Posts by jadehawk21

Any Recommendations? ...I know it’s probably not the best time to be shopping for GPUs right now.

Graphics Card - MSI r9 280
Processor - Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4690 CPU @ 3.50GHz, 3501 Mhz, 4 Core(s)
Motherboard - Intel i5 Motherboard - ASUS Z97
RAM - 16GB
Power Supply - 700W NVIDIA

Budget up to $667.

So, the GPU finally bit the dust—I ended up swapping in an old one I had stashed away in my summer house... now I'm officially on the hunt for a proper upgrade.

Thanks for all the help, everyone.

Graphics card - MSI r9 280
Processor - Intel i5
Motherboard - AsRock Z97 Killer E 2200
RAM - 16GB
Power supply - 700W NVIDIA

That’s pretty much everything I know about it so far...

Also, there's a red light glowing on the motherboard—right next to the graphics card

Everything was purchased about five or six years ago.

mistyotter35 said:I have a nagging suspicion that my graphics card might be starting to fail.

If it’s the GPU, it probably already gave up the ghost.

Whenever I power up my PC, the monitor stays completely blank—it’s like there’s no connection at all, even though it's getting power... I'm not even seeing the motherboard logo or anything.
So, after spending time uninstalling software and running checks, I've got absolutely nothing to show for it.

I've already gone through the trouble of checking the RAM sticks one by one.

Could it be an issue with the processor?

Hi there,
Over the last two or three weeks, my PC has been crashing quite frequently—usually leaving me staring at a black screen covered in white vertical lines.

Immediately after that happens, the system resets, and I’ll get hit with a blue screen before Windows even has a chance to load.

After those crashes, everything would seem fine for a day or two at a time, but the cycle just kept repeating until today—now it won't boot at all. It’s just a black screen, and I'm getting no signal on the monitor.

Everything inside the case seems to be functioning normally... the fans are spinning and everything looks okay.