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Advice on selecting components for Gaming Rig (€700-900)

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    #32
    Cianog
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭Cianog


    ah sound haha, nah not into overclocking myself and am mainly using the comp for cpu games such as HoI3 and EU4 but may dabble into graphics games haha


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    #33
    Slksht
    Registered Users Posts: 319 ✭✭Slksht


    Cianog wrote: »
    ah sound haha, nah not into overclocking myself and am mainly using the comp for cpu games such as HoI3 and EU4 but may dabble into graphics games haha

    Man EU4 is the most inaccessible game I've ever played I don't have a clue what going on


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    #34
    Cianog
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭Cianog


    ah man once ya get into it its unreal haha, ireland does have a tough start so its best ta go colonisin, check out some lets plays on youtube for some easier ways ta learn tho would recommend watchin a bigger country bein played to pick it up, once ya know how ta work the interface expect your social life/time in general to be completely gone for at least a month haha


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    #35
    Cianog
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭Cianog


    Sorry for the necro on this thread but the computer I built was going well until the motherboard completely fried. Any chance you might know a decent replacement?


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    #36
    Xenoronin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,307 ✭✭✭Xenoronin


    https://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-LGA1150-Motherboard-USB3-0-USB2-0/dp/B00K8KC8AM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1471277965&sr=8-2&keywords=h97

    This should suit you grand. Just make sure it is just the motherboard :D


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    #37
    Cianog
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭Cianog


    Ah thank you kind sir ha. Fairly sure it's the motherboard anyway brought it into a shop to be sure and they said that it's because the motherboard could only take Max 60 heat whereas the parts were 100 or something. Just told me to get a 1150 and I will be grand so Feckin hope so, recession isn't kind haha


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    #38
    Xenoronin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,307 ✭✭✭Xenoronin


    That sounds like a fob-off tbh.

    Does the PSU fan spin when you turn it on?
    http://support.antec.com/support/solutions/articles/1000015319-is-my-power-supply-dead-the-paperclip-test


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    #39
    Cianog
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭Cianog


    Honestly think it was a fob off because I had the same problem before and got him to fix it for 80 quid then it happened again while in warranty and he said this.

    Edit: It took ages to display on the screen, sometimes an hour or so then just kept restarting without displaying anything. He fixed it for 80 but still took a while to start up now it's back to square one...


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    #40
    Digital Solitude
    Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Digital Solitude


    Could be the GPU, does it happen with the GPU removed?

    Definitely a fob off, a motherboard not being able to handle 60° doesn't really make sense


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    #41
    Cianog
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭Cianog


    Yeah took the gpu out and still no success. Feel as though he took my money and ran ha.


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    #42
    Digital Solitude
    Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Digital Solitude


    He may well have, chances that he's doing his best and isn't trying to rob you in fairness.

    Have any of your mates PCs so you can cross test the PSU


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    #43
    Cianog
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭Cianog


    Yeah checked the psu and it seems good


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