My PC: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/EJJJJ/saved/#view=NxP2FT
So a few months ago I bought PC parts from newegg, amazon, etc and then kept them in my home boxed up and safe for about 2 weeks. Then I tried to put it together myself, but I wimped out after I thought I put in the CPU wrong, took it out and realized I put it in right and bent 2 pins on the mobo's CPU socket. I brought the parts to a place to be built and I told them they could fix the pins, but instead they made me charge $90 for a replacement. I was a bit fishy of the place as it didn't look very professional or safe, but my friend told me it was fine and that they had brought laptops there before. My only problem with that is they were cheap and crappy laptops that nobody would want, not an $800 gaming desktop. The day before I got my PC from the place, they said there might be a problem with the HDD or the OS, but then said there was no issues so I went and picked it up. I used it and was happy as I could run CSGO at around 400 fps on max, most games that I play at 500-1000, and GTA 5 at pretty decent settings at 60. On the second day of using it, I was in GTA 5 and noticed that most of my stuff was turned up besides textures. Even without high textures, the game looks really good, but I decided to mess around and I think it broke my PC. I turned everything down (bc my GPU has 2gb of vram, not 4) and then turned up textures to high or very high or something which GTA 5 says uses a GB or more. 1GB also goes to the other settings on low alone, so basically it says 1.9GB/2GB in game (the little green/yellow/red bar on the top in video settings). I got more FPS and was staying around 120, but in the Steam overlay I would freeze for a split second. Almost like I was recording. After 5 minutes I got a BSOD and when I got back on I waited a bit. Then went in game and reset my settings. I started to get BSODs every hour on GTA 5 and sometimes it'd only take 5 mins, even on lowest settings. I decided that I would wait and get my PC fixed and just place CS:GO, Unturned, Terraria, TF2, CSS, etc until I had money to get it fixed. After a few hours of CS:GO, I got another BSOD. I didn't mind it as it was only every few hours in games, but it got worse. 1 min after playing Unturned I got a BSOD which confused me. Soon the time between BSODS shortened to every 30 mins for CS:GO. Decided to check the BSOD files and it said my memory was corrupt. Eventually it shrank to every 5-10 mins and I was frustrated so I decided to just go with old games that shouldn't make any PC crash (TF2, CSS, and Terraria). I hosted a Terraria server with my friend and crashed after 15 minutes. TF2 takes about 30 mins to crash, CSGO takes 5, GTA 5 instantly, etc. This also corrupted my Windows file and files that have to do with my GPU. This is so stupid because even CSS crashes. CSS was released in 2004 which is sad that my PC crashes with it. What I don't understand is my memory being corrupt. This happened when messing with VIDEO settings on GTA 5 which used tons of VRAM, not RAM. I also don't get how I can run SFM with Firefox and Skype in the background for hours with no crashes. SFM uses more memory than GTA 5 at points yet I can crash from just opening CSS with nothing in the background. CSS uses like..as much memory as Chrome ffs. The only game I could run for a while was Garry's Mod and now THAT crashes after 5 minutes. After 2 months of owning this PC I tried to bring it back to the place and I told them what caused the problem, which parts could have problems, which files were corrupt, etc. They called a few days later and said that I wasn't specific enough with what I said and they also said they ran benchmarks, but couldn't test games. My only problem was with games and they just ignored me. They claimed to have removed minor "malware" that didn't cause any damage to my PC and they charged me $60 for that? I've lost like $190 or so to this place because I got ripped off. $70 to install windows (wtf) and $60 to put together the PC and then another $60 to remove "malware". Now I'm pissed that I lost so much money and can't use my computer. I still can't use it for much besides browsing and Skype and yes, I checked my temperatures and they are fine. I have DDR4 RAM so I have the sticks in the right place as it doesn't matter with DDR4. It sucks how this is the only "PC place" close to me that I can go to. Found them on Facebook so. I typed this long passage because I don't want to leave out possibly crucial details if someone can help me. Honestly want this PC out of my life because of the stress and loss of money. I just want it fixed and gone. If it'll help, I'll record my PC crashing and then turn it off and open the case to show the inside.
