Here is my specs before the upgrade:
Motherboard: ASUS M5a78L-M USB 3.0
CPU: AMD FX 6300 (OC to 4.0 GHZ)
GPU: GTX 950
RAM: 12 GB
OS: Windows 10
Current Specs:
Motherboard: ASUS M5a78L-M USB 3.0
CPU: AMD FX 8350 (not OCed)
GPU: GTX 1060 3GB
RAM: 16 GB
OS: Windows 10
For a while now my PC has been crashing. The crashes were not BSOD, the computer would just shut off and restart out of nowhere. The crashing would occur randomly whether I'm playing a game, watching a YouTube video, or even just leaving my system idle with barely anything open. I have checked the event viewer and noticed that every time the computer has shut off, it would give me a WHEA logger message stating:
"A fatal hardware error has occurred.
Component: AMD Northbridge
Error Source: Machine Check Exception
Error Type: HyperTransport Watchdog Timeout Error
Processor APIC ID: 0
The details view of this entry contains further information."
I assumed that the problem may have been my power supply since it was cheap and not certified. After changing out the power supply, the problems didn't get any better. The only thing I didn't replace between now and a few months ago is the motherboard and ram (I only added 1 more stick).
A couple months ago I upgraded my system's GPU and CPU. I have been trying to play more modern games on my hardware and have been having disappointing results. Ever since I upgraded my CPU and GPU, games have been having a hard time keeping the GPU and CPU usage consistent. Every time a game drops to 20-30 fps from 50-60 (which happens within every 10 minutes of game play), I notice the GPU usage would drop down to about 50% and the CPU usage would drop to about 30%.
So to sum it up, I want to know if my motherboard is the issue (or how to find out if it's the issue) so that I can replace it as soon as possible to fix the crashing and game performance. I don't have a lot of money so the purpose of this thread is to find out if I should definitely replace my motherboard.
Motherboard: ASUS M5a78L-M USB 3.0
CPU: AMD FX 6300 (OC to 4.0 GHZ)
GPU: GTX 950
RAM: 12 GB
OS: Windows 10
Current Specs:
Motherboard: ASUS M5a78L-M USB 3.0
CPU: AMD FX 8350 (not OCed)
GPU: GTX 1060 3GB
RAM: 16 GB
OS: Windows 10
For a while now my PC has been crashing. The crashes were not BSOD, the computer would just shut off and restart out of nowhere. The crashing would occur randomly whether I'm playing a game, watching a YouTube video, or even just leaving my system idle with barely anything open. I have checked the event viewer and noticed that every time the computer has shut off, it would give me a WHEA logger message stating:
"A fatal hardware error has occurred.
Component: AMD Northbridge
Error Source: Machine Check Exception
Error Type: HyperTransport Watchdog Timeout Error
Processor APIC ID: 0
The details view of this entry contains further information."
I assumed that the problem may have been my power supply since it was cheap and not certified. After changing out the power supply, the problems didn't get any better. The only thing I didn't replace between now and a few months ago is the motherboard and ram (I only added 1 more stick).
A couple months ago I upgraded my system's GPU and CPU. I have been trying to play more modern games on my hardware and have been having disappointing results. Ever since I upgraded my CPU and GPU, games have been having a hard time keeping the GPU and CPU usage consistent. Every time a game drops to 20-30 fps from 50-60 (which happens within every 10 minutes of game play), I notice the GPU usage would drop down to about 50% and the CPU usage would drop to about 30%.
So to sum it up, I want to know if my motherboard is the issue (or how to find out if it's the issue) so that I can replace it as soon as possible to fix the crashing and game performance. I don't have a lot of money so the purpose of this thread is to find out if I should definitely replace my motherboard.
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