Fan suggestion X1950XT

[x800professor]

The tech support first told me that it was obviously a crappy motherboard, until he realized that I was calling about the EVGA 680i and not my EVGA 8800GTS. Then he told me that it must be something that was in there since the first build. Then he couldn't explain why the PSU didn't kill the CPU...or why it has played nice with my 8800 for so long, yet killed both X1950XTs within two weeks. He knew what it was, considering the fact that he told me the problem was an evil motherboard. He thought I told him I had an ASUS motherboard. If this fourth 680i dies, I'm screaming at a supervisor until I get a refund. Unless of course, my hard drive or DVD burner is killing all my components :.

 

[Wile E]

Man prof, with all this hassle you've been having, I would just go without my main rig for a few weeks, get the rma back, sell it, and buy something else.

 

[x800professor]

Man prof, with all this hassle you've been having, I would just go without my main rig for a few weeks, get the rma back, sell it, and buy something else.

Or set it on fire and charge admission. Then use the proceeds to buy a new computer. I'm sure amd fanboys would pay to watch this build burn.

 

[x800professor]

I just noticed something. The AR versions of the board (what I started with) had lifetime warranties. The new ones, the A1 versions, have one-year warranties. That’s funny. They quickly got rid of the lifetime warranty on this pile of crap. What a surprise.

 

[Jawbreaker]

Hard to outsmart A good Marketing Major. lol

 

[x800professor]

Hard to outsmart A good Marketing Major. lol

Yes, but they will honor my lifetime warranty. They even pay shipping every time the stupid board dies...or kills something. At least this summer I'll have a decent secondary rig to hold me over if this thing craps out again. Right now all I have is a four year old laptop that I'm using to type this.

 

[x800professor]

Installed the new 680i. The 8800 is dead. I'm currently talking to newegg about the PSU.

 

[Wile E]

Jeez prof. I hope you get this sorted. The psu is the only thing I can think of that can cause all this.

 

[pt]

8800 also dead?
do you live near a giant magnet or something?

 

[pt]

8800 also dead?
do you live near a giant magnet or something?

also check my sg, too see if that's the prob

 

[x800professor]

Jeez prof. I hope you get this sorted. The psu is the only thing I can think of that can cause all this.

I just don't get why it hasn't killed the CPU. The old motherboard refused to post at all, now the new one will post just fine and get into windows...but with no video. There's never any video...at any stage of post. I think I'm going to drag the gigantic thing (armors are huge) back to my normal home (as opposed to college) this weekend and try it out with the X1950PRO I ordered for my other computer. Of course, I'll only do that for a second because I don't want to kill that too. I'm not going to try the 8800 with the other computer because the PSU probably won't be able to handle it...and I'm shipping it out tomorrow on RMA. I went to wal-mart to get a PCI video card in the meantime, but they were out.

I think it's about time to ask the mods to rename this thread "My journey through computer hell".

 

[tkpenalty]

What? YOUR 8800 DIED? ....

Well refund it and get yourself a HD2900XT for the same price 8)

(Looks into the future and sees that his 9900GTX dies as well, then the HD3000 dies as well, his Core 2 Nethalhaem dies as well, the Dominator XXXXXXX dies and he gives up on PCs, then he gets a new car and the turbo dies, with the crankshaft then spinning on itself, finally the exaust manifold breaks off the car)

 

[Wile E]

The cpu not dying from a faulty psu is strange, but in all fairness, stranger things have happened (and to you, no less. lol). Maybe the mobo's voltage filtering is just better on the cpu than the other parts? I dunno, but I really hope you get everything sorted. I would've fixed mine with a hammer well before this point. lol

 

[x800professor]

The cpu not dying from a faulty psu is strange, but in all fairness, stranger things have happened (and to you, no less. lol). Maybe the mobo's voltage filtering is just better on the cpu than the other parts? I dunno, but I really hope you get everything sorted. I would've fixed mine with a hammer well before this point. lol

Hulk smash!

