Re: Stork's 2nd Build - GA-P55M-UD4 - Core i7-875k - Not SB
Well what I have managed to acquire is an i7 875K which i intend to overclock a bit once Im back up and running with it again. My i5-760 chip will then become a backup.
I also found somewhere online that has stocks of the P55M-UD4 as well, believe it or not!
After some checking following my system going south, it turns out what happened was some kind of power surge or spike or something similar. There was no big bang or smell of burning or any of that stuff.
What it did manage to take out was everything bar the CPU and the memory. The mainboard was reported by Gigabyte to be 'burned out' in some way (They haven't given me anything more technical though). It also took out my power supply (Which is a high end one made my Seasonic), my graphics card, and my home-made Airport wireless. Im having to replace it all now.
Luckily I have managed to get the motherboard and PSU both replaced under warranty, I have just about enough spares to put together another wireless, and the identical replacement graphics card is coming from the U.S on eBay.
It just goes to show how we can easily forget about something like power protection and regulation. I never even considered it before as all of my compnent parts were pretty new and my property here is less than 5 years old.
I am making more robust arrangements this time though, which i will elaborate on once i have all my replacement parts here. Its looking good so far though
With the stability I have had from this system (Power surge aside) I just cant bring myself to get rid of it. Despite being an older board by todays standards, it really is the most stable i think i have ever used and in terms of Hackintosh compatibility its about the easiest Ive had the pleasure of setting up. I have 4 other mainboards here, 3 of which are much newer, and they dont even come close in terms of getting them up and running with such ease.
