Posts by Austin Morgan4

It looks like I’ll have to pick up a new motherboard. It’s pretty strange because I must have refreshed the product page at least fifteen times just to double-check if it actually supported the processor, haha. Honestly, it won't change my daily experience much, but I didn't buy this thing just to run it on five cores. 😁

Thanks to everyone for the advice.

I borrowed it, and the processor seems to run without any issues. The motherboard supports it, and I even tried reflashing the BIOS again, but nothing changed. It looks like there might be an issue with the motherboard itself. I guess there's a possibility it could work if I downgraded the BIOS to an older version?

Well, I suppose even if you're on the latest BIOS—or maybe version 1601... is it actually possible to flash it again to get it working? Or should I just roll back to an older version instead?

Hi everyone. I picked up a brand new, sealed Intel Core i5 via a local listing. The issue is that my PC freezes right during the boot sequence into macOS. I’ve already tried stripping out unnecessary components, swapping RAM slots, resetting the BIOS, and doing a clean reinstall of macOS, but nothing helps. It runs perfectly fine if I boot into Safe Mode or if I use msconfig to disable the sixth core; once I limit it to five cores, everything works flawlessly. I also experimented with different core counts in the BIOS, and it functions without any issues until that sixth core is enabled. Interestingly, I ran some Prime95 stress tests using all cores, and it didn't fail there. I know my way around hardware, but I haven't encountered anything quite like this before, so I’d appreciate any help. Thanks. 😁

Motherboard: MSI B450M motherboard
Processor: Intel Core i5
Graphics Card: R7 250 1GB
PSU: Zalman GLX 600W🙂

I will be there. Thanks a lot, and I'll be in touch regarding the graphics card 🙂

Since I'm based in New York City, this GPU situation works out fine for me. I'll definitely be picking up a new power supply this Monday. As for the graphics card, I probably won't pull the trigger until after August 20th, as I'm waiting on my paycheck to clear.

That should be fine for the $333, though I'd probably pick up a power supply like this one. Is buying used a huge gamble, or is it possible to find a decent deal? Right now, I'm stuck with a Gigabyte Radeon 4650 1GB DDR2. 🙂

I guess $333 I would separate them; I'm running a Phenom II X4 975 at 3600MHz, and the power supply is just a generic 400W unit.

Hey everyone, I have a question regarding my current setup. Since money is a bit tight right now, I was thinking about upgrading my old motherboard with a slightly better graphics card—maybe something like an EVGA GTX 1060 x 2 or something similar. I'm wondering if my current board will actually support it. If it does, is this a decent temporary fix? I suppose I'm mostly worried about whether there might be some performance issues down the line. Thanks in advance. 🙂 😵

Motherboard: ASUS ROG Maximus