Budget Motherboard & case upgrade for gaming rig

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robbiew114

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Hi guys,

Thinking about upgrading my motherboard and case in an attempt to stop the WHEA UNCORRECTABLE ERROR I get when playing games. Has anyone got any recommendations?

My current rig is as follows;

Motherboard: ASUS VII Ranger
Processor: i7 4790K CPU 4ghz
PSU: Corsair CP-9020015-UK Builder Series CX750 ATX/EPS 80 PLUS Bronze Power Supply Unit, 750 W
RAM: Corsair 8gb DDR3
GPU: NVIDIA GTX 970
 
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What is airflow like in your case? If it's good, you may want to pull the CPU cooler, clean off all the old thermal paste and install new paste like Arctic silver 5 to see if that helps. May consider just getting a better cooler though.

Also, if your case airflow isn't good, it would be a good idea to try to add more fans.
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if you have two dimms run each with memtest. also check with hardware info and mb info on 12v rail make sure it fine. run intel cpu test make sure the cpu memory controler is fine. the cpu you have is a good one. better to fix and save then buy parts you dont need. if your buying right now. wait a week or two for micro atx coffee lake mb and i5 cpu. if you can fix your pc then wait for the next intel cpu. on your issue make sure your mb has the newest bios file.
 
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robbiew114

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Okay will try memtest and intel cpu test tonight after work. How do I check hardware and mb info on 12v rail??
 
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robbiew114

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Okay done some research and some work and got the following conclusions;

Ran Memtest and Intel Processor Diagnostic (both 100% passed) as well as reinstalling Windows, the MoBo drivers and reinstalling the BIOS, however still get BSODs when playing more modern games.

Installed HW monitor this week and looked at the stats, all seems good for my rig except that my CPU can get to 90 degrees. Went on the intel website for my model and it's max temperature is 74 degrees. This could explain the kernel power BSODs because would the PC be turning itself off to prevent damage to hardware? Not 100% on this but throwing it out there

The intel info for my model is here;

https://ark.intel.com/products/80807/Intel-Core-i7-4790...
 
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What is airflow like in your case? If it's good, you may want to pull the CPU cooler, clean off all the old thermal paste and install new paste like Arctic silver 5 to see if that helps. May consider just getting a better cooler though.

Also, if your case airflow isn't good, it would be a good idea to try to add more fans.
 
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