I have an AsRock 970DE3/U3S3 that I bought for my first build a few years ago (11/2012) and recently upgraded the GPU from an HD7770 to a GTX 770 (May '14).
The other day (more like a week ago) I went to turn it on and was greeted with 'No Signal' on the monitor. I checked the connections, swapped the cables, swapped monitors, still no dice. At first I thought it was the GPU but I borrowed a friend's test bench and it works perfectly. I put in my old 7770 and the problem persists.
Today I decided to try it out again and everything seems to work. Booted into Windows 7 and I figured it was just the Gods playing with me. After a few minutes, though, the screen goes blank and shows 'No Signal' yet again.
What could cause this and how could I check it and/or fix it?
2133mhz ram, i dont think that a phenom cpu will support that ram speed. But if you want to run 2133mhz you need to set the timings etc in the bios by hand anyway. But with the phenom you probably need to OC, because the Phenom cpu´s only have a 1333mhz mem controler.
I think I'll be alright with them, even at 1333. I originally bought them for a Kaveri APU (8750K) setup that I ended up selling to a friend and kept them.
I'm looking to spend right around $100 on the new MB (sans shipping). What would you recommend?