Troubleshooting Help - Motherboard or CPU death

[Irenicus]

Originally Posted by Flower

Ooo... a gigabyte board, eh? Nice!

Here's hoping the installation process goes smoothly...

*a bunch more cuts and bruises later*

New working PC ("Ojou-sama") reporting for duty.

Awwwwwww, yissssssssssssss Viva Gigabyte!

Will now be stress-testing the machine to make sure everything is working as it should. The last iteration of Ojou-sama did last for a few hours, after all.

For now, though I'd like to thank everyone for your advice and interest in my personal problem.

[Reverzer0]

Originally Posted by Irenicus

Oh, and the broken motherboard? An ASRock.

I have no choice but ASRock not Ashrock lol~ is the only available.

Originally Posted by Irenicus

The FM2 socket is only if you're looking for APUs. They are nice little chips that don't take too much power to game, especially for laptops, but they cannot really outclass your old graphics card (unless it's really quite old) and a Phenom II. No point shifting if you already have a Phenom II.

True and FM series are the trend this age. They are good in games with high res textures even you are using a A4 processor with 4gig ram.

Originally Posted by sa547

@Reverzer0: I'm afraid that the AM3+ processors and boards are being cut back a bit in favor of the APUs, as the latter is becoming popular because it's a cheaper option for casual gaming (i.e. most East Asian MMOs and shooters, as well as DotA) and first-time PC buyers without having to fuss over what video card to buy.

Indeed. Good thing they have ASrock left.