Anyway...I have a wal-mart x1300 PCI in here now, and it's running just fine. This new motherboard at least knows that an E6600 is 2.4Ghz and not 1.8 like the old one. I'm starting to wonder if it was the PSU or the motherboard that killed my beautiful 8800. The motherboard started acting strange and a few days later the 8800 kicked it. I'm reallllllllly sick of this

The 8800GTS is a 320, and it's too late to get a refund unless it is out of stock when it arrives in California. So, no buying a 2900XT.

I bet this x1300 will crack 20,000 in 3dmark06...no doubt.

edit:

I ran 3dmark03 and scored 2541...better than my old FX5500 at least.

more edit:

Some overclocking and I hit 2729...yay.

editgasm:

1304 in 3dmark05. Oh yeah...just like my 8800.

edit some more:

702 in 3dmark06. Just behind my 8800! right...

 

[x800professor]

Ok, after the RMA is done with, I should get a full refund considering the fact that PSU has been pulled from newegg. I need a decent PSU that can handle my system and won't kill it. Any suggestions? Please, don't suggest anything that costs more than $150.

 

[Wile E]

Corsair 620HX http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139002

Little bit over, but a $20 MIR.

 

[xnox202]

x800, after I caught your thread at the mainpage of the site (@ New Forum Posts), I've clicked the link to your thread, then to page one, and then went through all of the 22 pages of your thread, then prepare to finally have a time to spend more than 2 hours of reading everything till the last page.

Lastly? Seriously I can't imagine the things you've been through. Sure hell of a nightmare and hassle. Some parts of the thread cracked me up too while I was reading it roll. Oh, and though, wish that you had better luck too. The final thing that really made me smacked my own head was the 8800 being dead. Man, and I thought that you should get a better mobo or something. But see if the PSU replacement clears the cloud. Good luck!

Oh, time for dinner. 8.13PM here. *goes for dinner*

 

[x800professor]

Corsair 620HX http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139002

Little bit over, but a $20 MIR.

Out of stock.

Newegg told me that there is some sort of block on that old order and no RMAs can be issued until the supervisor clears it. I've had two people contact this supervisor over the last two days and he still hasn't gotten back to me.

x800, after I caught your thread at the mainpage of the site (@ New Forum Posts), I've clicked the link to your thread, then to page one, and then went through all of the 22 pages of your thread, then prepare to finally have a time to spend more than 2 hours of reading everything till the last page.

Lastly? Seriously I can't imagine the things you've been through. Sure hell of a nightmare and hassle. Some parts of the thread cracked me up too while I was reading it (). Oh, and though, wish that you had better luck too. The final thing that really made me smacked my own head was the 8800 being dead. Man, and I thought that you should get a better mobo or something. But see if the PSU replacement clears the cloud. Good luck!

Oh, time for dinner. 8.13PM here. *goes for dinner*

Someday a movie shall be made. It will involve gremlins and minions of Satan attacking my computer. Of course, according to EVGA, they are getting in through my DVD drive, so that is where the portal to hell must be closed.

 

[x800professor]

Yay! Newegg cleared the hold on that order and gave me a free shipping label! Well, now it's time to shop for a new PSU...

 

[x800professor]

Yay! Newegg cleared the hold on that order and gave me a free shipping label! Well, now it's time to shop for a new PSU...

What do you guys think of this PSU?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817128008

 

[Wile E]

It seems pretty good. I don't know much about Hiper tho. If I did the math correctly, it can do 56A on the 12v rails, according to the combined 12v wattage rating of 672 on their website.

 

[x800professor]

Remember how I said I sold the X1950XT replacement I got from newegg on ebay? Well, I just got an email from the buyer...it died! Those things are garbage.

 

[DOM]

what brand was it mines still going strong {knock on wood}

 

[x800professor]

what brand was it mines still going strong {knock on wood}

Sapphire. The biggest but certainly not the best ATI brand.

 

[tkpenalty]

Sapphire = death is imminent!!!