Quinn
Banned
- Location
- Luimneach, Éire.
Now, there is a story behind why this is titled 'Pain In The Ass' and you are going to have to read it before I get into the heart of the build.
So, I decided after buying many pre-built computers I was going to finally build my own one as I worked for the Summer Holidays and saved up enough to do so so somewhere in the middle of August I ordered all my PC parts to a total of €1056.72 from Scan.co.uk. It was very worrying seeing your bank account before and after a purchase like that but anyway, a week later all the parts arrived and one day after school I sat down at my desk to build it. It went well for the most part in the building process, a few pains like wires and stuff but when it was all said and done, I plugged it in, pressed the power button and... nothing. I was frustrated sure but I was determined to get it done so I redone everything, took everything out, built it again but this time without the graphics card to see if that was the problem and it worked, it posted so I powered it off, popped the graphics card in, plugged everything in and it didn't work. So I felt like the gpu was fucked and all I had to do was take it out and send it off for replacement.
During the process of taking the GPU out, I forgot to unclip the graphics card from the PCI-E slot which caused some tear and by some tear I mean I ripped the PCI-E slot off the motherboard. I thought this was the end and a huge waste of money but there was light, there was another PCI-E slot so I used that, computer worked just fine but I noticed it wasnt working as well. So after a few inquiries and some help from @Gazalad we found out the problem was the slot my GPU was in was a 2nd generation PCI-E slot and it was running on the x4 bus interface which essentially meant my GPU was running at a quarter of its potential speed.
Skip ahead 4 months I decided to buy a new motherboard and CPU cooler as I was previously running on the stock cooler.
So now, the original specs and then the upgrade!
CPU: Intel Core i5 4690k @ 3.50GHz
MOBO: MSI Z97 Gaming 3 | Upgraded to: MSI Z97 GD-65
GPU: MSI Geforce GTX 960 4GB
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400MHz 8GB, 2x4GB dimms.
CASE: NZXT S340 White & Black
SSD: Kingston V300 120GB
HDD: Western Digital Blue 1TB
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Fans: 2 x NZXT Case Fans, hoping to add two Corsair SP120/AF140's
PSU: XFX XTR 650w 80+ Gold
That's the specs, here is the pictures!
https://gyazo.com/e31618595ecc6e34012f98d0e662cf40
https://gyazo.com/f06099de9abaaea925c32a2a326c326f
https://gyazo.com/906102005723cd15571da092da22175b
Sorry for bad quality, Lighting is terrible and the camera isn't the greatest indoor camera.
So, I decided after buying many pre-built computers I was going to finally build my own one as I worked for the Summer Holidays and saved up enough to do so so somewhere in the middle of August I ordered all my PC parts to a total of €1056.72 from Scan.co.uk. It was very worrying seeing your bank account before and after a purchase like that but anyway, a week later all the parts arrived and one day after school I sat down at my desk to build it. It went well for the most part in the building process, a few pains like wires and stuff but when it was all said and done, I plugged it in, pressed the power button and... nothing. I was frustrated sure but I was determined to get it done so I redone everything, took everything out, built it again but this time without the graphics card to see if that was the problem and it worked, it posted so I powered it off, popped the graphics card in, plugged everything in and it didn't work. So I felt like the gpu was fucked and all I had to do was take it out and send it off for replacement.
During the process of taking the GPU out, I forgot to unclip the graphics card from the PCI-E slot which caused some tear and by some tear I mean I ripped the PCI-E slot off the motherboard. I thought this was the end and a huge waste of money but there was light, there was another PCI-E slot so I used that, computer worked just fine but I noticed it wasnt working as well. So after a few inquiries and some help from @Gazalad we found out the problem was the slot my GPU was in was a 2nd generation PCI-E slot and it was running on the x4 bus interface which essentially meant my GPU was running at a quarter of its potential speed.
Skip ahead 4 months I decided to buy a new motherboard and CPU cooler as I was previously running on the stock cooler.
So now, the original specs and then the upgrade!
CPU: Intel Core i5 4690k @ 3.50GHz
MOBO: MSI Z97 Gaming 3 | Upgraded to: MSI Z97 GD-65
GPU: MSI Geforce GTX 960 4GB
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400MHz 8GB, 2x4GB dimms.
CASE: NZXT S340 White & Black
SSD: Kingston V300 120GB
HDD: Western Digital Blue 1TB
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Fans: 2 x NZXT Case Fans, hoping to add two Corsair SP120/AF140's
PSU: XFX XTR 650w 80+ Gold
That's the specs, here is the pictures!
https://gyazo.com/e31618595ecc6e34012f98d0e662cf40
https://gyazo.com/f06099de9abaaea925c32a2a326c326f
https://gyazo.com/906102005723cd15571da092da22175b
Sorry for bad quality, Lighting is terrible and the camera isn't the greatest indoor camera.
