- Nov 7, 2015
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Hi all,
Last year (Nov) I changed my PC and built it mostly from the ground up. I put it together with the following:-
AMD FX-4170 4.2ghz
GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3P
Cooler Master RR-212E CPU cooler
Corsair 600W PSU
MSI NVIDIA Gtx 960
2x 8GB DDR3 Ram
Samsung 1TB hard disk
Standard CD drive
Win 10 64 bit
So lasted well up till last week, running everything at almost full spec in games. Then during a Netflix session it stuck, no response. I had to hard reset it then powered on, but no devices such as USB mouse worked or a display output came through. Also if I normally removed the power then put it back in it gave a brief whizz of fans then settled off before you then turned it on normally. This didn't happen after the freeze.
So tested as much as I could, removed parts and all that jazz and believe it is the motherboard that is gone. CMOS reset done, changed Ram slots, graphics card, tested PSU etc.
But my question is this, if I simply replace the board and keep the rest of the setup, is this a viable build or am I overdoing it somehow? Not too bad with PC's but definitely could use some advise to check this is a functional build before I take the new motherboard out and start putting it back together.
Last year (Nov) I changed my PC and built it mostly from the ground up. I put it together with the following:-
AMD FX-4170 4.2ghz
GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3P
Cooler Master RR-212E CPU cooler
Corsair 600W PSU
MSI NVIDIA Gtx 960
2x 8GB DDR3 Ram
Samsung 1TB hard disk
Standard CD drive
Win 10 64 bit
So lasted well up till last week, running everything at almost full spec in games. Then during a Netflix session it stuck, no response. I had to hard reset it then powered on, but no devices such as USB mouse worked or a display output came through. Also if I normally removed the power then put it back in it gave a brief whizz of fans then settled off before you then turned it on normally. This didn't happen after the freeze.
So tested as much as I could, removed parts and all that jazz and believe it is the motherboard that is gone. CMOS reset done, changed Ram slots, graphics card, tested PSU etc.
But my question is this, if I simply replace the board and keep the rest of the setup, is this a viable build or am I overdoing it somehow? Not too bad with PC's but definitely could use some advise to check this is a functional build before I take the new motherboard out and start putting it back together.
Especially if you are also pleased with performance, and it seems like you are.
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