[SOLVED] My pc keeps freezing in bios, memtest86 and windows

[panos theodorakis]

Hi my system is 5 years old with the only recent upgrades being 16gb ram, 2tb Toshiba hdd
I5 4460
Z 97-p
16 Kingston hyper x
Kingston hyper x ssd
1tb wd blue
2tb Toshiba
Gtx 960 2gb
Coolermaster G650m
Latest windows 10

So the problem first occurred during Christmas during a casual browsing on web. The pc got stuck with everything spinning but zero sound response and sound. During that time i upgraded from 8gb of ram to 16gb from a friend that went to ddr4 so the modules where tested and were fine on his system...

With covid-19 around the corner i left in a rush (to go back to my hometown) and left it without diagnosing it.

After Easter i went back and unplugged everything because I was moving to my birthplace as my semester had ended.

As i got back i removed everything from the case and cleaned everything thoroughly, changed thermal paste to cpu and gpu etc.

Got it all set and boot it, i had zero problems for about a month or so... After that it got stuck again and did the same thing as i pushed the power button for 10 sec to shut it down it then boot up again and kept boot looping until I turn the switch to off from the PSU.

Left it alone for a couple of days because i had ordered an additional hdd to put in. After installing the hdd i did a format just to have clean slate to begin from zero.

And for sometime everything was ok until one day it's just shut down without doing anything. And boot up again on its on and got again on bootloop without stopping.


When its not bootlooping and boots normally i can hear the post beep just like normal.

No extra beeps nothing

Yesterday I took a voltmeter and measured the 24pin, 8pin and 6pin... Everything looked normal except for the pin number 14 that was at 11.47v which someone said to me that its pretty low if we consider that it had no load externally but only what the case has inside.

So today I run memtest86 and it got stuck on the last test after 2 hours so I did it again this time it froze just 9 seconds after initiating it.

So can anyone plz help HEEELP ME, I'm desperate and my brother doesn't let me borrow his psu to test if mine is faulty!!!!

UPDATE
The memtest86 on the first try with both sticks failed
The second attempt failed even faster
The third attempt with one was successful
The forth with the other stick was successful too
The fifth attempt with both sticks was a success too...
Zero errors the whole time I'm ready to give up seriously... The psu is running ~16 hours now with not a single problem....

 

[panos theodorakis]

The 3700x is significantly higher performance, but it depends on what you are doing how much this will help. For example, if you have a fast GPU, then the frame rate will have a lot of dependency on CPU and how fast the data can reach the GPU. On the other hand, if your GPU is already slow or matched to work virtually 100% capacity, then increasing CPU won't help much (I'm assuming a gamer perspective). Even if the 3700x does work near capacity, then I would say that every once in awhile dips in frame rate would be less often versus the 3600x. If you have the money, then sure, the 3700x is definitely a good buy and more performance.

If you really want a lot of performance, but do not want to spend on absolute top and and do not want liquid cooling, then consider the 3900x. You would definitely need good cooling, but you could get away with air cooling. I have not looked for specs on how good/bad any default cooler is for this, but it is nearly a guarantee that a 3950x using air cooling would be a "bad idea". If you plan to play Star Citizen, or anything CPU sensitive, then the 3900x is the best you could get without mandating liquid cooling. If you really want the best high end for the buck, then consider a 3950x with an AIO cooler. The previously mentioned 3700x would have a definite bump in performance over the 3600x in CPU intensive games, including Star Citizen.

The thing is that i will always have a certain budget soooo I think i will go with the 3600x because i also need a new gpu but I'm waiting for the 3000series just to see what we can expect and just enough to see the prizes going down.... Generally i want my pc to be able to play games for the next 5 years

 

[LinuxDevice]

The 3700x is significantly higher performance, but it depends on what you are doing how much this will help. For example, if you have a fast GPU, then the frame rate will have a lot of dependency on CPU and how fast the data can reach the GPU. On the other hand, if your GPU is already slow or matched to work virtually 100% capacity, then increasing CPU won't help much (I'm assuming a gamer perspective). Even if the 3700x does work near capacity, then I would say that every once in awhile dips in frame rate would be less often versus the 3600x. If you have the money, then sure, the 3700x is definitely a good buy and more performance.

If you really want a lot of performance, but do not want to spend on absolute top and and do not want liquid cooling, then consider the 3900x. You would definitely need good cooling, but you could get away with air cooling. I have not looked for specs on how good/bad any default cooler is for this, but it is nearly a guarantee that a 3950x using air cooling would be a "bad idea". If you plan to play Star Citizen, or anything CPU sensitive, then the 3900x is the best you could get without mandating liquid cooling. If you really want the best high end for the buck, then consider a 3950x with an AIO cooler. The previously mentioned 3700x would have a definite bump in performance over the 3600x in CPU intensive games, including Star Citizen.

Try to stick with one of the chipsets which work also with the 3900x, e.g., the 450 or 550 (though they may need a BIOS update prior to throwing in a 3900x). The point is that a 3600x will go a long ways, and it leaves it open to get a better GPU. However, a 3600x on a motherboard capable of simply interchanging CPU (and maybe RAM) to upgrade to a 3900x leaves a large future upgrade available without replacing the whole motherboard.

 

[panos theodorakis]

Try to stick with one of the chipsets which work also with the 3900x, e.g., the 450 or 550 (though they may need a BIOS update prior to throwing in a 3900x). The point is that a 3600x will go a long ways, and it leaves it open to get a better GPU. However, a 3600x on a motherboard capable of simply interchanging CPU (and maybe RAM) to upgrade to a 3900x leaves a large future upgrade available without replacing the whole motherboard.

Definitely 450, 550 as for the bios I will tell the shop to update them beforehand either way because of ryzen 3000 series compatibility, i don't want anything overkill for a mobo because I'm not going to use every future that it has so probably i will pick one for around 100€