unwilling "upgrade"

Raviolay · 19 Apr 2016 at 22:24

Looks like my motherboard is on the way out, caused by the electric tripping too many times courtesy of a faulty oven. Removed the overclock and changed the PSU reset CMOS. And still the PC shuts down on the first boot....

So I am forced to look at "upgrading" my system so motherboard, ram, cooler and processor. Any suggestions?

McGraw · 19 Apr 2016 at 22:34

What you got now? What usage?

Raviolay · 19 Apr 2016 at 23:09

4770k
16gb of Ram at 1866
Gigabyte G1.SNIPER 5 z87

I could get a new board for £280 but I would be even more aggrieved to do that tbh.
Mostly farting about playing games, household stuff. If I do I think I want more than four cores though.

Disco_P · 20 Apr 2016 at 00:09

Is any of your current hardware under warranty? You could RMA it.

And still the PC shuts down on the first boot....

What does this mean?

In all likelihood it's either the motherboard or the PSU that is faulty. Probably the motherboard.

New Z97 boards sell from £60. High end boards sell for relatively little gold too. 2nd hand stuff is cheap as always.