Hi,
Finally got my PC back from the shop today to find out that to get it working they have had to limit the i7 4770k to 1 core and 1 thread, with hyper-threading turned off, plus some other restrictions in order to get the computer to be stable on my Asus Maximus vi Impact. Then they charged me £300 for the privilege. So not only is my i7 completely hobbled I have a computer which isn't worth the money I've payed out. Does anyone know if this is a motherboard issue or a CPU issue? Or if i've been really unlucky and had a bad CPU, Mobo and Ram all on my first build!
I have already swapped the ram from corsair vengeance pro 1866mhz to crucial billistix 1600mhz, at extra cost, just to get the computer to boot to windows. I don't want to throw anymore money at this. So if there isn't a simple fix i'll be returning what I can and selling the rest on ebay!
Thanks
Finally got my PC back from the shop today to find out that to get it working they have had to limit the i7 4770k to 1 core and 1 thread, with hyper-threading turned off, plus some other restrictions in order to get the computer to be stable on my Asus Maximus vi Impact. Then they charged me £300 for the privilege. So not only is my i7 completely hobbled I have a computer which isn't worth the money I've payed out. Does anyone know if this is a motherboard issue or a CPU issue? Or if i've been really unlucky and had a bad CPU, Mobo and Ram all on my first build!
I have already swapped the ram from corsair vengeance pro 1866mhz to crucial billistix 1600mhz, at extra cost, just to get the computer to boot to windows. I don't want to throw anymore money at this. So if there isn't a simple fix i'll be returning what I can and selling the rest on ebay!
Thanks