Sleepingforest
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The answer to that question will depend on what usage you had planned for this PC in terms of usage (what programs and games, if any).
The answer to that question will depend on what usage you had planned for this PC in terms of usage (what programs and games, if any).
Ugh, sorry to hear about the screw up.
I hope you get it sorted out. Just be nice to them when you go in, and they'll be more likely to help you out, regardless of their policies.
I was mostly going to be using this as a HPTC and maybe for the psx2 and dolphin emulators. I guess if i'm using emualtors though it would probably be better to buy a dedicated GPU then a integrated one.
Thanks!
I feel so stupid for not checking Motherboard compatability before opening everything. If I'm not able to retern it then I will have to pay $34.99 for a celeron cpu then figure out someway to sell it when I'm done with it.
Question for everyone do you think its possible for microcenter or some other computer shop to upgrade my bios for me just for like $25 dollars or something?
A local shop can do it, though they might charge more than you'd want to pay.
You have nothing to loose by asking at Micro Center, as I think I recall that they do some tech stuff including system assembly and board post tests. If they give you a problem with a return, ask to speak to a manager and make sure you point out that it was one of their salespersons who talked you into this combo without telling you they wouldn't work together out of the box. Also point out that you'd be happy to keep everything if one of their techs could just flash that pesky BIOS for you....
If you go the Celeron route, make sure that you get enough new heatsink thermal material to apply to the heatsink after you've flashed the BIOS. If the Celeron you buy doesn't have a heatsink, you'll need enough for two applications (one for installing the Celeron, then one to reapply the heatsink to your processor once you are finished flashing). You'll also need some isopropryl alcohol and a lint-free cloth (coffee filters can work great) to use to remove the old thermal material from the CPU and from the heatsink.
Microcenter will let you return anything within 15 days. You just have to stop by the "Knowledge Bar" and explain your problem to a tech.
What you should do to get the best value is to keep the i3 3225, but switch the board for a 7 series one. That'll let you keep your $50 combo discount. As for which board to get, the ASRock H77M-ITX is the least expensive board that will do what you need.
Go back to basics. Take everything out of the case and run it sitting on a non-conductive surface like a plastic or wooden table. Run one stick of RAM, no storage, no monitor, etc.
Sure you're not thinking of Staples or BestBuy?Microcenter will let you return anything within 15 days. You just have to stop by the "Knowledge Bar" and explain your problem to a tech.
Sure you're not thinking of Staples or BestBuy?
Last time I purchased a mobo and CPU from MC, it was clearly printed on the reciept, no refunds for those items. (Although I assume that they would exchange them for me within 15 days if they were defective.)
GOOD NEWS EVERYONE!!!! I FINALLY MANAGED TO MAKE THIS BOOT UP AND MAKE THE VIDEO SHOW UP!!!! WOOT WOOT HURRAY!1!!111!!
And you want to know what the big problem was? It was not the cpu, not the bent socket pin or PSU. It was because I didn't put the ram in the ram socket tight enough. Is there truly a bigger first time computer builder noob than me? I spent up like around 3 hours trying to figure out what the hell was wrong with this thing when I just had the put the ram in correctly!
Now to pray this windows 7 installation goes right....