So a few months ago I bought PC parts from newegg, amazon, etc and then kept them in my home boxed up and safe for about 2 weeks. Then I tried to put it together myself, but I wimped out after I thought I put in the CPU wrong, took it out and realized I put it in right and bent 2 pins on the mobo's CPU socket. I brought the parts to a place to be built and I told them they could fix the pins, but instead they made me charge $90 for a replacement. I was a bit fishy of the place as it didn't look very professional or safe, but my friend told me it was fine and that they had brought laptops there before. My only problem with that is they were cheap and crappy laptops that nobody would want, not an $800 gaming desktop. The day before I got my PC from the place, they said there might be a problem with the HDD or the OS, but then said there was no issues so I went and picked it up. I used it and was happy as I could run CSGO at around 400 fps on max, most games that I play at 500-1000, and GTA 5 at pretty decent settings at 60. On the second day of using it, I was in GTA 5 and noticed that most of my stuff was turned up besides textures. Even without high textures, the game looks really good, but I decided to mess around and I think it broke my PC. I turned everything down (bc my GPU has 2gb of vram, not 4) and then turned up textures to high or very high or something which GTA 5 says uses a GB or more. 1GB also goes to the other settings on low alone, so basically it says 1.9GB/2GB in game (the little green/yellow/red bar on the top in video settings). I got more FPS and was staying around 120, but in the Steam overlay I would freeze for a split second. Almost like I was recording. After 5 minutes I got a BSOD and when I got back on I waited a bit. Then went in game and reset my settings. I started to get BSODs every hour on GTA 5 and sometimes it'd only take 5 mins, even on lowest settings. I decided that I would wait and get my PC fixed and just place CS:GO, Unturned, Terraria, TF2, CSS, etc until I had money to get it fixed. After a few hours of CS:GO, I got another BSOD. I didn't mind it as it was only every few hours in games, but it got worse. 1 min after playing Unturned I got a BSOD which confused me. Soon the time between BSODS shortened to every 30 mins for CS:GO. Decided to check the BSOD files and it said my memory was corrupt. Eventually it shrank to every 5-10 mins and I was frustrated so I decided to just go with old games that shouldn't make any PC crash (TF2, CSS, and Terraria). I hosted a Terraria server with my friend and crashed after 15 minutes. TF2 takes about 30 mins to crash, CSGO takes 5, GTA 5 instantly, etc. This also corrupted my Windows file and files that have to do with my GPU. This is so stupid because even CSS crashes. CSS was released in 2004 which is sad that my PC crashes with it. What I don't understand is my memory being corrupt. This happened when messing with VIDEO settings on GTA 5 which used tons of VRAM, not RAM. I also don't get how I can run SFM with Firefox and Skype in the background for hours with no crashes. SFM uses more memory than GTA 5 at points yet I can crash from just opening CSS with nothing in the background. CSS uses like..as much memory as Chrome ffs. The only game I could run for a while was Garry's Mod and now THAT crashes after 5 minutes. After 2 months of owning this PC I tried to bring it back to the place and I told them what caused the problem, which parts could have problems, which files were corrupt, etc. They called a few days later and said that I wasn't specific enough with what I said and they also said they ran benchmarks, but couldn't test games. My only problem was with games and they just ignored me. They claimed to have removed minor "malware" that didn't cause any damage to my PC and they charged me $60 for that? I've lost like $190 or so to this place because I got ripped off. $70 to install windows (wtf) and $60 to put together the PC and then another $60 to remove "malware". Now I'm pissed that I lost so much money and can't use my computer. I still can't use it for much besides browsing and Skype and yes, I checked my temperatures and they are fine. I have DDR4 RAM so I have the sticks in the right place as it doesn't matter with DDR4. It sucks how this is the only "PC place" close to me that I can go to. Found them on Facebook so. I typed this long passage because I don't want to leave out possibly crucial details if someone can help me. Honestly want this PC out of my life because of the stress and loss of money. I just want it fixed and gone. If it'll help, I'll record my PC crashing and then turn it off and open the case to show the inside.