StormPrince18

Off to University next month and my FD ARC XL case is too large and bulky to transport for a university dorm. Goal is to minimise space, look professional and ideally fit everything though if I have to part with my cooler I understand. Specs: i74790k z97 gaming 5 motherboard full ATX 2070 super (Ik bottleneck... it’s for when I change to a laptop + enclosure eventually..) x62 kraken CPU water cooler (I want to keep this as a OC to my CPU is required to make use of the card. then the rest doesn’t matter I believe

Update a 2070 super is coming tomorrow. Ik the 3000 series is around the corner, but I’m about to go to uni so I needed a card. Plus the 2070 super will do me If I decide to get a enclosure and buy a new laptop with a faster CPU. I’ll try these with he old motherboard, the card has a warranty so if it is killing then it kinda doesn’t matter and will confirm the suspicions.

Is there a way to test, because i can buy a new gpu but I was going to return the motherboard and PSU i bought to test

I didn’t know motherboards could kill GPU’s?

At this point I’m thinking of returning the power supply and motherboard. & buying a new computer but I”m concerned that two GPU’s died int he space of three months, could a component be damaging them?

I’ve bought a replacement power supply and motherboard and previously a GPU which i think might’ve stopped working With my old motherboard and either power supply, no matter which GPU is in system wont turn on. With my new motherboard and either power supply, PC wont boot with my newer graphics card. With my new motherboard and old power supply, PC boots with my old card (which I thought was dead) but after around 5m of being turned on playing games or any application it will crash and just give me a black screen. (But it will run and play games perfectly up to that point!) I haven’t tested the outcome of my new motherboard + new power supply with my old GPU. Any suggestions would be appreciated thank you. Specs i7 4790k EVGA 980ti SC (not OC by me) MSi gaming 5 Motherboard CX759 corsair PSU RAM is corsair vengence pro 16gb Then SSD and mechanical storage.

Update, I just tired my old card And i got into windows! Which is very strange as when I tried my old card the other day on that motherboard it wouldn’t boot. I’m uncomfortable using the system Untill I’ve gotta proper thermal paste application on the CPU cooler that arrives tomorrow Note: When I’ve tried to boot again (around 5 times) all have been unsuccessful in getting into windows or even seeing the bios screen. - additional note, I am getting consistent boots not i think the GPU wasn’t properly seated due to my test bench being the motherboard box. - the old gpu still wont boot - Managed to get into and play rocket league not my old GPU

I believe I’ve installed everything correctly to the new motherboard. I cant get a display output from theonboard graphics but the fans start spinning. Once I plug in the card it still doesn’t turn on. I’m guessing at this point it has to be the card

The motherboard arrives tomorrow but my thermal paste arrives on Wednesday, is it okay to reuse? Just to see if it boots?

As for smoke coming out of the motherboard or graphics card, if the card wasn’t properly seated could this have caused it? And would the card now be dead if so? Its just the 3’d slot doesn’t click so I was worried about trying it.

Just bought one from amazon as they’re returns is good for testing. Arrives on Tuesday. Meanwhile I’ve contacted a friend in order to test my graphics cards.

Okay so I just had smoke come out when I plugged it into the third PCI-e slot. It wont turn on without the graphics card installed with the new PSU but will with the old one Because of the smoke I don’t want to do much further testing, Idk what the smoke came from but it was a puff, at this point I’m thinking the motherboard may be the culprit but I”m unsure if that makes sense.

So the computer works without the graphics card installed. But as soon as either are installed it will not turn on at all. I’m looking towards the cards as a issue so I’ll go to a local repair shop and see how much they charge.

I tried the other GPU same issue - again the GPU was thought to be dead

I have a second gpu I can go grab that but i believed it to be faulty which is why i brought this new one