I would honestly give it a go yourself at building one, pre-builts for that price will have some pretty outdated hardware. Its really simple to put a PC together, watch plenty youtube tutorials, wear ...

Just as an update, PC is together, turned it on, it installed required drivers for the new hardware, rebooted and loaded up windows as if nothing had happened. All is well. Cheers.

It scares me on a whole other level that people can look at Donald Trump an think, yeah - he is the one I trust to run a whole country. He spouts BS daily and is by no means a leader. Literally just t ...

Thats my new parts bought for my upgrade.
New parts
CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard - MSI B450m Mortar Max matx
RAM - Crucial Ballistix RGB 3000mhz DDR4 2x8gb
CPU cooler - Scythe Mugen 5 black ...

CPU: Motherboard: Memory: Total: £355.65


Alternatively, you could grab a nice B450 motherboard and 16GB RAM which would let you up the R3 3300X to an R5 3600;
CPU: Motherboard: Memory: Tota ...

Hi there, a while back I asked for upgrade/new build advice. As the B550M mobos are out now I put together a projected upgrade and would like feedback as to if you guys reckon its a good build or not. ...

Id say you have a faulty CPU if the i5 boots just fine but the i7 won't yeah from my troubleshooting thats the conclusion i came too. Sending the cpu back tomorrow and getting a refund. I think its a ...

Update. I have updated my bios on my i5 to the latest version. Took the i5 out and re-installed the i7. Does this mean the i7 is done in? Or is this a power supply issue?

I did try reseating it but no joy, pins look fine to me also.

did you try plugging in your old CPU and see if the problem persists? Also if the old CPU boots , you should try updating your BIOS if ...

I did try reseating it but no joy, pins look fine to me also.