1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted February 7, 2018 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted February 7, 2018 So, as my I5-2500K / 12GB combo, bought in 2011 is getting old, I decided it's upgrade time! But then, I quickly got tired of all the options to choose from, and simply looked at what would fit my case, and Power supply. Which will remain. As will my 970GTX. And, I ran across a kit! Motherboard, CPU (I7-8700K) and memory DDR4-3200 16GB, and a big CPU cooler too. The stuff should arrive tomorrow... As it's a kit, it should all fit together nicely Then I remembered a site where you can enter your Pc's components, and thus determine it's bottleneck (theoretically) : http://thebottlenecker.com Had used it before on my current system, and I had forgotten the result, as I was not looking to upgrade at time: 12% bottleneck on the 970GTX. (Anything over 10% is considered to be a bottleneck) So, now with the new stuff: 29% bottleneck on the 970GTX. lol. The suggest I get me a 1080ti. Brilliant! Oh well, I hope I can get it to run quickly and nicely, and will be able to transfer my W10 license 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Good luck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators Jabo Posted February 7, 2018 2. Administrators Share Posted February 7, 2018 Got a link to that kit FT?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted February 7, 2018 Author 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted February 7, 2018 Here ya go, link to the Dutch shop, there's a UK version of it, but I could not find that specific kit in there (did not spend a lot of time on it though) https://www.alternate.nl/ALTERNATE/Upgrade-Kit-Prime-Z370-P-i7-8700K-16GB/html/product/1409186?lk=17219 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_O_A_D Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Hmm, it says I need a Radeon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted February 10, 2018 Author 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted February 10, 2018 So, it kinda is all running good. Managed to get the water cooler set over from the old board to the new one. Nice! But, now I got a screaming big cooler lying around ... Sure, the two game controllers have swapped position ... oh well. As I reinstalled W10 from scratch, a lot of things need re-assigning. No worries there. Regularly, some tick-tock-clicking sounds come from the system, as if an old style HDD is going to go bad, and as I got two of 'm in there ... Currently running with one of 'm disconnected. Weird thing though is that the contents of the disks are available just fine while the clicking is happening. Already discovered it also clicks when my 2TB disk is disconnected, so it looks like that's not the one in trouble. Hm. It's all good. I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_O_A_D Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Bottleneck or not all my IL2 games are maxing out during game play of 60 fps due to verticle sync. I don't have DCS reinstalled yet, not sure wich way to go with it yet. I hade 2.0 with Nevada and WW2 but there has been a new release and I haven't read up yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 With reguard to thw Win 10 key, dut you just use your Win7 key and was there any problems? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted August 5, 2018 Author 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted August 5, 2018 Hm, I did have some issues with the W10 key indeed, due to changing the parts (CPU and Motherboard) I ended up in a chat with a Microsoft support professional, giving him my latest W10 key, and even my original W7 key. He managed to mix them both into a valid W10 key I could use. Similarly, he could fresh up my Office 2010 key as well.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Just tried the bottleneck site. They said my CPU is a bottleneck for my GPU. Suggested I upgrade to a Ryzen 5. Sure thing if they will buy it and a new motherboard for it to work with ?. But one day I may upgrade to a newer Intel CPU that will work on my existing MB, but not now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators Jabo Posted August 6, 2018 2. Administrators Share Posted August 6, 2018 Interesting that everything they suggest is AMD/ATI... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 This is very usefull info https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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