New gaming PC

Espresso99

1. What is your budget? [€1000]

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? [Gaming] (bioshock infinite, crysis 3, skyrim, Black ops 2, bF3)

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? [No]

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? [DVD Drive]

5. Do you need a monitor? [No]

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future? [1920x1080] [No]

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? [No]

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? [Yes]

8. How can you pay? [Bank Transfer/Credit Card/Laser]

9. When are you purchasing? [Next few weeks]

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? [Athlone]

BloodBath

Great overall machine with a lot of overclocking potential. I'm in Athlone too if you need a hand with anything.

Item|Price
ASRock Z77 Pro3, Sockel 1155, ATX|€83.99
Intel Core i5-3570K Box, LGA1155|€209.08
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - Intel/AMD|€29.50
8GB Corsair Vengeance Low Profile schwarz PC3-12800U CL9-9-9-24|€55.89
Seagate Barracuda 7200 2000GB, SATA 6Gb/s|€82.94
Samsung SSD 840 120GB SATA 6Gb/s|€89.99
Nanoxia Deep Silence Two Anthracite, ohne Netzteil|€79.03
3 x Enermax T.B.Silence 14x14cm|€26.97
be quiet! SYSTEM POWER 7 450W|€49.90
Club 3D Radeon HD 7950 royalKing, 3GB GDDR5, AMD Radeon HD 7950, PCI- Express|€281.51
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€1007.79

Serephucus

BloodBath wrote: »

Great overall machine with a lot of overclocking potential. I'm in Athlone too if you need a hand with anything.

There are technically-inclined people in Athlone? :eek:

BloodBath

Haha I'm not from Athlone originally although where I'm from maybe considered even less technically proficient

Espresso99

ok thanks, i might need help overclocking it, I never attempted it before.

BloodBath

No problem. It's not much different from my rig anyway so I can help you out if you need it.

Espresso99

Bloodbath, what thermal paste do you recommend?

BloodBath

The cooler comes with decent paste. You will only see a couple of degrees difference from top brand stuff.

Burgo

Can't go wrong with a bit of mx-4!

Yeah bit for a few quid it does't hurt to have some spare knocking about.

BloodBath

The cooler master stuff that comes with it performs 1c better according to this.

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Thermal-Compound-Roundup-February-2012/1490/5

Not much between any of the better stuff though tbh.

Mayonnaise is ok if you're on a budget

Burgo

BloodBath wrote: »

The cooler master stuff that comes with it performs 1c better according to this.

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Thermal-Compound-Roundup-February-2012/1490/5

Not much between any of the better stuff though tbh.

Yeah it all looks the same on the inside

Espresso99

cheers!

Espresso99

Im was planning to order the parts monday/tuesday but it looks like the case and ram are out of stock. and 1 graphics card left. any ideas?

BloodBath

Ram if you don't mind it being red.

Black version of the same case.

Silver

White

Grahphics card

Espresso99

lol the fans are out of stock too. are these ok http://www.hardwareversand.de/140mm/53794/BitFenix+Spectre+140mm+L%C3%BCfter+-+all+white.article . good thing is the graphics card is back in

BloodBath

Ya they are good fans too.

Espresso99

i received the parts and put the pc together last thursday, it worked off the bat. then yesterday the pc started randomly shutting down, it done it 3 times, then today it did it again, i wasnt even running anything heavy. any ideas?

BloodBath

Any error messages? What kind of shut down? It just power's off or does window go through shut down?

Burgo

What errors showing up in event viewer?

Tropheus

Does the Nanoxia Deep Silence come with fans? It shows 3 fans in the pictures. Thinking of getting this case myself. Just wondering if I need additional fans.

BloodBath

It comes with 3. You could get 2 more if you want more airflow.

Espresso99

it just completely shuts down(like the power was switched off) and restarts, windows gives no error or anything.

BloodBath

It's hardly windows automatic updates? Have you seen it do this and as burgo says see if there are any errors in the event viewer.

Just windows search "event viewer".

Espresso99

Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
Date: 01/05/2013 21:04:15
Event ID: 41
Task Category: (63)
Level: Critical
Keywords: (2)
User: SYSTEM
Computer: PETER-PC
Description:
The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"&gt;
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power" Guid="{331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}" />
<EventID>41</EventID>
<Version>2</Version>
<Level>1</Level>
<Task>63</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000002</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-05-01T20:04:15.436001700Z" />
<EventRecordID>5155</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="8" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>PETER-PC</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="BugcheckCode">0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter1">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter2">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter3">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter4">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="SleepInProgress">false</Data>
<Data Name="PowerButtonTimestamp">0</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

BloodBath

I have no idea dude.

Try testing the ram with memtest.

Check your cpu temps and psu voltages with hwmonitor.

Espresso99

Ok ill test them tomorrow, iv been monitoring temps of the CPU and gpu since day 1 so I don't think it them. Ill look at the ram and psu tomorrow.

tuxy

Looks and sound like a faulty ram module. So many people getting faulty RAM atm

Run memtest86

http://www.memtest86.com/

Espresso99

memory test passed with no errors...could it be the psu, is the wattage too low?

U_Fig

Espresso99 wrote: »

memory test passed with no errors...could it be the psu, is the wattage too low?

450w should be plenty.. I'm not trying to sound smart here but check all the cabling is in correctly.. I had an issue where my comp would just power off randomly and turned out it was a dodgy power cable to the motherboard that moved enough to cut power now and again

Espresso99

naaa they're all in fine, hasn't done it yet today mind you. so hopefully its stopped.

Espresso99

well the pc didn't random restart yesterday, but rather didn't turn on. so i tried everything, different psu, unplugged every device separately to check if it was a device causing it, reset the bios. turns out the battery used in the mobo was gone. my oddest computer experience ever

Patrick 1

Just noticed you grabbed an amd card, make sure to get in on the never settle reloaded offer, you get Bioshock, Crysis and Blood Dragon for buying one.

Espresso99

I dont think hardwareversand participate. I didn't receive a "AMD Gaming Evolved Unique ID card ".

Patrick 1

I shall direct you here good sit, it appears they do participate, you just need to poke them with an e-mail.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056827885