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Debriefing => Off-Topic Lounge => Topic started by: namajnaG on January 07, 2012, 08:03:07 am
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Well, It had to happen. I've been running on a P5KPL-AM EPU for a year and a half. You can't expect much from a 50$ board.
I need suggestions for a new board that supports the same thing, But that is more reliable and has room for 6GB or more total memory.
Specs :
-socket 775 Intel
-800MHz memory frequency
-1PCI-e (Obviously) and 4 SATA ports (One IDE port would be cool too, But not neccesary)
From your previous experiences, Would you recommend a board that has these specs? Price does not matter, As long as its reasonable.
(I'm writing on my cellphone so grammar/spelling may not be right.)
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You should at least use 1333MHz RAM
"From your previous experiences, Would you recommend a board that has these specs? Price does not matter, As long as its reasonable."
No, I would upgrade to the 1155 socket and get an i5 2500k.
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Good luck finding a 775 motherboard. Mine died, luckily there was a guy in town selling a nice MSI one. Quickly flipped it and got a 1155.
Really the only 775 motherboards that will be left should be good ones. Anything Asus for 775 is pretty good. Can't remember the MSI I got, but was nice.
http://davelm.com/imgs/11%20-%201%20(1).jpg
^ Image of it. Says Acer, cause was out of a Acer gaming PC. Built by MSI.
I had a DFI LANParty LT X38-T2R 775 board, and hated it. Was super picky and didn't like a lot of SATA devices.
I would have a agree with Proxie. Really would just get something cheap and start working at a new PC. Only cost me $430 for all new mobo,cpu, and Ram. Would be even cheaper now.
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Well, I'm currently on the hunt for a job, I'll turn 18 in 3 days so I need to find something quick, So maybe I'll look more into building an 1155/1156, Depending on the price, Because indeed, 775 are getting pretty discontinued everywhere, But I'd probably sell that old machine for a few hundreds if I find a new board. I agree too since I abusively multi-task and 4GB of RAM and an somewhat aging video card (ATI 5670) is nothing for all I'm running at the same time.
What kind of config are you talking about Major, Exactly?
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All I needed was a mobo, Ram, and CPU.
Picked up:
MSI P67A-GD65
Intel Core i5-2500K
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB DDR3 1600
Was $429.97.
Key to get couple extra dollars off is to look at the combo items. Newegg had the mobo/CPU combo I wanted and was $25 off the price. They combo the hottest items, so odds are you can save $10-30.
But you should be able to find a 775 pretty easy, just might take a little while as most major retailers don't sell them. So might have to resort to Ebay, or smaller companies. But call local shops and check craigslist, might get lucky. I got my replacement for $60 (I believe) off craigslist, and was RMA brand new.
Good luck, and happy early birthday.
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I bought a Bundle Pack on Ebay for £150, came with:-
ASRock N68C-S UCC 6 Core ready motherboard
AMD Athlon II X4 645 Quad Core Processor
4GB DDR3 Fast Ram 1333 Mhz
I then bought an Nvidia Geforce GTS 450 1GB DDR3 (22.4 GB/s Memory Bandwidth) Graphics card for £78, also on Ebay.
I can max out most games no prob, pretty great considering the price I paid. I would definitely recommend looking into getting a Bundle Pack on Ebay, you can save hundreds of pounds.
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Thanks for your replies guys, I'll look after that soon, As I believe it would be a good investment. Didn't know it was this cheap now.
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Well, It had to happen. I've been running on a P5KPL-AM EPU for a year and a half. You can't expect much from a 50$ board.
I need suggestions for a new board that supports the same thing, But that is more reliable and has room for 6GB or more total memory.
Specs :
-socket 775 Intel
-800MHz memory frequency
-1PCI-e (Obviously) and 4 SATA ports (One IDE port would be cool too, But not neccesary)
From your previous experiences, Would you recommend a board that has these specs? Price does not matter, As long as its reasonable.
(I'm writing on my cellphone so grammar/spelling may not be right.)
Have you checked your power supply and see if that is the culprit?
Have you checked for any bad caps such ones that are blown, leaking powder or are hanging off by a single wire?
Have you checked to make sure you the 24 power pin/20 pin power connector is correctly fit/snugged tight?
Have you checked the wire for the power supply and making sure the cable isnt frayed?
These are just the basics.. if you did all that and no power is coming/comp isnt turning on, test your power supply with a tester.
If you do not have one, try another ps. If it doesnt output anything its gone. If it does work and your pc wont turn on, then yea your mobo is shot.
Here is the same board IF you want it. Its $34!
http://www.hardwareking.net/product_info.php?currency=USD&info=p62608_ASUS-P5KPL-AM-EPU--G31--dual-PC2-6400U-DDR2---90-MIB9N0-G0EAY0KZ.html
Socket LGA 775- Max memory 8GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128470
Good luck!
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If you know which component is giving you trouble you might be able to try this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMsjCG09gmQ
It recently worked for me to fix my laptop GPU.
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If you know which component is giving you trouble you might be able to try this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMsjCG09gmQ
It recently worked for me to fix my laptop GPU.
If you accidentaly spilled alcohol on the pcb and you light the lighter and it catches fire, id say your screwed.
Thats like if your a uber noob. However, i really need to try this on a hp notebook motherboard with a gpu issue. Thanks monkey!