- Joined
- May 3, 2010
- Location
- Chesapeake, VA
Current System
Case: Thermaltake SopranoRS 101
Mobo: BIOSTAR TPower N750
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition
Memory: 4x Kingston HyperX DDR2-800 (4GB Total)
Video Card: BFGTech NVidia 9600GT
PSU: Rosewill 550W
HDD(s): 2x WD 7200RPM 250GB (SATAII)
1x WD 7200RPM 1TB (SATAII)
ODD(s): 1x LITE-ON DVD-RW/+RW (IDE)
1x LITE-ON DVD-ROM (IDE)
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
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Current Problem: Video card is crapping out. Reliability Monitor shows Multiple Video Hardware Failures. Drivers are all fully updated.
The question is, should I fix it, or should I just build a new one? Or is there some really simple fix that I'm missing?
If I replace it this is what I'm looking at
Case: Antec Twelve Hundred
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
CPU: Intel Core i7-920
Memory: 3x Kingston HyperX DDR3-2000 (6GB Total)
PSU: Silverstone 1200W
Video Card: SAPPHIRE ATI Radeon HD 5870
HDD(s): 2x WD 7200RPM 1TB (SATAIII)
ODD(s): 1x LG BD Burner (SATA)
1x LG DVD Burner (SATA)
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Case: Thermaltake SopranoRS 101
Mobo: BIOSTAR TPower N750
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition
Memory: 4x Kingston HyperX DDR2-800 (4GB Total)
Video Card: BFGTech NVidia 9600GT
PSU: Rosewill 550W
HDD(s): 2x WD 7200RPM 250GB (SATAII)
1x WD 7200RPM 1TB (SATAII)
ODD(s): 1x LITE-ON DVD-RW/+RW (IDE)
1x LITE-ON DVD-ROM (IDE)
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
_______________
Current Problem: Video card is crapping out. Reliability Monitor shows Multiple Video Hardware Failures. Drivers are all fully updated.
The question is, should I fix it, or should I just build a new one? Or is there some really simple fix that I'm missing?
If I replace it this is what I'm looking at
Case: Antec Twelve Hundred
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
CPU: Intel Core i7-920
Memory: 3x Kingston HyperX DDR3-2000 (6GB Total)
PSU: Silverstone 1200W
Video Card: SAPPHIRE ATI Radeon HD 5870
HDD(s): 2x WD 7200RPM 1TB (SATAIII)
ODD(s): 1x LG BD Burner (SATA)
1x LG DVD Burner (SATA)
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit