BowlOfSpiders

I am thinking about upgrading from my i3-540 1156 to an i5-2500k 1155. To do so, I would need to buy a new motherboard to support the socket. I was wondering if the actual performance of my build will go up or down? I use my desktop for hosting servers, video processing, heavy gaming, and a few other things.

I recently built a desktop for my uncle, and I think the motherboard heat sensor is not reading temperatures correctly. Speccy and Speedfan both say the motherboard is 82 degrees celsius, but my hand says otherwise. I touch the back of the motherboard, and I feel a little heat. I would say 37 celsius. Should I be concerned about the temperatures these programs are showing, or is my actual feeling of the motherboard correct? The processor idles at 32 celsius, and it's an i5-2500 Quad core. Any help is appreciated.

Hello all. Just going to skip the back-story here; my desktop PC stopped working right after I replaced the motherboard and case for it. At first, I was using a Micro ATX Gigabyte motherboard for the computer. Since this was micro, I decided I needed a full sized ATX motherboard. I buy a BIOSTAR TH55XERCH LGA 1156 motherboard, and a new Antec 300 case to go with it. I install everything and my computer has a hard time starting up. It takes about seventeen attempts to get it to start. It finally starts and everything loads correctly. During the use for the next three weeks, I experience random crashes and windows freeze ups. No BSOD and no warning. The USB power for my keyboard and mouse froze; I could not turn it off. I would have to unplug the desktop and plug it back in again to get it to start. This stopped happening for a while until I went into my motherboard and checked the voltage for the Vcore on my Intel i3 540 Clarkdale. It was set to 1.26 volts. After studying a little, I learned 1.24 would be better. I set it to 1.24 volts, save the settings, and exit the BIOS. Now I hit the power button and the computer comes on for a quick second and shuts off right away. I troubleshoot a lot, ask other opinions, and come to a conclusion that the motherboard is bad. I get the RMA ready for it and buy a new motherboard. This time, it is the ASUS P7P55D-E LX motherboard. I get the motherboard, do everything you are supposed to do to get the computer working, and push the power button. It does the same thing over again; power on, power off half a second later. This motherboard says that all the power is good by lighting up a green LED light. I followed the guide on the Biostar website for overclocking my CPU, checked my ram, unplugged my HDD and tried a HDD free boot. Still a power on, power off. Please guys... I really need help getting this to work again. I've already spent a lot of money and would not like to waste anymore by buying something that will not fix the problem.

Hello everyone! I am now releasing my Minecraft server to the public. The server is SMP and has plugins to protect you from those ugly griefers. The server is hosted in the US which might cause some lag for some European players. I hope to see some of my fellow 'tempers on there. Peace! =)

/---PIRATES ARE ALLOWED---\
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When you join, type
/register "yourpassword" "retypeyourpassword"
without the quotes. Now type
/login "passwordhere"
without the quotes to play!
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IP is 64.120.76.156:25565

Well I just built my first desktop. Its a fairly stable build and was wondering what kind of builds other people have. So post away.

Intel i3 540
PNY GTS 450
G.SKILL 4GB DDR3
Gigabyte motherboard
Cooler master case w/ cooler master fans
600W PSU
ASUS 24x DVD drive
Hitachi 500GB HDD