Dom's PC Setup

[jam666]

right remove the motherboard from the case and TEST IT. whilst doing this, check the case for burn marks and this will sound strange but smell your motherboard and case for a burning smell. If one is present, the motherboard has been short circuited due to not being screwed in correctly therefore you need a motherboard replacement.

[Stephen!]

right remove the motherboard from the case and TEST IT.

He has done this.

[jam666]

Read the rest of my post please as i said alot more than just test your motherboard.

[Recursion]

If it had been enough to leave a burn mark he would have seen the smoke and smelled it.

[Pyroka]

I cant see much of the setup cuz im on my mobile, howeverr I do like the case BECAUSE I have that case. Its rather... mint :]]]

[AgnesIO]

I cant see much of the setup cuz im on my mobile, howeverr I do like the case BECAUSE I have that case. Its rather... mint :]]]

Fit isn't it!

I love the four USB ports on the front, looks really good. When you set up your pc, did you realise the fan cable was behind the second cover (the side without the window)

If you know what I am talking about?

[Pyroka]

Yeah I knew, ive tried to get most of my wires trailing into there. Tbh I need to do a little wire maintenance but yeah, its the cable management system Also theres little holes with ridged lines of metal above them, get some cable ties and tie your wires to that, looks well good. (Y)

My case only just fits the GFX card, ZOTAC GTX260. Its biiiig LOL. Only thing i found dodgy with it was the silver panel you put in at the back to cover the audio ports and that. Really tacky and looks a right eyesore.

[AgnesIO]

Yeah I knew, ive tried to get most of my wires trailing into there. Tbh I need to do a little wire maintenance but yeah, its the cable management system Also theres little holes with ridged lines of metal above them, get some cable ties and tie your wires to that, looks well good. (Y)

My case only just fits the GFX card, ZOTAC GTX260. Its biiiig LOL. Only thing i found dodgy with it was the silver panel you put in at the back to cover the audio ports and that. Really tacky and looks a right eyesore.

Yep my 856mb Graphics Card is fairly hard to get in, especially with PSU wires in the way haha And yeh I was sent about 40 cable ties (everything I bought they seemed to think I would need about 10 cable ties for 5 wires..)

[Pyroka]

Yeah my graphics card is probably exactly the same size as yours as its a GTX260 too. I've got a 850W PSU and the wires on it are HEFTY. I mean theyre like... wow LOL. Made out of iron, will not bend. All my wires are tucked at the bottom tbh, but I need to cable tie them, then stick them down because serrriously theyre insanely hard to even twist. It's like titanium wire protection. For my PSU I have to like tilt it in a weird angle and then pop it in. One thing good about the case is the HDD and IDE(?) holders, theyre great. The handle is good too.

I think 8GB for RAM was severely unnecessary, you should've just got like DDR3 memory instead, it costs around the same as that for 4GB and it's gonna phase out DDR2 eventually... I like the mobo, I think... meh I wouldn't care, as long as it all fits innit Good hard drive, even better screen, although I'm just gonna buy a BenQ 24" screen which is cheaper, same res and seemingly better than the Samsung you bought

Intriegued about the Processor.. but fair play. Yeah you've got a pretty rocksolid setup there, I just think it went a bit iffy on the Processor, plus the fact you aint getting a custom CPU fan, uhhh... Yeah the RAM is a bit unnecessary too but no gripes about it other than that, it'll play most stuff imo. You should've invested in a SSD, they're doing them for £100 at Novatech, 64GB but theyre like LIGHTENING loading speeds. They'd take full advantage of the RAM you have.

[Stephen!]

You should've invested in a SSD, they're doing them for £100 at Novatech, 64GB but theyre like LIGHTENING loading speeds. They'd take full advantage of the RAM you have.

I have that one and it is great for a month but then they begin to lose their peformance.