XplosiveNoctua99

Yeah I just registered it

I bought an EVGA RTX 3070 on ebay (used) at a good price and it worked for all about 10mins before I tried installing drivers and it went crazy and just froze, wouldn't boot until I got the gpu out, tried it in another system same problem as soon as drivers were installed it just stopped (RGB on the card still works and fans etc. but mostly just green static on the screen etc.) Anyway... I was lucky enough to get a card where they included their original receipt and also the card still has 2 years of warranty left. I was looking at the EVGA RMA Process and it seems like it says you need to pay for a replacement unless I misunderstand their meaning? "After an RMA request is approved, you will be required to pay for the full replacement collateral price of your product. The cost of collateral is determined by EVGA based on the current product's MSRP price, and is charged in TWD." I'm not sure if its worth just trying to get a refund from ebay or actually going with the RMA, because I live in Australia I expect I'll have to ship internationally and that'll be quite expensive as well. Anyone able to give advice in this situation? Thanks!

No, sorry, It was over when Nineshadow posted I completely forgot this existed lol

doesn't look too good to me.

The site i bought it off tests things before they sell or ship

I just got a new cpu (i7 4770) To replace my i5 4590 The i7 was preowned fyi And i put it in and now my pc just turns on fans spin and then it turns off... please help.

lol i thought he meant that GOG supplies pirated versions of games. of course i know that all GOG games are DRM Free... just a misunderstanding haha

what do you mean?

the 4790k is $400 over the $265 for the non k

but is the performance improvement large enough to justify spending the money?

ikr $255 for 16GB DDR4 is the cheapest i've seen...

so do you think the upgrade would be worth it?

so I currently have an i5 4590 and I'd like to upgrade (to either the 4770 or 4790) and Im not sure if those 2 cpus will make much of a difference over my current one. The main reason I'm upgrading is because of VR... I use an OSVR HDK 2 which while running the osvr server my cpu is at 20% just because of that one program, and then all the other things make the overall usage at 35% ish and then that only leaves 65% for the game im running. its constantly at 100% in games. and as my current cpu is the very minimum for vr i feel like upgrading it would help performance a lot. the reason why i'm not going from the 4590 to a Ryzen 5 1600 or i5 7600k or higher for example is because I'd have to upgrade the RAM, Motherboard as well as the cpu, and the current cooler i have i don't think is compatible with the 1151 socket or AM4 socket. so i'd have to get another one and also the fact that its not the best cooler lol... and Australian pc part prices are astronomical... so all that'd cost a nice $800-$1000 and the cost of the i7 4770 (used) is $210 and the i7 4790 (also used) is $265 please help me decide if it will be worth it and if so, which one to get

Will do... when i get paid lol Thanks for the help... hopefully my vr experience will improve

It's not negotiable... its second hand from a proper outlet store... that's why its all expensive