Hi all,
In the market for an upgrade to my 2013 PCSpecialist PC that has unfortunately recently died. Original fault was that PC would power on for half a second and then turn off and then automatically restart and then fail (repeat process) unless you force power off the PC. Reseated RAM and CMOS battery and got it going. Did a bit of work and powered off and then tried the next day and got the same fault. Tried the previous fix but no joy. New 750W PSU installed and now happily turns on but no boot. Installed new DDR3 RAM (after trying the old sticks 1 in 1 out etc) and no change. 'CPU LED' is permanently red following power on. Tried another used CPU from CEX (£25) today to see if it was CPU at fault or something else but still nothing from power up so to me it is indicating motherboard problem.
With this being a 2013 PC it is almost at the point of just buying a new PC rather than throwing a few hundred pounds at some parts and still possibly having an issue. Here is the original spec from PCSpecialist:
Case
InWIN GT1 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Quad Core Processor i7-4770 (3.4GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® Z87-A: ATX, USB3.0, SATA6GB/S, SLi, XFIRE
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 770 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - (Special!)
1st Storage Drive
180GB INTEL® 335 SERIES SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
3rd Drive:
Another 1TB SSD installed at a later date.
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ MODULAR TXM-750 V2-80 PLUS®
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Old PC was upgraded from Windows 7 to 10.
And here is the new spec'd PC that I would like to get your thoughts on:
Case
PCS SPECTRUM II ARGB MID TOWER CASE (PWM)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 10-Core Processor i5-14400 (Up to 4.7GHz) 20MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME B760M-K D4 (mATX, LGA1700, DDR4, M.2 PCIe 4.0)
Memory (RAM)
16GB PCS PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
4GB MSI GEFORCE GT 1030 OC - HDMI, DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB SOLIDIGM P41+ GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR, 1625MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W CX SERIES™ CX-650 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 150 Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND APPLICATION
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
ONBOARD LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
NONE OR ONBOARD Wi-Fi (MOTHERBOARD DEPENDENT)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
So what do you think to going new rather than trying to fix the old PC? I have the 2 SSD's and 1 HDD to move over from the dead PC to the new PC just to add hence why there is no real storage on this new one. I download a lot of MP4 files (I run a YouTube channel) from Chrome and compile these MP4 files into a Compilation via Sony Vegas and then transfer via Network Drive to a newer and more capable PC of rendering said video to be uploaded. This new PC would not be used for gaming, overclocking, office work etc and simply for completing the same previous tasks of downloading and editing.
Happy
In the market for an upgrade to my 2013 PCSpecialist PC that has unfortunately recently died. Original fault was that PC would power on for half a second and then turn off and then automatically restart and then fail (repeat process) unless you force power off the PC. Reseated RAM and CMOS battery and got it going. Did a bit of work and powered off and then tried the next day and got the same fault. Tried the previous fix but no joy. New 750W PSU installed and now happily turns on but no boot. Installed new DDR3 RAM (after trying the old sticks 1 in 1 out etc) and no change. 'CPU LED' is permanently red following power on. Tried another used CPU from CEX (£25) today to see if it was CPU at fault or something else but still nothing from power up so to me it is indicating motherboard problem.
With this being a 2013 PC it is almost at the point of just buying a new PC rather than throwing a few hundred pounds at some parts and still possibly having an issue. Here is the original spec from PCSpecialist:
Case
InWIN GT1 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Quad Core Processor i7-4770 (3.4GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® Z87-A: ATX, USB3.0, SATA6GB/S, SLi, XFIRE
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 770 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - (Special!)
1st Storage Drive
180GB INTEL® 335 SERIES SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
3rd Drive:
Another 1TB SSD installed at a later date.
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ MODULAR TXM-750 V2-80 PLUS®
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Old PC was upgraded from Windows 7 to 10.
And here is the new spec'd PC that I would like to get your thoughts on:
Case
PCS SPECTRUM II ARGB MID TOWER CASE (PWM)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 10-Core Processor i5-14400 (Up to 4.7GHz) 20MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME B760M-K D4 (mATX, LGA1700, DDR4, M.2 PCIe 4.0)
Memory (RAM)
16GB PCS PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
4GB MSI GEFORCE GT 1030 OC - HDMI, DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB SOLIDIGM P41+ GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR, 1625MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W CX SERIES™ CX-650 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 150 Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND APPLICATION
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
ONBOARD LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
NONE OR ONBOARD Wi-Fi (MOTHERBOARD DEPENDENT)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
So what do you think to going new rather than trying to fix the old PC? I have the 2 SSD's and 1 HDD to move over from the dead PC to the new PC just to add hence why there is no real storage on this new one. I download a lot of MP4 files (I run a YouTube channel) from Chrome and compile these MP4 files into a Compilation via Sony Vegas and then transfer via Network Drive to a newer and more capable PC of rendering said video to be uploaded. This new PC would not be used for gaming, overclocking, office work etc and simply for completing the same previous tasks of downloading and editing.
Happy
