The machine I have now is a bust (about to reach 3 years old). I can't trust it to do anything important without locking up and being stupid. So far its held with my last hack but I'm at the end of my rope and this poor case has taken a literal beating. Wasted too many days and swapped all the other hardware (except cpu, board) and drivers troubleshooting it. I'm done troubleshooting it.
I think the board is bad and instead of fighting with ASUS over an RMA I'm just going to replace it and curbstomp this board. I want to go back to an Intel based system. So, I want a new CPU & new board. I've been out of the loop for looooooong time so as far as good chipsets, combos, etc I'm now lost.
I have a small budget $350USD (strict!) for new components. I'm not a hardcore gamer, and my old H6770 1G card has been adequate for my needs and it will be re-used as well as my video cards, FC card, tuner, RAM, disks, power supply, etc. Shame I cant use my water block though...
Due to some specific requirements I'll be dualbooting WinXP & Win 7 (and possibly some linux flavor soon as well). I'm almost afraid of the Asus board because the current board I have got hosed during a bios update and I had to buy a new bios chip. #1 reason to buy socketed or redundant bios boards. Anyway, here's what I had in mind.
Board: ASUS Z87-A ($109.99)
CPU: i5-4590 ($194.99)
Misc: Shipping ($1.99)
Total: $306.97
Thoughts?
I think the board is bad and instead of fighting with ASUS over an RMA I'm just going to replace it and curbstomp this board. I want to go back to an Intel based system. So, I want a new CPU & new board. I've been out of the loop for looooooong time so as far as good chipsets, combos, etc I'm now lost.
I have a small budget $350USD (strict!) for new components. I'm not a hardcore gamer, and my old H6770 1G card has been adequate for my needs and it will be re-used as well as my video cards, FC card, tuner, RAM, disks, power supply, etc. Shame I cant use my water block though...
Due to some specific requirements I'll be dualbooting WinXP & Win 7 (and possibly some linux flavor soon as well). I'm almost afraid of the Asus board because the current board I have got hosed during a bios update and I had to buy a new bios chip. #1 reason to buy socketed or redundant bios boards. Anyway, here's what I had in mind.
Board: ASUS Z87-A ($109.99)
CPU: i5-4590 ($194.99)
Misc: Shipping ($1.99)
Total: $306.97
Thoughts?
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