A while ago i made a thread here describing my overheating issues.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3683339/vrm-overheating-gigabyte-990fxa-ud3.html
Reading that is not required
I've been unable to make headway with most of the solutions listed there, and am now in a position to make some new purchases, so i'm considering the most extreme solution there, which is to entirely ditch the AM3+ platform and upgrade.
But beyond this is no man's land. I'm entering unfamiliar territory, and thusly, i've come here for help. I have a total budget of £500 for this, which should hopefully be enough for something to meet my needs.
I need a new motherboard, and a new CPU to go with it. But details on exactly what i need from them:
1. The motherboard
Given my troubles with overheating issues in the past, i'd like to avoid it happening again, and thusly i'd like to get a board with good VRM heatsinks. I will be using a closed loop liquid cooler, so there's not a lot of air blowing on the cpu area.
I would also like to use this PC for VR gaming eventually (though not immediately). And that brings its own requirements. Most notably, i need a motherboard that has lots of USB 3.0 slots. At least four, maybe 6
Again with the VR, system requirements are high for that. I'm not expecting to get things that meet the recommended requirements for an oculus rift right now, but I at least need to have the potential. The OR recommends either Intel i5-4590 or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X. And so i'd like to get a board which has the right socket type to fit one of those two processors
Lastly, I currently have 16 GB of DDR3 Ram installed, and if possible i would like to keep and reuse this. So i'd like to get a board that doesn't immediately require upgrading the ram too.
2. As for the CPU, best i can get for whatever's left over in the budget. Ideally i'd like to at least match the performance of my current FX-9370, but a slight downgrade would probably be acceptable for the sake of stability
I'm quite open to settling for a barely adequate CPU for now, and spending more to upgrade to something powerful later on. What's most important is getting a motherboard that won't cause me any problems with future upgrades
All input is appreciated
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3683339/vrm-overheating-gigabyte-990fxa-ud3.html
Reading that is not required
I've been unable to make headway with most of the solutions listed there, and am now in a position to make some new purchases, so i'm considering the most extreme solution there, which is to entirely ditch the AM3+ platform and upgrade.
But beyond this is no man's land. I'm entering unfamiliar territory, and thusly, i've come here for help. I have a total budget of £500 for this, which should hopefully be enough for something to meet my needs.
I need a new motherboard, and a new CPU to go with it. But details on exactly what i need from them:
1. The motherboard
Given my troubles with overheating issues in the past, i'd like to avoid it happening again, and thusly i'd like to get a board with good VRM heatsinks. I will be using a closed loop liquid cooler, so there's not a lot of air blowing on the cpu area.
I would also like to use this PC for VR gaming eventually (though not immediately). And that brings its own requirements. Most notably, i need a motherboard that has lots of USB 3.0 slots. At least four, maybe 6
Again with the VR, system requirements are high for that. I'm not expecting to get things that meet the recommended requirements for an oculus rift right now, but I at least need to have the potential. The OR recommends either Intel i5-4590 or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X. And so i'd like to get a board which has the right socket type to fit one of those two processors
Lastly, I currently have 16 GB of DDR3 Ram installed, and if possible i would like to keep and reuse this. So i'd like to get a board that doesn't immediately require upgrading the ram too.
2. As for the CPU, best i can get for whatever's left over in the budget. Ideally i'd like to at least match the performance of my current FX-9370, but a slight downgrade would probably be acceptable for the sake of stability
I'm quite open to settling for a barely adequate CPU for now, and spending more to upgrade to something powerful later on. What's most important is getting a motherboard that won't cause me any problems with future upgrades
All input is appreciated
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