Have to rebuild my computer.

[Rockin Robbins]

@propbeanie: I'll test out the video card when I get my new components. I'll not be getting the GTX 1050 ti card right away unless the GTS 250 is toast. I don't think it's been affected.

I have 16 GB of DDR3 RAM in the computer and about 12 GB not in the computer. I'll test that too to see what's good.

I don't have another AM3 motherboard to verify the CPU.

I looked up my purchase and my GA 970-UD3 motherboard, CPU and memory were purchased in 2012. They've had a good run. After five years I was still happy with performance.

@BarracudaUAK: Watch out with the Threadrippers. They are really designed for extreme multithread video editing and similar use. For games Threadrippers aren't as great. They're respectable, just not as good as you might believe looking at all those cores. Game mode turns off half of the cores just for starters.

If your primary reason for the computer is gaming, stepping down a notch or two from Threadripper could cut your cost in half without any cost at all in gaming performance. And that's always a good thing!