Hardware upgrade advice please

[galadial]

Hi All - my son's computer (which is quite old) will no longer boot despite my best efforts so i've taken the decision to perform an upgrade and hopefully fix the non-boot issue. Can anyone recommend a mobo- intel i5-solid state hard drive combination?

Also, since I have two MSI GTX 950's is there any kit/motherboard combination i can buy to run these in parallel?

Cheers
Pete

 

[orbitalwalsh]

whats the current spec's of your sons PC? along with your Budget?

 

[galadial]

CPU very old i3
Mobo Gigabyte - H61MA
Graphics GTX 950
8Mb RAM
Power 450W (I think from memory)

 

[StarShock]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Promo Bundle - AMD Ryzen 5 2600, Gigabyte X370-Gaming 3, Team Group RAM *FREE 240GB SSD* = £349.97
  • Memory Capacity:Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G3000

Total: £360.47 (includes shipping: £10.50)​

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Not intel, but worth considering, 6 core 12 thread, motherboard supports SLi and its a really good deal with that SSD

 

[orbitalwalsh]

^^^^

though noticed your sons mobo is mATX, if his case doesn't accept atx boards

6 cores 6 threads vs his current 2 cores and 4 threads

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte B360M-D3H Intel B360 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £74.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-8400 2.8GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM= £158.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400= £64.99
• 1 x Alpenfohn Ben Nevis CPU Cooler - 120mm= £21.95

Total: £331.42 (includes shipping: £10.50)


ryzen 1700, 8 cores and 16 threads - bit overkill but should last a while!

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte B450M-DS3H AMD B450 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £69.95
• 1 x Team Group Dark Pro 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDPGD48G300= £89.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 1700 3.70GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £194.99

Total: £365.43 (includes shipping: £10.50)


good cheap case for the bundle deal with free ssd listed above

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Cougar MX330-G Midi-Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass= £39.95

Total: £51.05 (includes shipping: £11.10)​

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[galadial]

Thanks all. Quick queery - any reason why my son's computer won't boot - it gets to the mobo splash screen and then stalls. The keyboard seems unresponsive. For some reason the computer just failed to boot up one morning after a few weeks of inactivity.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Thanks all. Quick queery - any reason why my son's computer won't boot - it gets to the mobo splash screen and then stalls. The keyboard seems unresponsive. For some reason the computer just failed to boot up one morning after a few weeks of inactivity.

CMOS battery - give that a shot first!

might of ran out of juice possibly - first , easiest and cheapest trouble shoot

 

[galadial]

CMOS battery is good - checked it with a new battery.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

CMOS battery is good - checked it with a new battery.

only other thing would be to dead ram sticks of CPU .

any lights on the board when PSU is turned on but system not powered up ?

also, able to to jumper test on PSU with it not connected to anything to see if it powers on ?