What the **** Blew?

[MutatedGamer]

So I was rendering out a video while on my bed resting. I hear my PC turn off and look over and see smoke. Opened it up and turned it on and something caught fire. :|

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[MutatedGamer]

Hmm.... speaking of Newegg, I can get the HAF 932 and this motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186174 for 230 inc shipping. Sounds the best way to go, is that an okay mobo? :/

 

[ares1214]

Hmm.... speaking of Newegg, I can get the HAF 932 and this motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186174 for 230 inc shipping. Sounds the best way to go, is that an okay mobo? :/

Id actually challenge you to find a motherboard worse than that! :lol: Youd be better off getting a CM 690 II, spending $40 on fans, and getting a decent MSI/Asus Motherboard.

 

[MutatedGamer]

Id actually challenge you to find a motherboard worse than that! :lol: Youd be better off getting a CM 690 II, spending $40 on fans, and getting a decent MSI/Asus Motherboard.

Oh... /me keeps looking.

 

[jaquith]

OOOOOOOOOOOOH NOOOOOOOOOOOO! Foxconn P55A-S

Side-by-Side P55's - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007627&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&ActiveSearchResult=True&CompareItemList=280|13-131-400^13-131-400-TS,13-131-620^13-131-620-TS,13-131-601^13-131-601-TS,13-131-482^13-131-482-Z01,13-131-662^13-131-662-TS

 

[MutatedGamer]

OOOOOOOOOOOOH NOOOOOOOOOOOO! Foxconn P55A-S

Side-by-Side P55's - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007627&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&ActiveSearchResult=True&CompareItemList=280|13-131-400^13-131-400-TS,13-131-620^13-131-620-TS,13-131-601^13-131-601-TS,13-131-482^13-131-482-Z01,13-131-662^13-131-662-TS

Those are all Asus... can someone just please find me a good mobo on microcenter preferably under like 150... meaning not over :|

 

[jaquith]

ASUS P7P55D-E - http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0326254

 

[MutatedGamer]

ASUS P7P55D-E - http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0326254

Okay thanks, now I get to play the waiting game. Bye~

 

[MutatedGamer]

Okay I just got done building the PC, I went to micorcenter and got a HAF 932, an Asus mATX motherboard(guy said that this is fine, best bang for the buck), and I also got a Cooler Master Hyper 212+. I installed everything, and now windows is giving me *** on startup.

 

[jaquith]

Okay, what s*** is it giving you?

 

[tecmo34]

Did you do a fresh install with the new board or just install everything as was and try to boot up? If it is the later, I would do a fresh install of Windows and go from their. If did a fresh install, I'll let jaquith continue on with his great advice 😀

 

[MutatedGamer]

Did you do a fresh install with the new board or just install everything as was and try to boot up? If it is the later, I would do a fresh install of Windows and go from their. If did a fresh install, I'll let jaquith continue on with his great advice 😀

Yeah, I finally re-installed 7. I installed it over my current OS, and moved any files I needed from windows.old to my documents, then deleted it. Overall product came out pretty good 😀

 

[MutatedGamer]

Oh and my BIOS was acting up, it was reading IDE hard disks and not finding them, and trying to boot off of my second hard drive. It just gave me a mean mess when trying to boot like "Reboot and select proper media device" or something like that. :|

 

[JDFan]

Did you do a fresh install with the new board or just install everything as was and try to boot up? If it is the later, I would do a fresh install of Windows and go from their. If did a fresh install, I'll let jaquith continue on with his great advice 😀

+1 -- Or you can try a REPAIR install from the Windows CD - (this replaces all of the system files\drivers like it would on a new install but keeps all of your programs and settings) - but will sometimes leave remnants of the old setup so going the new install is probably best (unless you do not have backups of needed files\programs to reinstall)

 

[MutatedGamer]

Okay! Windows is all nice, and this 212+ is amazing. I'm at stock ATM, idle I get 25C with my i7 860. Prime95 I get 40-45C.

Now the question is should I overclock? I don't want THIS motherboard to blow up :[