Noooo, this sucks, GPU died

Eisberg

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My GPU (Gigabyte RX 5700 XT) died today. I have been seeing it slowly die for a while now, it would get these horizontal lines at the bottom of the screen when booting up, there would be random white pixel dots that would randomly appear and disappear when looking at anything black/really dark, and occasionally it stop showing an image all together momentarily. But yesterday if finally completely died, gaaaaaah. Worst time ever to do that.

my solution?

I bought a whole new PC. specs of new PC:

Ryzen R7 5800X
Corsair Vengeance 2x16GB 3600Mhz RAM
MSI B550 Tomahawk
Sabrent Rocket 1TB PCIE 4.0 SSD
Western Digital 1TB HDD
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 V2 OC Edition 8GB
Corsair 220T RGB Airflow Case
Corsair CX750 RGB power supply
Corsair H100i Capelex CPU Water Cooler
Corsair iCUE SP120 RGB Pro Performance 120mm Fan (1 more so there is a total of 6 fans in the case (3 comes with case, 2 come with AIO)

According to PC Partpicker it would have cost me $2500 to build this system myself (changing to a different and cheapest available 3070) . But I found a local shop here that was selling this system for $2000, so a $500 savings. I think this means I was not price gouged on the graphics card.

PC Partpicker list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vPTm8r

My current computer with dead graphics card is going to turn into a PC for my son to do homework/watch videos, since it is an Intel system, and the Intel graphics work.
 
Damn good deal its almost never cheaper when you buy pre made. Must mean prices are dropping...
 
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Tech that's not really a prebuilt as a local shopis just getting parts and slapping it together for you. So what you are getting is way better than a prebuilt and at a good price ad well.
 
I used to be totally against doing a prebuilt, but honestly some of the prices I've seen on them the past few years makes them look actually competitive.

I'm a bit terrified of having my GPU die on me right now. I don't want to have to pay the exorbitant prices that GPUs are going for.

The other day, my computer shut off twice while doing light gaming (Shovel Knight while also watching a YouTube video). Had to switch the PSU on and off again for it to restart. We had a ton of power surges the past week so I hope nothing got damaged. It's been okay since. My PSU is the oldest component at nearly 11 years.

I have an RX550 as a cheapo backup video card. I think if my video card died, I'd use that for a few months and play low-end games for a while, rather than pay $500-$1000 for a decent gaming card.
 
11 year old PSU having issues keeping the system running, and suffered multiple power surges?

Eek. Replace that before it takes the rest of the rig with it. That's not coincidence.

Maybe invest in a Tripp-Lite line conditioner and surge protector to protect against future power surges.
 
ugly said:
The other day, my computer shut off twice while doing light gaming (Shovel Knight while also watching a YouTube video). Had to switch the PSU on and off again for it to restart. We had a ton of power surges the past week so I hope nothing got damaged. It's been okay since. My PSU is the oldest component at nearly 11 years.
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oof, 11 years? That's a risky gamble, man. Better get a new one asap, if it dies it might kill the rest with it, as Nunz said.
 
Evileh said:
Tech that's not really a prebuilt as a local shopis just getting parts and slapping it together for you. So what you are getting is way better than a prebuilt and at a good price ad well.
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Yeah, kind of. It's still made with OEM parts, which means all warranty stuff I have to deal with the store instead of the manufacturer of each part.
 
ugly said:
I used to be totally against doing a prebuilt, but honestly some of the prices I've seen on them the past few years makes them look actually competitive.

I'm a bit terrified of having my GPU die on me right now. I don't want to have to pay the exorbitant prices that GPUs are going for.

The other day, my computer shut off twice while doing light gaming (Shovel Knight while also watching a YouTube video). Had to switch the PSU on and off again for it to restart. We had a ton of power surges the past week so I hope nothing got damaged. It's been okay since. My PSU is the oldest component at nearly 11 years.

I have an RX550 as a cheapo backup video card. I think if my video card died, I'd use that for a few months and play low-end games for a while, rather than pay $500-$1000 for a decent gaming card.
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You can get something like an EVGA 600 Watt PSU for around $35 USD, it's a 80+ White PSU non modular, but it would be better to have that than taking a chance on your PSU destroying your PC.
 
Nunz said:
11 year old PSU having issues keeping the system running, and suffered multiple power surges?

Eek. Replace that before it takes the rest of the rig with it. That's not coincidence.

Maybe invest in a Tripp-Lite line conditioner and surge protector to protect against future power surges.
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I said power surges, but that was slopply language. It was just a bunch of quick power outages to the home.

The PSU is old, but it was a very high end power supply. I think it was from when the Gold rated supplies were new. Probably the closest thing to a luxury PC component I've ever bought.

I do have a backup PSU if I see more issues. But it's been okay since.

I live dangerously.
 
NV is the one that supplies GSync compatible certifications.

Most FreeSync monitors are GSync compatible these days, iirc. The V2 of the GSync hardware module is also FreeSync capable now, so there's really no losing even if you have a GSync monitor and go with an AMD card.

GSync is still superior, but the gap is closer than it used to be.
 
pax said:
Damn good deal its almost never cheaper when you buy pre made. Must mean prices are dropping...
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Not necessarily. I got a killer system myself (mine has an i9 in it) for 2k when it would have cost me $2,500 about a year ago by going pre-built. This is the first time ever that prebuilt is cheaper than building it yourself, as that is what I used to do.

As long as vid cards are at an insane price, prebuilt is the only way to save money on a complete system.
 
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