I currently have a somewhat elderly gaming PC. The motherboard is an EVGA 132-YW-E178-FTW, the CPU is an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 clocked at 3.00 GHz. I recently replaced a pair of EVGA GTX 295 graphics cards with an Asus GTX 970 Turbo card (way less power needed and noise, better performance), but otherwise the rig is mostly vintage 2008. It runs the sorts of games I play (mostly FPS) more than adequately. HOWEVER, the rig has become increasingly unstable recently, randomly rebooting or giving BSODs and other crashes. I'm thinking that all these years of baking have gotten some of the components (who knows which ones?) crispy, resulting in random failures.
So,my question is this: should I build a new PC, keeping only the graphics card, the case (a Cooler Master HAF932), and maybe the Swiftech H20-220 Apex Ultima liquid cooling kit; should I buy a commercial PC from, say, HP or Dell, and install the graphics card; or should I build an entirely new PC, keeping only the graphics card?
I would love to hear your opinions, with as much support as you feel like providing.
Thanks.
So,my question is this: should I build a new PC, keeping only the graphics card, the case (a Cooler Master HAF932), and maybe the Swiftech H20-220 Apex Ultima liquid cooling kit; should I buy a commercial PC from, say, HP or Dell, and install the graphics card; or should I build an entirely new PC, keeping only the graphics card?
I would love to hear your opinions, with as much support as you feel like providing.
Thanks.