Hardware failures happen. It’s a fact of life. But one does not expect two broken PCs in two years.

Update: My assumption was correct, the motherboard was fried. When i say fried i meant BURNT. There is a black/brown patch on the Printed Circuit Board.

Update #2:
Seems my new MSI motherboard was a DUD. It failed after two weeks of use. Not only did i not get a refund or replacement. I was suckered into buying another motherboard. I reckon i should of packed it in and called it a day. PC’s do not like me!!

Update #3

I’m now back online and running with help from the Asus P7P55D LE.

A piece of kit from Corsair came in the mail for me today and after a short installation rescued me from the dangers of egg frying CPU’s.

When your suffering from stuttering and slowdowns with your shiny new Core i7 system, investigation turns up Intel’s heatsink.