Hi,
need a little advice please. I have an iextreme m5722 which was an off the shelf purchase. I am only learning about computer hardware so please forgive me if I come across as an "idiot". I had difficulty with the computer and after having researched it replaced the graphics card and the PSU. I put in a Corsair CX600 PSU and an ASUS Geforce GTx 750ti graphics card with 2gb memory. (mainly because I was under pressure and these were the only parts that were compatible at the time). I took apart the PC and everything worked quite well until recently when I turned on the PC and only the fan runs. The screen is not getting any input. Again I took to looking stuff up and found that I had made a drastic error. When I took out the fan to access the connectors I cleaned what I thought was dirt from the top of the CPU but it turns out that it was thermal paste! ( I know DOH!). But these are things that you don't really know unless you are well informed, which I am not. My current predicament is do I ditch the whole project and purchase a new computer or do I replaced the motherboard and CPU? I suppose the question in need to ask is what is the most up to date motherboard and CPU that I could get to fit into this case with all the same types of connections? Also do I need to update memory? ie different type?
need a little advice please. I have an iextreme m5722 which was an off the shelf purchase. I am only learning about computer hardware so please forgive me if I come across as an "idiot". I had difficulty with the computer and after having researched it replaced the graphics card and the PSU. I put in a Corsair CX600 PSU and an ASUS Geforce GTx 750ti graphics card with 2gb memory. (mainly because I was under pressure and these were the only parts that were compatible at the time). I took apart the PC and everything worked quite well until recently when I turned on the PC and only the fan runs. The screen is not getting any input. Again I took to looking stuff up and found that I had made a drastic error. When I took out the fan to access the connectors I cleaned what I thought was dirt from the top of the CPU but it turns out that it was thermal paste! ( I know DOH!). But these are things that you don't really know unless you are well informed, which I am not. My current predicament is do I ditch the whole project and purchase a new computer or do I replaced the motherboard and CPU? I suppose the question in need to ask is what is the most up to date motherboard and CPU that I could get to fit into this case with all the same types of connections? Also do I need to update memory? ie different type?