ive been gone from here for awhile now, and not up to speed on hardware as i use to be.
so im asking for some help.
my current mobo seems to be dieing off, and i would like to replace it.
current board: Biostar Tpower X58A
problems with the board:
started losing overclocking potenial months ago, can no longer clock over 3.5 with my
i7920
audio in/out problems
one or more of the pci slots have gone dead
3 of the 6 ram slots are dead
onboard ethernet port dead(have to use external via usb)
and just this morning, with a fresh boot up, it could not find its own bios, had to try restarting it again and it booted up that time.
so with that said, i would like a decent replacement reccomendation, budget upto $350
edit: i may consider selling the i7920 (maybe $150) and going amd again, i really liked my phenom system i built earlier this year. so also recommend a AMD Board + CPU along side of the intel board, so i can compair prices
and as for a video card, my current 4770 runs fine @ my 1920x1200 resolution, but when i run fraps to record gameplay in games, it really lags, so i think i need an upgrade here too, should i wait for the new nvidia lineup or grab something from the new ATI lineup?
i will also be upgrading to windows 7 with this change.
thanks
edit: just in case my sys specs are needed:
i7920 cpu
biostar Tpower X58A mobo
xfx HD4770 gpu
ocz XMP 1600 DDR3 ram 6GB (3x2)
ocz Fatality 600w psu
so im asking for some help.
my current mobo seems to be dieing off, and i would like to replace it.
current board: Biostar Tpower X58A
problems with the board:
started losing overclocking potenial months ago, can no longer clock over 3.5 with my
i7920
audio in/out problems
one or more of the pci slots have gone dead
3 of the 6 ram slots are dead
onboard ethernet port dead(have to use external via usb)
and just this morning, with a fresh boot up, it could not find its own bios, had to try restarting it again and it booted up that time.
so with that said, i would like a decent replacement reccomendation, budget upto $350
edit: i may consider selling the i7920 (maybe $150) and going amd again, i really liked my phenom system i built earlier this year. so also recommend a AMD Board + CPU along side of the intel board, so i can compair prices
and as for a video card, my current 4770 runs fine @ my 1920x1200 resolution, but when i run fraps to record gameplay in games, it really lags, so i think i need an upgrade here too, should i wait for the new nvidia lineup or grab something from the new ATI lineup?
i will also be upgrading to windows 7 with this change.
thanks
edit: just in case my sys specs are needed:
i7920 cpu
biostar Tpower X58A mobo
xfx HD4770 gpu
ocz XMP 1600 DDR3 ram 6GB (3x2)
ocz Fatality 600w psu