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Hello everyone, A few days ago, my computer shut off randomly and wouldn't turn back on. Eventually it turned on and one of the capasitors on my motherboard blew and my PSU started smoking. I have since RMA'd both and got replacements. I then fitted the replacements and turned it on. All of the fans turned on; including case fans, GPU fans and CPU fans, indicating that there was power to the board. However, there was no power to the rear i/o (my keyboard and mouse didn't light up, and there was no picture coming from both the VGA port on my motherboard and the HDMI and VGA on my GPU. I was certain that the CPU had failed me until I found out that RAM failure can produce the same symptoms. I do not have the recources to try the RAM nor CPU in another PC as the only other PC I have is a 2001 Dell. By what you can see here, do you think the problem is with the RAM or the CPU, or both? Thanks for you replies, my build is listed below: AMD FX: 8320 Asus GTX 750 $60 MSI Motherboard (I am uncertain of the name) Corsair CX-500M Corair Vengance RAM 8GB (2*4GB, both sticks don't work) WD 1TB HDD Generic Mid-Tower Case

Okay, thanks for your reply.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Motherboards/ASRock-Z170-EXTREME4-Extreme4-Skylake-ATX-Motherboard/B012D7HBTA/ref=sr_1_7?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1478943289&sr=1-7&keywords=lga1151+motherboard Would this work instead? And my original question, would the prices drop?

My ehhh... my budget? Would it have any massive impact on performance?

Hey Everyone, I'm new here so I'm not sure where I should put this, but I hope I am in the right place. I am looking at upgrading my PC for Christmas and since Black Friday is rolling around, why not? I am looking an 2 pieces of equipment: an i7 CPU and a corresponding motherboard. I was wondering do these components generally drop in price around and on Black Friday? Thanks for the answers! These are the parts I want: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Processor-Threads-LGA1151-Socket/dp/B010T6DQTQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1478943027&sr=1-1&keywords=intel+i7 https://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-Mainboard-H110-Gaming-LGA1151/dp/B01ARHKHMQ/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1478943289&sr=1-2&keywords=lga1151+motherboard