Looking at MOBO upgrades, what to look out for in sales?

TheDoc

Hi all,

I'm having a shocking amount of BSOD lately. For a good while, from having pretty much none in years. The only new significant addition to the PC has been a new headset run of a DAC/AMP. It's definitly that, since if I unplug the USB DAC/AMP thing, the pc insta crashes.

I'm thinking that the mobo might be getting on, and cannot power it. Also feeling a bit hamstrung capped at DDR3 1600 RAM (or 1300 forget) and not being able to look into any M.2 drives.

This is my current motherboard.

MSI B85-G41 PC Mate(MS-7850)

I'm running an i7 4700 and 8GB of DDr at 666mhz.

Thoughts on potential motherboards to keep an eye out for in black friday cyber monday sales? Really don't have a budget, in a sense this will be a pure impulse buy, so dont want to spend big bucks.

Recommendations on nice 16GB kits of RAM welcome too
Also, a 256GB ssd. Seems the ones I have (Crucial M4) arn't a thing anymore? Looking for something cheap and cheerful (see ranges at 40 euro). Just a drive for my Battlenet games exclusively, finally replace the 60GB SSD i have in my machine that does nothing

K.O.Kiki

Bundle - Ryzen 5 2600, Asus X370-F Strix, Team Group RAM *FREE 240GB SSD* *ONLINE ONLY*
Just make sure to configure it with more RAM.

TheDoc

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Bundle - Ryzen 5 2600, Asus X370-F Strix, Team Group RAM *FREE 240GB SSD* *ONLINE ONLY*
Just make sure to configure it with more RAM.

Thanks but way too pricey for what I’m interested in this short notice.

Also don’t plan to move away from my intel cpu.

Although I say that, just dawned on me I’d need to buy new RAM....

Is what I’m after even possible or would I need to upgrade like above, in a bundle

K.O.Kiki

Ah I see.

You can still find LGA1150 motherboards for under 100 new: https://skinflint.co.uk/?cat=mbp4_1150&bpmax=100&v=e&hloc=uk&filter=update&sort=r&xf=317_B85%7E317_H87%7E317_H97%7E317_Q87%7E317_Z87%7E317_Z97%7E4400_ATX

I'd probably suggest the Gigabyte Z97P-D3 out of those 3; or check the used market.

DDR3-1600 is fine & not a bottleneck.

For SSD I suggest putting in a few more & getting this 480Gb drive at 51gbp

TheDoc

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Ah I see.

You can still find LGA1150 motherboards for under 100 new: https://skinflint.co.uk/?cat=mbp4_1150&bpmax=100&v=e&hloc=uk&filter=update&sort=r&xf=317_B85%7E317_H87%7E317_H97%7E317_Q87%7E317_Z87%7E317_Z97%7E4400_ATX

I'd probably suggest the Gigabyte Z97P-D3 out of those 3; or check the used market.

DDR3-1600 is fine & not a bottleneck.

For SSD I suggest putting in a few more & getting this 480Gb drive at 51gbpf

Might look more into seeing why my Pc keeps crashing. If my memory isn’t an issue then really no need to look into an immediate upgrade.

Start putting some money together for a significant upgrade maybe early next year

Definitely going to grab the SSD though thanks. Probs get two st that price. Fingers crossed still there next week when I get paid

Skerries

have you used the DAC with any other PC to see if that is the issue?