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Mobo: Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z Motherboard
CPU: AMD FX-6300
GPU: Asus R9 390X Strix 8GB
PSU: Seasonic M12II Evo 620w Bronze
SSHD: Seagate 2TB + Seagate 1TB HDD
SSD: 256GB (OS)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 (8 GB) 1600 MHz RAM
Cooler: CAPTAIN 360 GAMER STORM CPU LIQUID COOLER
I made this build nearly 4 years ago, Crosshair Formula Z was the most expensive and the best AMD motherboard at that time, R9 390X was one of the best valued card too, I choose FX6300 because I ran out of budget and if needed, it can be overclocked pretty nicely. I have overclocked it too but since it wasn't needed much, I used to just use it normally. It could run possibly every game I could ever think of, I used to play all games at 1080p 60+ fps like GTA V, R6, Battlefield etc.
2 months back my GPU started giving me a little bit trouble, my games would crash some times and I needed to reboot the PC. However, now my doesn't boot after the windows' logo, it crashes.
The HDMI port of GPU is not working, so I have to use DVI right now. A pink/green line is shown, many a times distorted pixels, even after rebooting this problem isn't solved. I am pretty sure it's the GPU, but my 3 year warranty expired a few months ago and there's literally no place in my city which repairs GPU. I live in a metropolitan city in India, I re-pasted both my CPU and GPU thermal pastes with Thermal Grizzly and cleaned all the heat sinks and checked many a times the connection of PSU and Motherboard. I have truly loved my gaming experience with my built, I have never faced major issues previously. I purchased my GPU for a little over 35,000 INR ($500) which was a lot for me. So I really need solutions for what can I do.
(No one in my city does chip level work, so can't get it repaired)
Solutions I have came across:
1)Baking the GPU, for which I would have to buy a cheap oven because I only own a microwave.
2)If the problem is may be just in the PCBs/Capacitors, so somewhere in my country, someone with a hot-air station can check and repair it.
3) If anyone from the community can tell me how to repair it myself, that can be tried too.
OR
Well, I have not really thought of this but incase there's no solution and I have to let go my GPU, then what should I buy. Don't have that much money to build this level Build again, because since AM3+ is an old socket, I have to buy a new CPU, mobo, GPU, RAM etc. which would cost a lot. I can may be buy a refurbished/used good GPU that goes good with my setup. The other solution would be that I can upgrade to a refurbished/used AMD FX-9590 and a decent GPU but will that be worth it, please feel to share all your views or comments. ( PS you can laugh at any of my component choices, I was just 17 when I assembled this build)
I would appreciate any kind of solution/help provided, thank you very much for giving your time.
CPU: AMD FX-6300
GPU: Asus R9 390X Strix 8GB
PSU: Seasonic M12II Evo 620w Bronze
SSHD: Seagate 2TB + Seagate 1TB HDD
SSD: 256GB (OS)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 (8 GB) 1600 MHz RAM
Cooler: CAPTAIN 360 GAMER STORM CPU LIQUID COOLER
I made this build nearly 4 years ago, Crosshair Formula Z was the most expensive and the best AMD motherboard at that time, R9 390X was one of the best valued card too, I choose FX6300 because I ran out of budget and if needed, it can be overclocked pretty nicely. I have overclocked it too but since it wasn't needed much, I used to just use it normally. It could run possibly every game I could ever think of, I used to play all games at 1080p 60+ fps like GTA V, R6, Battlefield etc.
2 months back my GPU started giving me a little bit trouble, my games would crash some times and I needed to reboot the PC. However, now my doesn't boot after the windows' logo, it crashes.
The HDMI port of GPU is not working, so I have to use DVI right now. A pink/green line is shown, many a times distorted pixels, even after rebooting this problem isn't solved. I am pretty sure it's the GPU, but my 3 year warranty expired a few months ago and there's literally no place in my city which repairs GPU. I live in a metropolitan city in India, I re-pasted both my CPU and GPU thermal pastes with Thermal Grizzly and cleaned all the heat sinks and checked many a times the connection of PSU and Motherboard. I have truly loved my gaming experience with my built, I have never faced major issues previously. I purchased my GPU for a little over 35,000 INR ($500) which was a lot for me. So I really need solutions for what can I do.
(No one in my city does chip level work, so can't get it repaired)
Solutions I have came across:
1)Baking the GPU, for which I would have to buy a cheap oven because I only own a microwave.
2)If the problem is may be just in the PCBs/Capacitors, so somewhere in my country, someone with a hot-air station can check and repair it.
3) If anyone from the community can tell me how to repair it myself, that can be tried too.
OR
Well, I have not really thought of this but incase there's no solution and I have to let go my GPU, then what should I buy. Don't have that much money to build this level Build again, because since AM3+ is an old socket, I have to buy a new CPU, mobo, GPU, RAM etc. which would cost a lot. I can may be buy a refurbished/used good GPU that goes good with my setup. The other solution would be that I can upgrade to a refurbished/used AMD FX-9590 and a decent GPU but will that be worth it, please feel to share all your views or comments. ( PS you can laugh at any of my component choices, I was just 17 when I assembled this build)
I would appreciate any kind of solution/help provided, thank you very much for giving your time.
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