…I’m still having my doubts if getting a replacement board is going to be enough. The guy that tried to make amends, claims a board that will support the CPU, I would be “rocking at 4.7GHz” and “it won’t matter if it’s single or multi-threaded”.
\nYet I can’t help but doubt those claims, so much. I doubt it’s going to be that easy, with what I was told that less cores is better for Minecraft. Yet, if this ‘throttling’ didn’t occur.. well, I dunno. I think the CPU would overheat if it didn’t.
\nA board that supported the chip, would have the means of dealing with this. My current board, does not. I can’t stop its power saving features. …However, and I just had this thought, I wonder if that’s even responsible for that. Could it be the motherboard is smart enough to know the chip will overheat, and is preventing it? In my testing, it happens everytime the temp rises.
\nThe other thing could be possible as well, as the motherboard doesn’t have enough power for the CPU. Yet in turn, is keeping the CPU from overheating. So both things could be on the table. And the only real way to know for sure, is with that better (taller) cooler.
\nIf I could keep myself from having to replace the motherboard, I would be so happy.<\/p>\n
At least the good thing about this, is I have three months of debating my emotions. It’s not healthy, but…hopefully I can think of something to make both<\/u> things work in my favor.<\/p>\n
In any case, I had to get back up to the computer part install guy to retrieve the thermal paste (he forgot to include it when I was paying for his services). When I got it, I could had sworn he said the paste “isn’t that good”. Before I left, he said if I got the planned CPU Cooler, he would install it for free. Probably feels obligated to do it as he couldn’t get the other one in.<\/p>\n
*sigh*
\nGonna be a long three months of feeling unsure.<\/p>\n
. Ok.. now, a bit of a side-note before I continue, some of you have emailed me and suggested I get the free trial of Newegg Premier (as I could cancel it at anytime). First I asked Newegg Support if I could even try for it, and was told yes. So I did, but I got concerned when it was asking me about payment (and acting like it was going to charge me). But now, I’m fighting my emotions if it’s even worth doing business with Newegg again. As I just said, they’re going to refund the $19.99, which is good.. but to LIE and say I WON’T be charged?! . So.. uh.. Viva Revolution of not falling for ‘free trial’ gimmicks(even from reputable websites)?! Sure, let’s go with that!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" …I’m still having my doubts if getting a replacement board is going to be enough. The guy that tried to make amends, claims a board that will support the CPU, I would be “rocking at 4.7GHz” and “it won’t matter … Continue reading
\nEDIT: It seems fortune has smiled on me again. Well, first it smiled, then spat in my face. Haha.. fortune. Great sense of humor!
\nNow first off, I actually found some money lying around (a whole lotta money), which is allowing me to afford a new motherboard and CPU Cooler. Was talking to Dezent about my issues ’till we got down to suggesting motherboards, and he suggested this board<\/a> (with the other one suggesting the same thing). It looks really nice, and it supports overclocking. Now you know me, I don’t do that. But I’m being told a 9590 is a factory overclocked 8350 (which is why it’ll need the extra boost in power).
\nBefore I was preparing to purchase, I asked them both “are you sure this would absolutely, positively, fix my issue?” One said “yes” while the other said “mostly it will”. I’m tired of this, guys. This HAS to work!<\/p>\n
\nAfterwards, I asked “will I be initially charged for this”, and I was told “no”. Ok, that’s good. All is great in the world. Had to wait a half an hour, and it was finally processed.
\n–
\nLooked for a way to cancel the auto-renew, and didn’t see one. I remember the last one telling me I could contact them and have them cancel the thing…but when I did, the person canceled the service instead of the auto-renew. I’m all “wait WHAT?! No! I wanted the auto-renew canceled, not<\/strong> the Premier service!” And they’re all “sorry, sorry!” and telling me that..I had been ‘refunded’ and it would take 1-2 business days.
\nI curiously ask “uh, wait. There shouldn’t<\/em> be a refund as I didn’t pay anything”. But surprise surprise, the sleazeballs lied to me and charged me $19.99!
\nOOOOOOH did I let them HAVE IT!! D:( PLUS the bitch is trying to make it all better by offering a free 3-month subscription. NO!! FUCK you, and FUCK YOUR SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE!! YOUALL LIED TO ME, YOU FAGGOTS!!! NO amount of ‘free premium service’ is going to make up for that! I felt like they would be lying about that too! I came close to cussing at them, but didn’t really.
\nI can’t believe they lied right to my face!! I should had demanded I spoke to their manager, and had the one that lied to me, FIRED! Or even better, threatened them with the BBB..actually no, since they’re going to refund the money they stole from me, I can’t do that.<\/p>\n
\nYou wanna make up for it, Newegg? Free two day shipping on these parts! That is the ONLY reason I signed up for it!<\/p>\n
\nEDIT2: Woo! \ud83d\ude00 That was FUN, blowing off some serious steam! Fortune has apologized to me for spitting in my face, and gave me a smile. In the case of Me VS Newegg, a resolution has been given. Well, I wouldn’t really call it one, but.. what was left of the ‘free trial’, I was able to get free 3-day shipping.
\nAs for why I got charged in the first place, I didn’t really get an answer from them. But, this to me, makes up for it (especially when my new board\/CPU Cooler arrives this Friday instead of making me wait a week)<\/em>. Sadly, it took nearly all the money I had and I don’t have enough for the computer install guy. So..heh heh, I still have to wait ’till next month!
\nOh well. Oh, one other thing I forgot to say. Back to the whole Newegg thing. I asked the person to do one more thing for me, and that’s to clarify the ‘free trial’ thing for future customers. The person acts like I’m going to be spearheading this new change, which is..interesting to say the least.<\/p>\n