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Replacing fried motherboard. Need suggestions. Money limited.

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April 11, 2014 12:04:20 PM

Doing this on my phone, so forgive me.

Replacing 4 year old motherboard after I shorted it during disassembly. Have gone through a couple tutorials and have found the mobo to be the problem.

Mobo: GMP ASUS P6T X58 LGA 1366 MB (that's what it says on case)

Specs:
Proc: Intel core i7 - 920 2.66 ghz LGA1366 boxed

GPU: Radeon Sapphire HD 7970 - 3gb

Ram: Corsair 12gb DDR3 1333mhz

HD: HDO 1TB SATA DRIVE



This computer has worked well for the past 4 years as a gaming computer. I am no expert as some of you may be able to tell from my specs. All I've upgraded before was my video card. I am looking for a new mobo suggestion under 120 dollars as well as any other advice on building the PC properly. Thank you.

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a c 79 V Motherboard
April 11, 2014 12:17:18 PM

Well, that's an outdated motherboard, but it's an enthusiast-class board of it's time (first generation i7). They aren't made anymore, so the reduced supply means the prices are high. However, this is available on ebay (refurb):

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASRock-X58-Extreme-Intel-Socket...

Do you know what specifically you did that killed your old board?
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April 11, 2014 12:35:13 PM

SchizTech said:
Well, that's an outdated motherboard, but it's an enthusiast-class board of it's time (first generation i7). They aren't made anymore, so the reduced supply means the prices are high. However, this is available on ebay (refurb):

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASRock-X58-Extreme-Intel-Socket...

Do you know what specifically you did that killed your old board?


OP here.

I tried to clean the inside of the computer. I disassembled everything and upon reassembly, it wouldn't start. It was that 1/2 second start and fan twitching. I removed the mobo and got it to start outside the case, but in the process of that start up, something sparked and it would no longer start after that.

I went through countless threads and various tutorials, as well as swapped the power supply with my girlfriends old PSU and got the same 1/2 second start up. Through what I read, I concluded the mobo was fried.

And I know the mobo is highly out of date. Is it possible to replace it with a newer upgraded mobo or was your suggestion meant to stay under the price limit I put above? or is that mobo a solid upgrade? my hardware knowledge doesnt go much farther than GPUs
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a c 79 V Motherboard
April 11, 2014 12:39:02 PM

Sullivan Begbie said:
SchizTech said:
Well, that's an outdated motherboard, but it's an enthusiast-class board of it's time (first generation i7). They aren't made anymore, so the reduced supply means the prices are high. However, this is available on ebay (refurb):

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASRock-X58-Extreme-Intel-Socket...

Do you know what specifically you did that killed your old board?


OP here.

I tried to clean the inside of the computer. I disassembled everything and upon reassembly, it wouldn't start. It was that 1/2 second start and fan twitching. I removed the mobo and got it to start outside the case, but in the process of that start up, something sparked and it would no longer start after that.

I went through countless threads and various tutorials, as well as swapped the power supply with my girlfriends old PSU and got the same 1/2 second start up. Through what I read, I concluded the mobo was fried.

And I know the mobo is highly out of date. Is it possible to replace it with a newer upgraded mobo or was your suggestion meant to stay under the price limit I put above?


It's not possible to swap in a newer board. This isn't due to price but because newer generation Intel boards aren't compatible with that CPU.
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April 11, 2014 12:44:11 PM

SchizTech said:
Sullivan Begbie said:
SchizTech said:
Well, that's an outdated motherboard, but it's an enthusiast-class board of it's time (first generation i7). They aren't made anymore, so the reduced supply means the prices are high. However, this is available on ebay (refurb):

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASRock-X58-Extreme-Intel-Socket...

Do you know what specifically you did that killed your old board?


OP here.

I tried to clean the inside of the computer. I disassembled everything and upon reassembly, it wouldn't start. It was that 1/2 second start and fan twitching. I removed the mobo and got it to start outside the case, but in the process of that start up, something sparked and it would no longer start after that.

I went through countless threads and various tutorials, as well as swapped the power supply with my girlfriends old PSU and got the same 1/2 second start up. Through what I read, I concluded the mobo was fried.

