PortzJ

Final update....
I updated my bios, you can do this if you want but probably don’t have to.
my issue was there was something higher in the boot priority even tho it was not installed or connected to the mobo. Hope my stupidity helps others.

Hey all,
 
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Link below......
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Enjoy,
PortzJ
 
PS 
I had no idea where to put this just wanted everyone to see it, sorry if this is the wrong section!!!

This is the right section but you're over a week late on the heads up. It's all good though. Glad when more people give heads up on free games.

Guys look at the pictures before commenting. He has one of those cases that has a metal standoffs created from the metal of the case (and those can't be removed), for the standard ATX screw locations.
 
If the board is not ATX or has additional holes, he can add standoffs. 
 
@PortzJ the standoffs are there so that exposed metal on the back of your motherboard will not touch the flat panel of the case and short circuit something.
Only the holes on your motherboard are surrounded by a bit of metal which is intended to connect to the metal case, so you only want standoffs where the motherboard holes are.
Those bumps on your case do the job of preventing the back of the motherboard from touching the case, but your motherboard may have more screw holes than those bumps - so just add standoffs where needed, if needed.

this is confirmed an AMD R9 270x, same exact PCB.

there's no gigabyte R9 270 with 3 fans.
R9 280 has 2 of the Crossfire connectors, and the PCB is very different.
same with R9 290 etc etc.

R7 360, R9 370 etc etc all have redesigned coolers

AMD HD 7xxx series has different coolers also.

and there's no way in hell an nvidia card has the exact same PCB.
also i've looked at all the GTX 7xx series (because they have the same cooler) and they have a VERY different PCB design.

What does the rest of the sticker say? Usually it's somewhere on there in my experience.

Unfortunately that sticker wont help us, as that is the serial number. A number unique to the card you're holding. Check if there is any product name on the PCIE slot, particularly on the fan side of the video card.
Looks to be a R9 200 series Gigabyte card, like a 290(x)
 
EDIT: looking at some pictures online, it fits an R9 270X Gigabyte the best.

is the person you're buying it from smart enough to just install it in there system and check?

It should be activated on the default bios settings so you don't need to do anything.

It turbos to 3.3GHz when using a single core.
 
You can see here that the single core performance is exactly same on the i5 and the i3 but the i5 is about 45% faster on multi core: http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-2320-vs-Intel-Core-i3-2120/m1735vsm2227

That AMD A10-6800k is trash and that i3 has only 2 cores / 4 threads. That i5 has 4 cores so it's a lot better than that i3 and it also turbos up to 3.3GHz

The speed of your processor doesn't matter (to some degree) Get the i5-2320, it turbos up to 3.3GHz.

Overall, I would choose the i5 because it has better single-core capabilities and when it comes to using all the cores, AMD's chip comes out on top but not by much. For example, gaming depends much more on single-core performance rather than all cores. 
 
On the flip side, you would get a bit more value from the AMD chip but that should not be the deciding factor...
 
Also, more Ghz ≠ better, many factors come into play when determining a CPU's worth and performance. 

found this on Amazon.co.uk, i don't actually know how shipping in Europe is because I live in the US but it's  £3.12 https://www.amazon.co.uk/SODIAL-Power-Mainboard-server-Workstation-Black/dp/B0727VJHQK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1524586767&sr=8-1&keywords=z220+to+at
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I agree that its probably broken. (although not guaranteed to be broken...)
If nothing here on the forum solves the issue i suggest contacting powercolor support.
This graphics card is likely still under warranty and could probably get fixed for free if you just pay shipping.

ah, I actually had this problem like a week ago. Just look for an ATX to z220 adaptor, it has 2 6 pin connectors, one that looks like it's for a graphics card and one that is just 6 pins in a line. here's an amazon link for one, but I just clicked the first google result so you might find it cheaper somewhere else: https://www.amazon.com/24-Pin-6-Pin-Power-Adapter-Workstation/dp/B01NAHMULC 
edit: the one that I bought off ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/2-ATX-Main-24-Pin-to-6-Pin-PSU-Power-Adapter-Cable-18AWG-for-HP-Z220-Z230/182906509350?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

Repeated fan spinning means that the motherboard is getting stuck and restarting repeatedly.  Its probably either the GPU or a bug in the motherboard firmware.  Unfortunately there is no way to tell without having another system to test the card in.
 
Ive had a few boards that refuse to post with specific GPU's installed is why I mention the motherboard angle.  Perhaps try updating the MB firmware?

Well I assume your location "Gallifrey" is a reference to Doctor Who. Anyway, ddr4 is still not much more here and if you really wanted to you could get it shipped to you if they could figure out how... I don't know why ram and graphics cards are cheap out where I live. Maybe because I live in a college town and because students need money @Crunchy Dragon

Yo man ill play with you i'm pretty decent!

yeah thank for help  I ended up just getting OBS

Instant Replay is what captures your kills.
 
Also, you don't have to quote and mention me at the same time (=

It's a EUROCOM generic laptop special! http://www.eurocom.com/ec/upgrade(2,443,0)MSIGT683R(MS-16F2)
The model number will do us no good unless the seller can list exactly what it was built with originally, and any upgrades that have been performed. Overall, it looks like it came out during the 2nd Gen Intel processor era, and takes MXM GPU cards, which nVidia is rumored to be phasing out soon anyway.
 
On top of that, the screen is broken, so no, I wouldn't touch that even if he gave it away for free. It's not worth my time refurbishing to sell to an IT client, since after the cost of replacing the monitor, thermal compound on the GPU and CPU, and cleaning it up, I could just sell them something new from the store and take a % commission for my recommendation.

It should be a Gt683
https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-GT683R-242US.55346.0.html


 

 
someone upgraded that model with a gtx970m
Gt683/16f2 with Gtx970m https://www.techinferno.com/index.php?/forums/topic/9458-msi-16f2-with-gtx970m/

If you don’t have the money for a new one do it 

Yeah. And part of this is because you don't even know if everything else works. For all we/you know, the GPU could be dead or something...