I've got Alienware Aurora R4 bought in early 2013 manufactured in October 2012.
- Performance has progressively declined over the years, now it struggles with Rocket League on Low settings, it hiccups
- Currently, I cannot boot at all without 3 beep error code (looked up chipset/motherboard issue) ***EXCEPT*** sometimes if I fold f2 it boots completely normal and everything is operational? (unreliable and cannot replicate consistently)
- I can't confirm the motherboard is the issue although I assume so since I've swapped graphics card, reseated the ram, reset bios, defragged hard drive, I'm at the end of my wits.
-Motherboards that are compatible (to my knowledge) with the processor (i7 3820) are all used and range from $200 - $1,000 + and terrible reviews.
Should I upgrade to another micro-ATX board & get a new processor?
I've got around $400 to throw at this rig.
Specs
Stock
-Liquid-cooled Intel Core i7-3820 3.6 GHz (Quad-Core, 10MB Cache) Overclocked up to 4.1GHz
-875w PSU
-Motherboard Intel® X79 Express Chipset (Intel® BD82X79 PCH))
- 8GB Quad Channel DDR3 at 1600M Hz (Four 2gb sticks)
Replaced
-1 TB WD HDD (intend to buy SSD depending on how much fixing / scrapping this rig will cost)
-GPU Originally Nvidia 660, currently AMD 6770 Intend to swap with an NVIDIA 1060 that I currently have
- Performance has progressively declined over the years, now it struggles with Rocket League on Low settings, it hiccups
- Currently, I cannot boot at all without 3 beep error code (looked up chipset/motherboard issue) ***EXCEPT*** sometimes if I fold f2 it boots completely normal and everything is operational? (unreliable and cannot replicate consistently)
- I can't confirm the motherboard is the issue although I assume so since I've swapped graphics card, reseated the ram, reset bios, defragged hard drive, I'm at the end of my wits.
-Motherboards that are compatible (to my knowledge) with the processor (i7 3820) are all used and range from $200 - $1,000 + and terrible reviews.
Should I upgrade to another micro-ATX board & get a new processor?
I've got around $400 to throw at this rig.
Specs
Stock
-Liquid-cooled Intel Core i7-3820 3.6 GHz (Quad-Core, 10MB Cache) Overclocked up to 4.1GHz
-875w PSU
-Motherboard Intel® X79 Express Chipset (Intel® BD82X79 PCH))
- 8GB Quad Channel DDR3 at 1600M Hz (Four 2gb sticks)
Replaced
-1 TB WD HDD (intend to buy SSD depending on how much fixing / scrapping this rig will cost)
-GPU Originally Nvidia 660, currently AMD 6770 Intend to swap with an NVIDIA 1060 that I currently have