Hi guys
First post, so please be gentle.
I'll detail the history below*..
So when I fired up the 2080 Ti in the Z600, the system *sudden stopped* going into any game.
I blamed the 650W PSU.
So I bought Z800 with 850W PSU.
Same problem. sudden stop when going into games.
I completed the sellers tests (DDU,heaven benchmark) same result.
So I returned the card. The seller ran the card for 48h in heaven benchmark. The seller said the card ran fine.
So I face this dilemma..
£1000 brick I cannot use.. £1230 wasted.
or risk blowing a further £200 on the 1250w PSU.. and so risk blowing £1430 on again.. a potential brick.
What should I do? 😞
Dava
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Notes:
*I started with a Z400 (X5650 9GB 1333mhz RAM with GTX 660) moved up to a Z600 (Dual X5650 24GB 1333mhz ECC with GTX 970) couple of years later.. was really happy. The GTX 970 was getting old for gaming so I bought a RX 480 8GB.. which all it did was micro stutter and frame lag.. bought 2 x GTX 1070 thinking I could SLI, NOPE! the Z600 doesn't SLI (certainly not normal cards) so I sold one..so far lost a ton of cash..(bought RX 480 for £230 iirc..sold for £96 + 2 x R9 280X for £48 each.. for CEX so £188 voucher and bought a 1070 from them for £275.. so extra £87).. sold 1 GTX 1070 for £200.
So I had enough messing around.. so I bought a 2080 Ti. In the Z600 it sudden stopped. So I bought a Z800 for £230. same problem.So the money was wasted. Currently the card is with the seller who said he would pass it on the the manufacturer. Who IF they have a Z800 can test and if not.. It'll be sent back to me for it to have the same fault.