- Aug 10, 2013
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========TLDR Version - My PC isnt working/Looking at upgrading my rig. Advice please.========
Hey all out there. I've got a rig that i've had for close to 2 years now. but ive just had to replace several components due to weird stuff going on. Has made me look at the viability of what i have and the potential gain/boost from upgrading what i havent already.
Basically looking for thoughts/opinions about what i should do. (asking because despite the fact i know more than joe from down the road, i still wouldnt call myself a "guru" or anything close to it
).
The Rig:
- CASE - Cooler Master Storm Enforcer
- PSU - Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1000w
- MOBO - Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H
- CPU - Intel Core i5-4670K (Haswell) 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo)
- RAM - Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 1600MHz
- GPU - Geforce GTX 560 Ti
- Storage - Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series 128GB
(My HDD is currently disconnected for stability issues).
Cooling:
- 1 x 200mm Front Intake Fan (Factory CM)
- 1 x 120mm Rear Exhaust Fan (Factory CM)
- 2 x 120mm Top Exhaust Fan's (Deepcool UF120 Ultra Silent)
- 1 x 120mm Bottom Intake Fan (Deepcool UF120 Ultra Silent)
(Looking at water cooling soon for GPU/CPU)
Peripherals:
- Mouse - Logitech G500s
- Keyboard - Logitech G19
- Headset - Logitech G35
Display Monitor is currently a 22 Inch Monitor, nothing special.
I'm running Windows 7 currently, but thinking about the move to Windows 8 considering my MOBO was more or less built with Windows 8 in mind.
Ok so thats the deal.
-MOBO/CPU/SSD are brand spanking new (3 days).
-GPU/Ram/PSU/Case are coming up 2 years old.
And it's worth noting that for approx a solid year and a half i haven't had compatibility issues, stability issues, BSOD's etc. But after the meltdown the other day (MOBO and CPU both fried somehow unexplainably stopped responding entirely and then my HDD did the same) I have had un-ending BSOD's.
All components as i can see are fully compatible. I have uninstalled drivers, reinstalled drivers, uninstalled OS, reinstalled OS, fully dismantled and rebuilt all the hardware including meticulous cleaning of any and all headers (the ones that are of course cleanable - no i didnt touch CPU/MOBO pins). I have tried all of this to no avail.
I was overclocking to turbo setting (3.8GHz - r
Hey all out there. I've got a rig that i've had for close to 2 years now. but ive just had to replace several components due to weird stuff going on. Has made me look at the viability of what i have and the potential gain/boost from upgrading what i havent already.
Basically looking for thoughts/opinions about what i should do. (asking because despite the fact i know more than joe from down the road, i still wouldnt call myself a "guru" or anything close to it
).The Rig:
- CASE - Cooler Master Storm Enforcer
- PSU - Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1000w
- MOBO - Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H
- CPU - Intel Core i5-4670K (Haswell) 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo)
- RAM - Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 1600MHz
- GPU - Geforce GTX 560 Ti
- Storage - Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series 128GB
(My HDD is currently disconnected for stability issues).
Cooling:
- 1 x 200mm Front Intake Fan (Factory CM)
- 1 x 120mm Rear Exhaust Fan (Factory CM)
- 2 x 120mm Top Exhaust Fan's (Deepcool UF120 Ultra Silent)
- 1 x 120mm Bottom Intake Fan (Deepcool UF120 Ultra Silent)
(Looking at water cooling soon for GPU/CPU)
Peripherals:
- Mouse - Logitech G500s
- Keyboard - Logitech G19
- Headset - Logitech G35
Display Monitor is currently a 22 Inch Monitor, nothing special.
I'm running Windows 7 currently, but thinking about the move to Windows 8 considering my MOBO was more or less built with Windows 8 in mind.
Ok so thats the deal.
-MOBO/CPU/SSD are brand spanking new (3 days).
-GPU/Ram/PSU/Case are coming up 2 years old.
And it's worth noting that for approx a solid year and a half i haven't had compatibility issues, stability issues, BSOD's etc. But after the meltdown the other day (MOBO and CPU both fried somehow unexplainably stopped responding entirely and then my HDD did the same) I have had un-ending BSOD's.
All components as i can see are fully compatible. I have uninstalled drivers, reinstalled drivers, uninstalled OS, reinstalled OS, fully dismantled and rebuilt all the hardware including meticulous cleaning of any and all headers (the ones that are of course cleanable - no i didnt touch CPU/MOBO pins). I have tried all of this to no avail.
I was overclocking to turbo setting (3.8GHz - r
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