Integrated GPU overheating and Really fracking things up!!!!!

[cuddlefish]

I was hoping to get one that was compatible with my 4 2gb ram sticks... anoher poster mentioned something about having the better pci slot for my graphics card. What type of pcie slot am I looking for(the faster one).

Is the mobo that I have a micro atx or a regular size atx(Im assuming that the regular is larger).

Basically im looking for a replacement mobo that would replace the broken one and allow me to reuse all the ram and prcessor and what not...

or

Buy a new case and mobo then use old ram, processor, psu, etc...


Any suggestions that fit either of these situations? Im trying to look on newegg but this stuff is confusing me.

 

[cuddlefish]

How outdated is my processor by the way? Is it still at least somewhat relevant?

 

[smeezekitty]

I noticed two different motherboard with a similar model number. One is mATX the other is full ATX. in any case the microATX board will fit either way.

There are several types of PCI-E but the graphics card requires PCI-E x16.
The PCI-E x16 had several revisions with the main ones being
1.0
2.0
3.0
The higher the number the faster but they are both backward and forward compatible.
The link motherboard should be able to reuse all your existing components. I didn't quite catch the CPU model but if it is AM2 then it is kind of outdated.

 

[cuddlefish]

I noticed two different motherboard with a similar model number. One is mATX the other is full ATX. in any case the microATX board will fit either way.

There are several types of PCI-E but the graphics card requires PCI-E x16.
The PCI-E x16 had several revisions with the main ones being
1.0
2.0
3.0
The higher the number the faster but they are both backward and forward compatible.
The link motherboard should be able to reuse all your existing components. I didn't quite catch the CPU model but if it is AM2 then it is kind of outdated.

Figure 2: AMD Athlon II logo

Operating speed: Up to 2.6 GHz
Number of cores: 4
Socket: AM3
Bus speed: 4000 MHz HT3

EDIT* the model fro the cpu is AMD Athlon ll 620


That is my current processor. The only problem i have with the Mobo you linked is that it only has the two slots for ram instead of 4.

The 7850 gpu I have should be able to take advantage of the 3.0 pcie x 16 slot right?

 

[smeezekitty]

Hmm. I thought you had an AM2 socket. If you have an AM3 CPU there is alot more motherboard available. If it has 4 ram slots it is ~probably~ full atx.

 

[Guest]

Even though it is a 600w psu, you could still be having problems with it, i had problems running a GTX 660 Ti on a 750w psu, the 660Ti havign roughly same or slightly lower power draw, i would RMA the psu. According to the motherboard specs, he has AM2 socket... im not sure how AM2/2+/3 CPU's act in different sockets, but i would probably recomend a new CPU and motherboard.

Do you have ATX case? or mATX (microATX). for your current CPU (am3), i would recomend;

For ATX Case;
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A97_R20/

For mATX Case;
http://www.asus.com/Motherboard/M5A88M/

Both support your CPU, and allow you to upgrade your CPU to an FX-8350 or whatever.

No AMD socket motherboards support PCIe 3.0, so if you want PCI-e 3.0 you need an Intel socket motherboard with - more importantly - an IVY BRIDGE CPU. PCI-e is built into the CPU on intels, and only the IVY BRIDGE processors have 3.0, sandy bridge has 2.0

Only problem with Intel is they are much more efficient and much more powerful than AMD, hence why they are much more expensive. I would just go for the AMD socket motherboards i linked in the post

EDIT: am3 cpu's work with no restrictions in an am3+ socketed board, only difference being they arent am3+ 😛

EDIT #2: Oh wow edit works now!!!

EDIT #3: When i say i had trouble with my 750w psu, it was an ANTEC HCP 750. Unfortunately i got a faulty one, like you may possibly have. Try booting in safe mode if it gives the option, it may be dodgy drivers crashing the system before it boots up. My old Vista system with a GeForce 9800 GTX+ had problems like your having now.