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GoinAllTheWay · 08-19-2014, 10:55 AM

All of 5 mins into an exhilarating round of TF2 last night when my comp froze while letting out an ear splitting screech and a hard lock. Nothing I did got me out back to desktop so had to hit the reset button.

Pretty sure she's toast. Won't POST and the MOBO display is throwing up an error.

I could trouble shoot but this rig is at least 5 yrs old in its current configuration. Now is as good a time as any to upgrade.

I'm waaaaaaaaaaaay out of the loop now and have no idea what's good anymore. I'm fairly certain all other components are fine (RAM, Vid cards, PS etc...) so I'm just looking for some advice on laying down a good backbone with starting off with a new MOBO and processor. I'll upgrade other parts down the road.

I've used Nvidia for years now, I quite like their boards. Also have two graphics cards that are SLI'd.

What do you guys suggest? Budget isn't a huge concern but would like to keep it reasonable, say around $500ish?

08-19-2014, 10:55 AM	#1
GoinAllTheWay Franchise Player Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Not sure Exp:	MOBO went boom :( All of 5 mins into an exhilarating round of TF2 last night when my comp froze while letting out an ear splitting screech and a hard lock. Nothing I did got me out back to desktop so had to hit the reset button. Pretty sure she's toast. Won't POST and the MOBO display is throwing up an error. I could trouble shoot but this rig is at least 5 yrs old in its current configuration. Now is as good a time as any to upgrade. I'm waaaaaaaaaaaay out of the loop now and have no idea what's good anymore. I'm fairly certain all other components are fine (RAM, Vid cards, PS etc...) so I'm just looking for some advice on laying down a good backbone with starting off with a new MOBO and processor. I'll upgrade other parts down the road. I've used Nvidia for years now, I quite like their boards. Also have two graphics cards that are SLI'd. What do you guys suggest? Budget isn't a huge concern but would like to keep it reasonable, say around $500ish?