- Jan 22, 2015
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So, my rig is ...like, ancient, for a Desktop. It still ran well enough for WoW, and LotRo was a bit sluggish, but all in all, I am proud of her for lastin as long as she did. With the release of many newer titles, and EQ: Next on the horizon, I've decided its (well past) time to give this baby a face lift of sorts. My old MB, an MSI-7390 that came as part of the core for the rig had ALWAYS given me issues, it started no less than 2mths after I had gotten it (way back in like, '06), CONSTANTLY overheating and shutting down, after much annoyance and research turns out Newegg decided to sell the units they had remaining, AFTER the MB it self had been recalled. j
So, my only course was a work around and I uped the amount of fans, changed the ventilation, and set a circulating fan in front of it, and behind the AC vents of the house, forcing more cool air into it. It worked for years, I just had to continously clean the blasted thing!
But, I digress, I'm looking for a GOOD, RELIABLE, MB to upgrade the current one I have. Call it lazy and not feeling like being bothered with the thing the reason I'm just now waiting to get around to it lol. I figured at the time, wth, it's working, ...So, if anyone has some suggestions, I'm all ears. I'm currently running an AMD 5800+ dual core processor, 8 GB RAM, Radeon 250 GTS Pro (yes, thats being switched out as well hehe), and a 550 watt power supply. If I can move my current processor over to the new rig, that would be epic. If not, meh....I'll deal. I'm currently waiting to see if I can use the same 1 TB HD I have, or if I need to buy a new one as well. My budget isn't anything grand, Ive got a budget right under 650.00. Thanks for the help!
So, my only course was a work around and I uped the amount of fans, changed the ventilation, and set a circulating fan in front of it, and behind the AC vents of the house, forcing more cool air into it. It worked for years, I just had to continously clean the blasted thing!
But, I digress, I'm looking for a GOOD, RELIABLE, MB to upgrade the current one I have. Call it lazy and not feeling like being bothered with the thing the reason I'm just now waiting to get around to it lol. I figured at the time, wth, it's working, ...So, if anyone has some suggestions, I'm all ears. I'm currently running an AMD 5800+ dual core processor, 8 GB RAM, Radeon 250 GTS Pro (yes, thats being switched out as well hehe), and a 550 watt power supply. If I can move my current processor over to the new rig, that would be epic. If not, meh....I'll deal. I'm currently waiting to see if I can use the same 1 TB HD I have, or if I need to buy a new one as well. My budget isn't anything grand, Ive got a budget right under 650.00. Thanks for the help!
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