Hi there, and thanks in advance for reading!
To make a very long and frustrating story short, I've built 5 PCs before and I'm usually pretty good at it. I'm using one now that I built 2 years ago that is still decently powerful. However, I've had a problem with for about 8 months now where it hard freezes occasionally and only when I am playing certain games and has to be powered off. I just have not been able to diagnose it, which, again, I'm usually pretty good at. I have tried many, many things, including posting here elsewhere. Over the course of a few months I've replaced pretty much everything in it except the the motherboard and cpu, but I still have the same problem.
The next part of the saga is that I broke down and ordered a new mobo and cpu, along with some ram (figured I'd upgrade to a DDR4 mobo while I was at it). I put everything together and... I couldn't get it to post. So I breadboarded it and disconnected everything except the PSU, the CPU, the heatsink, and the onboard speaker. I couldn't even get it to beep the onboard speaker I bought to troubleshoot the thing with. I got so frustrated I just didn't even want to deal with it anymore and I decided to send the mobo, ram, new case, and cpu all back for a refund.
Which brings me to my actual question! I'm hoping to get advice on a pre-built PC that has a relatively high-end CPU but that doesn't have an expensive video card or other expensive components because I already have almost brand new everything that's pretty high-end. I don't have the time or energy to attempt another build myself right now, but it would not be a big deal to me to install a video card, my SSDs, and all the other bits besides setting up the mobo and cpu. Any advice on this kind of a system would be greatly appreciated! Please let me know if I can provide more info.
To make a very long and frustrating story short, I've built 5 PCs before and I'm usually pretty good at it. I'm using one now that I built 2 years ago that is still decently powerful. However, I've had a problem with for about 8 months now where it hard freezes occasionally and only when I am playing certain games and has to be powered off. I just have not been able to diagnose it, which, again, I'm usually pretty good at. I have tried many, many things, including posting here elsewhere. Over the course of a few months I've replaced pretty much everything in it except the the motherboard and cpu, but I still have the same problem.
The next part of the saga is that I broke down and ordered a new mobo and cpu, along with some ram (figured I'd upgrade to a DDR4 mobo while I was at it). I put everything together and... I couldn't get it to post. So I breadboarded it and disconnected everything except the PSU, the CPU, the heatsink, and the onboard speaker. I couldn't even get it to beep the onboard speaker I bought to troubleshoot the thing with. I got so frustrated I just didn't even want to deal with it anymore and I decided to send the mobo, ram, new case, and cpu all back for a refund.
Which brings me to my actual question! I'm hoping to get advice on a pre-built PC that has a relatively high-end CPU but that doesn't have an expensive video card or other expensive components because I already have almost brand new everything that's pretty high-end. I don't have the time or energy to attempt another build myself right now, but it would not be a big deal to me to install a video card, my SSDs, and all the other bits besides setting up the mobo and cpu. Any advice on this kind of a system would be greatly appreciated! Please let me know if I can provide more info.
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