but it works so no one working on windows ever wants to change it much.
Here is the build I went with. I changed a couple things from earlier, such as the power supply, case, a 500gb Samsung SSD, and Windows 8 instead of 7
I'll put 10 bucks on "goblins, probably" and a side bet on "I dunno man, it worked fine for us."
Don't feel bad. Exact same thing happened to me.
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So I need a new motherboard and PSU. He offered me a 60 dollar motherboard with only two ram slots, which I'm not thrilled about. I don't know much about motherboards though. I know this one (MSI Z77A-GD65, Intel Z77, S 1155) was last gen but don't know what that means for my build.
For those playing along at home, the ram and processor are all that exist of platos original ship.
That it's Z77 shouldn't be an issue -- but don't quote me on that. The difference between the chipsets is, afaik, really just down to icing-on-the-cake featuresets and OCing potential (ie. higher-capacity VRMs, etc). If those aren't things that matter to you, a $60 motherboard should suffice.
(Though actually, come to think of it... I'd kinda wanna pay more than $60 for my motherboard, especially if you have a literally $650 video-card in it. Personally, I might shop around for an ASUS mobo in the ~$100 range on NewEgg.)
Did you say Socket 1155? So is your CPU also 1155?
1155 is a little older, but should still perform fine for everyday gaming needs.
And in any event, buying an all-new 1150 CPU and motherboard really isn't justified by whatever performance gains you could see.
NewEgg only has refurbished and open-box 1155 motherboards from any of the big brands. And MSI is a safe bet.
I figure I'll go for this mobo, what should I look for in a PSU?
Yes, but your choices are get new mobo&CPU right now or mobo&cpu then. Also, the processor you have now should last you for years.
I just forced a friend of mine to move from his old 1366 motherboard + i7 950. He swore the i5 4670k I was telling him to get would be a downgrade from his 2011 i7, literally because "more cores." After selling him my old mobo + case + PSU + H60 for $75, he is now thoroughly convinced that it was the right choice and his games run much more smoothly.
tl;dr: I am right about everything, ever.
I appreciate it, but I'm Nvidia for the moment.
Have the problems with the PC port been resolved?
They actually stopped selling the PC version? That's pretty catastrophic.