Thanks again guys, I've been using this computer for everything the past week+ and no issues at all!

Torquemada & axe0

On Saturday I removed the MSI mobo and reinstalled my original Gigabyte G7.
reconnected everything and swapped the CPU out for a new one I received on Friday.

System has been...

lol

well I intend to send back everything I dont need! I dont have that kinda of money!

Thanks for the help. Will post when I get the new parts

been working on it with the CPU throttled per Torquemada for about 30 mins

just restarted and got a BSoD clock_watchdog_timeout before it even finished booting

xmp is disabled

just ordered a new CPU, cheap 4gb stick of RAM, and a new PSU

Torquemada - yes, I can. do you think thats the culprit?

new mobo: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 ATX Intel Motherboard

I just got it to boot. throttled the...

Torquemada & axe0

couldnt even get this newest install of windows to fully boot.
on restart I got to an error screen and it gave me the option to do another clean install.
I did.
went thru the...

fixed it

so. cpu or psu or ?
I need to order new parts this morning. thoughts?

axe0

I been getting BSoDs and freezes. since the new mobo yesterday is been mostly BSoDs with varying reasons [whea uncorrectable, machine check, clock watchdog]

Hey Torquemada

no, they were at the top. I didnt think it mattered - the instructions didnt really specify. I have noted the heat and the CPU has never gotten above 44C that I have seen

axe0
weird but this board doesnt show the 3.3v

cpu core: 1.24v
cpu i/o: 0.952v
cpu sa: 1.056v
system/5v: 5.12v
system/12v: 12.384v
dram: 1.2v

just for the heck of it I disco'd the 500gb ssd and connected the 250gb sdd.

deleted partitions
did a fresh clean install of windows
got to 100%
said it was going to reboot
I removed the usb...

Thanks Torquemada
axe0 any thoughts?

I tried to boot into mint and it wont even finish loading

I dont have another PSU.

DO you think thats the higher likelihood than the CPU?

unplugged all other drives
rebooted
installed windows on the crucial 500gb drive
install went fine
first boot
added u/n, pass, express settings

clicked ok to finish - proceed to win 10
...

weird stuff happening.

I have the nic on the new machine plugged into my router. after a few mins with it plugged in my existing machine shows an error with the internet and I cannot get online. ...

no. I reckon I need to just reinstall windows

Just tried to install drivers and got the error: machine_check_exception

just installed a brand new MSI board.

booted up, opened chrome. it froze!

gahhhhhhhh

much thanks to you and axe0 for all the help

Hi Torquemada

Yeah, I ordered a new board yesterday, Got an MSI this time, hoping I will have better luck. I will post up when I get it installed.

Boozad I removed all of the gigabyte utilities early on - it was my first assumed culprit.

reconnected 500GB SSD and one of the WD drives with my images on it

rebooted
opened lightroom6
develop module
processed for about 30 seconds
complete freeze

so since the flash mint has been up and running for an hour or more

I cant get it to recognize another usb drive to load a photo to play with, not can I get it to go online. but its up just idling

I can do it. I updated it to F4

yup, did that yesterday when you guys suggested it