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i just took everything apart. while doing so, i was looking at the CPU and the bottom of my cooler. the paste on it doesnt look to have covered the CPU all that well.this MX-2 paste is thick as a stick..lol i took some pics of the CPU and the cooler ill post them shortly let ya'll have a look at it and see what ya think.

whats odd hours before i decided to take it apart. it started to shut down and reboot on its own again. then it just got to the point it wouldnt load windows at all. it would go through all the step get to the windows logo screen then restart.

@zoso
i think once i get it (mobo)back im gonna take my mem,cpu,cooler,and mobo to micorcenter. they will put it all together check it out make sure it post right. then i will do the rest. they charge $20 to do that.
i gotta get the mobo in the box and prepare it to be sent back(yea UPS) but hey they are paying for it this time.
i gotta put a note in it telling them of this rebooting again.

ill post those pics in a bit
EDIT:
heres the pics
CPU here
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/Cincrob/100_2868.jpg

AC 7 bottom
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/Cincrob/100_2869.jpg

 

I went ahead and got this mouse:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104195&Tpk=lx5

It was on deal at my local circuit city for 10 dollars.

 

nice buy boozer!

Found this for cincyrob... link to RED case.. out of stock for now tho...

....gm

 

now all he needs is a Reds sticker for the side of it lol

 

greensman,

Where's the hose go, I need to vacuum! LOL!! It also isn't Cincinati Red! Pete Rose would look terrible in that shade! ROFLMAO!!

Best Regards,
Russ

 

it looks like a big nose that someone just punched...lol
kinda like the way my boys are playing right now...lmao
come on BlivetNC let me have it.... ~

gonna drop off my mobo at UPS this morning/ so bout 3 weeks without again.

 

Nope, never kick a man when he's down.
Keep praying for you buddy and hope the big red machine lives up to it's name. Still think you need to keep a Yaz baseball card near it for good luck.

 

I saw the Asus Vento when it came out a few years ago. It was hideous then, it's hideous now.

Rob: I've had some hard times with PC hardware too, especially with my older PC. The solution really is just to stick it out. We'll help every way we can, and you know that. Try not to get disheartened as it really does you no favours.

 

sammy that case is NOT hideous, it's beyond that.

Very well put to cincy as well. I've said it too Robert, so keep trudging and it'll work out.

....gm

btw made the switch back to the CM-690! Why did I wanna leave it anyway?? DA... is all I can say... lol. It's a well built case and has plenty of features, LIKE the possibility of about 9 fans. lol.

 

and 5 ODD 6HDD all that are plum full....lol

thats the one thing i can say good about this build the case has not let me down...lmao

 

Here's another cheap psu story for you. -Wife and I where in the bedroom when we hear this pop pop pop, like firecrackers going off. Come in the living room and the electrical burning stench was thick. She noticed her pc wasn't lit up. I went over and pulled the side off and the heat just rolled out like it was an oven. Burned my fingers on the side of the psu, could have fried and egg or two right then. Took it out and pulled it open, seems capacitors make lively indoor fireworks lol. Glad I'm in the process of building her a new, bad thing is I got to find a psu that will work long enough for me to get some files off that machine though.

I can only imagine what would have happened if that thing would have blown flames enough to catch the ncaa jacket hanging on the wall on fire.

 

Next time get something like a Corsair, PC power and Cooling or one of the OCZ GameXStream ones.

Nice to know there wasn't too much damage.

 

or ModXstream or the Enermax Modu or galaxy or tagan BZ or seasonic...ETC

 

yep - i built that one before I knew better.

hope the cheap replacement I found works long enough to get some files off of it, provided the psu didn't cook anything else when it went.

Here's the replacement I've been working on:

Case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811226025

PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153027

Video:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150285

Mobo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059

CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115031

CPU Cooler:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134


Any memory & storage recommendations?


Edit: just went to order mobo and cpu and the cpu is out of stock - when it rains it pours lol

This looks like it's a little better and little cheaper:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115032

 

I would get a different case, but your wife may be set on the pink colour lol. Anyway you can do a lot better than that for the money, especially that video card.

PSU:
http://www.buy.com/prod/corsair-vx-550w-atx-power-supply/q/loc/101/205852646.html

Video Card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130082

CPU Cooler:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233003

CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115052

Ignore the single review for the CPU. From all professional reviews, it really is a great CPU.

 

Have the video card and psu on hand already, one was a replacement I didn't end up using.

Any good deals for memory out there that will work with the mobo? Newegg's memory selector doesn't like that mobo for some reason.

 

I would get these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148076

I had a pair and they overclocked to faster than PC2-8500 speeds easily. Don't get the gold Ballistix anymore though. They are using different chips in them and they suck ass.

 

No, the old Ballistix were fine. They used the same chips in the Gold ones and the Tracer ones. Just be wary of the new ones.