The build consists of a core 2 quad running at 2.6ish (is it a Q9400 or something like that, I think)
has 4 GB DDr2
9800GT
and some intel branded motherboard
Until the new build (im getting this from a bro) what happened was it stopped detecting half the ram and started running mindboggingly slow. Nothing as slow as hard drive issues would cause, I mean, it would take minutes to open a web browser and games he used to be able to play fine (like GTA IV) would barely run then crash later on (saying your pc isnt good enough to run this game or something like that). So its nothing a hard drive would (or should) do. The mothervboard seems a likely choice for RAM problems, but would it cause the speeds? his CPU was running very hot at some points before this happened(70ish? idk.) but it still worked fine. So thats my question, is it a definite motherboard problem or is it a possible CPU problem or something? (I would be buying a new drive since he took the old one out, and a new motherboard if that was the problem...and maybe a better heatsink)
If the CPU is the problem, ill probably just part the whole thing out and use the money towards a new build
has 4 GB DDr2
9800GT
and some intel branded motherboard
Until the new build (im getting this from a bro) what happened was it stopped detecting half the ram and started running mindboggingly slow. Nothing as slow as hard drive issues would cause, I mean, it would take minutes to open a web browser and games he used to be able to play fine (like GTA IV) would barely run then crash later on (saying your pc isnt good enough to run this game or something like that). So its nothing a hard drive would (or should) do. The mothervboard seems a likely choice for RAM problems, but would it cause the speeds? his CPU was running very hot at some points before this happened(70ish? idk.) but it still worked fine. So thats my question, is it a definite motherboard problem or is it a possible CPU problem or something? (I would be buying a new drive since he took the old one out, and a new motherboard if that was the problem...and maybe a better heatsink)
If the CPU is the problem, ill probably just part the whole thing out and use the money towards a new build