I've been having problems with my PC for a while now and have narrowed the problem down to 3 parts. What I'm looking for is some decent upgrades for them if they need replacing The Parts: PSU: Corsair TX850W Motherboard: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P7P55D LE CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz ?
It depends on your budget. The power supply us a fairly good one so if there isn't a problem with it then keep it. For CPU and mobo I would reccomend a z77 motherboard from Asus or Gigabyte (again the features vary on form factor and budget) plus a i5 3570k.
For the Power Supply; Any Modular Unit from Corsair, Antec or Silverstone would do the trick, get it in Gold efficiency to save a few pennies on the power bill. atc95's recommendation for any z77 board plus a 3750K is about right, too. Going to that from a 750 ought to bump up your framerates a touch, too. Personally; I'd go with something like an Asus Maximus V Formula, but that's simply because i'm a sucker for Asus' high end boards, owing to how awesome I'm finding the Crosshair to use. All depends on what's actually shot. Are you sure it's not simply a case of faulty RAM?
I use a Sabertooth Z77 and love it... Sits happily at fairly decent clocks 24/7 with pretty poor airflow through it..
the old 1156 stuff is decent, id try diagnose whats wrong tbh even if its just so you can sell it to put funds towards the upgrade. as to new stuff pretty much any z77 motherboard will take a K series upto 4.5ghz
Here is the thread about what's wrong: http://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-debugging/275379-random-power-outtages.html Oh, and I'm using a Silverstone PS02 case, so not sure what mobos would fit
75°C idle CPU temps are too high. There's something wrong with the cooling system. A new PSU, mobo or CPU won't help. In fact, Ivy Bridge chips get hotter than previous CPUs. Grab a copy of Intel Burn Test and see if you can get it to consistently crash: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums...-IntelBurnTest-The-new-stress-testing-program Monitor the temps with HWMonitor.
I agree with the above. 75 at idle is absolutely roasting. I'm surprised that your PC hasn't just refused to start from Silicon degradation caused by such constant heat. Your i5 750 has a thermal threshold of about 98 degrees, IIRC, it may fly up to that the second you put load on it, causing thermal shutdown. TL;DR version: Check your Thermal Paste. Might be too thick a coating. What does the CPU fan sound like most of the time? It ought to be at damn near full whack if the CPU is really that hot. If not; we've got a problem. Edit; and for that matter; What state are the Case fans in? Might be they're clogged up, preventing airflow through the case.
The side panel has been open has been open since I first got it. Along with the rear, front cpu and psu fans, I had an extra fan installed in the top. That temp is at idle and only a degree or 2 higher when stressing it I'll give IBT a try. Already using HW monitor (look at 2nd page of linked thread) Check the 2nd page of the thread linked, has a screenshot of the temps / fan speeds in HW Monitor. They've been pretty much the same the entire time. The thermal paste was changed around 2-3 weeks after the first power incident. Fans were cleaned at the same time and I do them every 3months or so. Thermaltake, but not sure what model (was a replacement for a RMA around 2-2.5years ago) The CPU is registering at ~70* even at startup of an entire day of being off/unplugged (Checking in BIOS then HW Monitor) The reason I asked for parts ideas was incase it is one of these that are the problem so I can upgrade.
I think it might just be the case that the Heatsink, whatever it is, is absolute garbage. If it instantly shoots to 75; that implies that you've either got a temperature sensor that's effectively dead, or the heatsink is useless. Dead sensors are less common, pieces of junk exist everywhere. Take a photo of it, or something. Someone is bound to be able to identify the Heatsink in question.
I'd take a photo, but I lost the charger for my camera and you'd get better resolution from a potato than you would my phone =P As said, the Thermal paste has been changed before along with the reset, but it hasn't improved at all. its only in the past 2-3months that this temp problem started and it started pretty quickly.
I agree way too hot that mate. if you have a push pin cooler...get a new cooler if you have a back plated cooler reseat it and if it don't work get a new cooler. stock cooler temps for that chip are better than what you get. Hands up all that think deadbolt left the plastic sticker on the bottom of the cooler LOL only joking deadbolt.
Yo ass is grass mudda fudger But nah, its a prebuilld system, the entire case was sent for RMA/Repair when they found it was supposedly a busted Heatsink.
Get some pics up of the case mate if its pre build you can bet other improvements to air flow can be made. Wondered why I haven't been getting knifed as much in BF3 tho
Could you post a screenshot of HWMonitor? I can't open the screenshots on the other forum without registering. I'm interested in the CPU core temperatures, which should be more accurate than the temperature which is labeled just "CPU".
'Cos of the above, sounds like the heatsink is probably to blame...! +! for a new one - it simply should NOT be hitting 70C at powerup! You'll probably find someone shifting something fairly cheap in the marketplace on here
