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Just before the weekend, i plugged in another HDD to my system and the PSU went pop, well almost - fans spun up briefly but it didn't boot.
Thank goodness for a decent PSU - no components seemed to be damaged, or so I thought. When I ordered a new PSU - a Corsair TX750M, I also upgraded my HDD for my Vista install.
So, on Sunday, I put in the new PSU and began to reinstall Windows. It completed ok, but all is not well. The whole system seems quite sluggish and when trying to install additional software, such antivirus, or graphics drivers it keeps either giving me the blue screen of death, or it just reboots itself.
So, I've a spare 775 mobo around, and I plan to try that this evening but if that fails I need a new system.
I do a fair bit of photoshopping, so I want 16Gb ram (min) and a reasonably fast quad core CPU but I want to do this realatively cheaply. I am anticipating being able to continue to use my GPU and I have a new PSU and hard drive, so can people recomment me a CPU, Memory and mobo at a good bang for buck level. I don't really play games but I do sometimes virtualise other OSs and do the odd bit of video encoding.
I'm a bit out of the loop these days so suggestions would be greatfully recieved. Budget ideally would be less than £500. Preferably a fair bit less... but I also want a fast machine that is future proof.
Many thanks
Thank goodness for a decent PSU - no components seemed to be damaged, or so I thought. When I ordered a new PSU - a Corsair TX750M, I also upgraded my HDD for my Vista install.
So, on Sunday, I put in the new PSU and began to reinstall Windows. It completed ok, but all is not well. The whole system seems quite sluggish and when trying to install additional software, such antivirus, or graphics drivers it keeps either giving me the blue screen of death, or it just reboots itself.
So, I've a spare 775 mobo around, and I plan to try that this evening but if that fails I need a new system.
I do a fair bit of photoshopping, so I want 16Gb ram (min) and a reasonably fast quad core CPU but I want to do this realatively cheaply. I am anticipating being able to continue to use my GPU and I have a new PSU and hard drive, so can people recomment me a CPU, Memory and mobo at a good bang for buck level. I don't really play games but I do sometimes virtualise other OSs and do the odd bit of video encoding.
I'm a bit out of the loop these days so suggestions would be greatfully recieved. Budget ideally would be less than £500. Preferably a fair bit less... but I also want a fast machine that is future proof.
Many thanks
