Tue, 20 Jun 2023

12:05 PM - The system from hell

I bought a 11700 CPU to upgrade an existing 10th gen system.  Big mistake.  Many motherboards for 10th gen do not support 11th gen CPUs.  I didn't check and fried the motherboard and RAM.  Bought new motherboard and RAM.  2 months later, the integrated graphics fails.  This could be the motherboard ports or the iGPU in the CPU.  I could test another CPU in the motherboard to see which but I don't trust it to risk the good CPU lol.  

I should have done a 13th gen build instead.  Didn't know I needed to buy new MB/RAM.

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