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Post by Vinster on Jan 5, 2017 5:20:20 GMT -5
That's a good gaming rig, don't do too much overclocking on it if it's your 24/7 rig. do little things like changing memory speeds and try to tighten the timings of the ram. that helps benches like SuperPi and PiFast. also make sure you have a backup of your operating system (Full HDD/SSD image). sometimes Overclocking can corrupt your operating system, a full OS backup is recommended as sometimes the corruption may have you lose a system restore point (been there, done that). We all started somewhere, and pending on the platform we're all starting over again as the bench tweaks are the same, but tricks of the socket and chipset are new things to learn. Vin Vinster you jinxed me but I should of listened, now sat here at 11:25pm trying to reset the pc which I think I'm windows 10 meens reinstall. Was watching a DVD on the pc on the big screen with the Mrs then she went to bed so I thought I'd pop on here but internet wouldn't load so thought I'd restart pc, then bam wouldn't load, kept saying trying to diagnose problem and then repair but nope wouldn't work 😞 Oh well live to learn haha Shit sorry it's takes time to get an OS setup, regardless if it's a daily rig or a bench setup. To do a backup only takes a deliberate 15 minutes and will save you 10 times that amount of time. Acronis is my tool of choice since Win7 (prior to that it's Norton Ghost). Windows Backup works but troublesome if you have to restore to a smaller drive. hope you can get it sorted out without too much trouble or swearing. Vin
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Hi all :D
Jan 5, 2017 5:37:09 GMT -5
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Post by jaseb87 on Jan 5, 2017 5:37:09 GMT -5
Well I got windows back up and running, it was just all of a sudden. I've lost everything but once I got it all up and running and everything installed again, back up is the first thing I'll be doing, what's best for windows 10 and can I put it on the second hdd?
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Post by Vinster on Jan 5, 2017 7:17:14 GMT -5
if you don't have any other backup utilities, you can use the one built in to Windows 10; www.windowscentral.com/how-make-full-backup-windows-pclinkYes you can put it on another HDD/SSD, just connect your external/backup drive to your PC, connect your new/replacement drive (same or larger than original) [unplug original] and use your Win10 disk and boot from it, then select the recovery options, then restore from backup. if you have to restore, the new/replacement drive HAS to be the same size or bigger... NOTE: Windows Backup doesn't' have the ability to restore to a drive that is physically smaller. So if you have a 1TB drive, but only using 100GB... it doesn't matter, you have to restore to a 1TB + Drive. There are ways around this, but you need to be ahead of it and plan for this, if this is your case let me now and I can tell you more about it. Vin
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Post by jaseb87 on Jan 5, 2017 9:44:30 GMT -5
Well basically my os said installed on my ssd which is 120gb then I have most of my programs on that drive too but like I install steam and maybe 2 games on there but my 3tb hdd is where I store all the games and other stuff?
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Post by Vinster on Jan 6, 2017 14:26:16 GMT -5
Then the OS is all you need to worry about mainly, back that up and the rest will be ok overall..
I'd still recommend an full straight copy to an external drive for your 3tb drive.
I use a utility called FreeFileSync for a basic drive copy. Plug in my external drive and double-click a batch file and it'll mirror/copy/what-ever you setup to any location you've setup.
There are other perceived applications that are better, but I've been using this one for near 8 years. no plan on learning a new utility.
Vin
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Post by jaseb87 on Jan 28, 2017 5:15:49 GMT -5
All done now, had a few issues but now upgraded anyways now have a i5 7600k with gigabyte aorus z270x gaming 7 board, corsair 3000mhz led memory and sorted my loop out as had a couple of kinked pipes, also have a gtx 1070 now. Finally have a rig I've always dreamed of, for me it looks super niceeeeeee and performs pretty well just need to learn have to overclock this cpu properly as cant find out what max temps and voltages are.
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Post by Shadyreaper on Jan 28, 2017 13:00:35 GMT -5
All done now, had a few issues but now upgraded anyways now have a i5 7600k with gigabyte aorus z270x gaming 7 board, corsair 3000mhz led memory and sorted my loop out as had a couple of kinked pipes, also have a gtx 1070 now. Finally have a rig I've always dreamed of, for me it looks super niceeeeeee and performs pretty well just need to learn have to overclock this cpu properly as cant find out what max temps and voltages are. sweet man I wanna do a custom loop in mine and upgrade the 980s to a 1080ti or 2 lmao and get custom cables and the DG-87 case from EVGA I think my 5820k will like it in that case lol
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Post by Vinster on Jan 29, 2017 23:23:49 GMT -5
All done now, had a few issues but now upgraded anyways now have a i5 7600k with gigabyte aorus z270x gaming 7 board, corsair 3000mhz led memory and sorted my loop out as had a couple of kinked pipes, also have a gtx 1070 now. Finally have a rig I've always dreamed of, for me it looks super niceeeeeee and performs pretty well just need to learn have to overclock this cpu properly as cant find out what max temps and voltages are. Nice Seteup Starting point for volts and temps would be straight from Intels site; ark.intel.com/products/97144/Intel-Core-i5-7600K-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-4_20-GHzTemps Max T-Junction says 100 Degrees C. so I would aim to keep it below 80-90 degrees per core. Voltage range used to be posted in this datasheet but it's not on this one. so I'm not sure what to suggest.. what is the VCORE when you leave the system completely stock and everything on AUTO? Vin
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