Yes, a motherboard can lead to instability problems if it has faulty components or improper connections.
Yes, a motherboard can lead to instability problems if it has faulty components or improper connections.
your motherboard appears to have stability problems after mishandling it. you're considering reverting to your previous h110 model with a less powerful i5 and decent turbo boost. there are reports of freezing in linux applications and occasional photoshop crashes. some suggest linux isn't very forgiving with faulty hardware, though you managed to fix the ram issue with solder reflow. if you upgrade to a good tower cooler, temperatures should be more manageable.
It's normal for a defective motherboard to lead to unusual system behavior, but it helps narrowing down the cause through elimination. More details about your setup would clarify the issue. A vague comment like "Not so great VRM" might refer to different standards—AM5 (still solid), Haswell (fairly poor), or LGA 1200 (very bad). Also, solder reflows usually resolve faulty parts over time, meaning your RAM could still be defective if it was already bad. Personally, I've noticed Linux can tolerate some hardware problems better than others, though this depends on the specific situation.
Apologies for the delayed response. I reviewed my event viewer and noticed several errors, including issues with Photoshop, which seemed linked to a missing NT DDLL file. After running the SFC scan, no integrity violations were detected, so it appears something might be malfunctioning.