Was it all just too much?

dual2max · 16 Oct 2022 at 19:21

Hi All,
The trusty old PC was playing up lately by freezing or slowing right down.
Each time I just switched off at the mains and then rebooted. Normally, this fixed it. For a while!
Now, upon powering up, the mobo debug LED starts at 00/D0 and stays there.
I did the old disconnect, reconnect, swap CPU's jiggle with the PSU cables all did absolutely nothing!

It is a Gigabyte Aorus X470 with a Ryzen 2700x
2 Gigabtye Titan X's + Telsa M40
TBS DVBs Satellite Card
Creative Soundblaster
4 x 8Gb G.Skill Flare X
Corsair RM1000i
A mix of drives

As you can see it's years old and has been running at about 200+% for ages.

Do you think it's time for an upgrade? Keep the PSU and build anew?

I like the look and stats on the latest kit and I think now is the best time to buy.

Any advice? Thanks.

lsg1r · 16 Oct 2022 at 19:46

Assume you've checked clearing the cmos/battery etc...

Anyways now is an 'ok' time to be buying, you're going to get a bit of a early adopter tax in some cases and the cost of other items still haven't dropped like they should have (ryzen 5xxx and nvidia 3xxx series, I'm looking at you) but you can build a pc comfortably knowing that apart from rdna 3 and 13th gen intel, both of which are around a month away, you will be fine.

Budget and intended use etc would be useful for teh rest though

dual2max · 20 Oct 2022 at 14:37

Thanks for your reply. CMOS/Batt all checked and cleared and still nowt!
The whole thing was stripped and rebuilt. Now the only thing to power up is the Mobo LED lights and the water pump.
Time to browse the 2nd market for updated parts....

BUDFORCE · 20 Oct 2022 at 15:15

@dual2max

Personally I wouldn't be doing a full rebuild on that. Almost certainly the motherboard giving your grief.

I'd just buy a B550 motherboard (circa £150) and something like a 5800x (circa £230) and re-use everything else. Go used parts if you need to I guess.

The rest of that is worth re-using.