And I know the mobo is highly out of date. Is it possible to replace it with a newer upgraded mobo or was your suggestion meant to stay under the price limit I put above?


It's not possible to swap in a newer board. This isn't due to price but because newer generation Intel boards aren't compatible with that CPU.


So I don't have many options then. Would replacing the CPU help?

I guess my main priority would just to get the computer up and running again, so that mobo is my best choice then?

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a c 79 V Motherboard
April 11, 2014 12:46:40 PM

You could replace both CPU and motherboard with newer models, though at higher cost. Newegg no longer carries boards compatible with that CPU and the offerings on Amazon tended to be pricey. Thus ebay seems the best bet.
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April 11, 2014 12:49:17 PM

SchizTech said:
You could replace both CPU and motherboard with newer models, though at higher cost. Newegg no longer carries boards compatible with that CPU and the offerings on Amazon tended to be pricey. Thus ebay seems the best bet.


Is there anything else on my computer that would be obsolete should I wait and invest in upgrading both cpu and mobo? I have a decent gfx card, and if possible, for 300ish dollars would like to upgrade more. I do occasionally run into games that test my computer more than I would like.

any compatibility issues i need to be concerned about?
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a c 79 V Motherboard
April 11, 2014 12:59:15 PM

The RAM should be compatible* as well as the gfx card, hard drive and optical drive.

This pair of current-gen parts fits in at $275 (with rebate offer): http://pcpartpicker.com/p/13fWe

That CPU is a quad-core, which loses the hyper-threading feature of the i7 (that creates a second "virtual core" for each physical core so that Windows sees eight cores) but will be much faster per core. A current i7 by itself if almost $300.

If you could look at the RAM though, I can double check. They both take DDR3 (that and the current board) but check that the voltage is 1.5V.
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April 11, 2014 1:02:19 PM

SchizTech said:
The RAM should be compatible* as well as the gfx card, hard drive and optical drive.

This pair of current-gen parts fits in at $275 (with rebate offer): http://pcpartpicker.com/p/13fWe

That CPU is a quad-core, which loses the hyper-threading feature of the i7 (that creates a second "virtual core" for each physical core so that Windows sees eight cores) but will be much faster per core. A current i7 by itself if almost $300.

If you could look at the RAM though, I can double check. They both take DDR3 (that and the current board) but check that the voltage is 1.5V.


Yes, the ram is 1.5v.

Corsair TR4X6G133C9 ---- 1333mhz, 2048mb (x6). I see there are only 4 ram slots. I need 6 for my current ram.

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a c 79 V Motherboard
April 11, 2014 1:38:47 PM

Sullivan Begbie said:
SchizTech said:
The RAM should be compatible* as well as the gfx card, hard drive and optical drive.

This pair of current-gen parts fits in at $275 (with rebate offer): http://pcpartpicker.com/p/13fWe

That CPU is a quad-core, which loses the hyper-threading feature of the i7 (that creates a second "virtual core" for each physical core so that Windows sees eight cores) but will be much faster per core. A current i7 by itself if almost $300.

If you could look at the RAM though, I can double check. They both take DDR3 (that and the current board) but check that the voltage is 1.5V.


Yes, the ram is 1.5v.

Corsair TR4X6G133C9 ---- 1333mhz, 2048mb (x6). I see there are only 4 ram slots. I need 6 for my current ram.



I take it you had 6x2GB sticks of RAM? You can keep 8 of it then.

As to the extra two sticks and the old CPU, sell it on ebay to recoup some money back!

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April 11, 2014 2:16:29 PM

SchizTech said:
Sullivan Begbie said:
SchizTech said:
The RAM should be compatible* as well as the gfx card, hard drive and optical drive.

This pair of current-gen parts fits in at $275 (with rebate offer): http://pcpartpicker.com/p/13fWe

That CPU is a quad-core, which loses the hyper-threading feature of the i7 (that creates a second "virtual core" for each physical core so that Windows sees eight cores) but will be much faster per core. A current i7 by itself if almost $300.

If you could look at the RAM though, I can double check. They both take DDR3 (that and the current board) but check that the voltage is 1.5V.


Yes, the ram is 1.5v.

Corsair TR4X6G133C9 ---- 1333mhz, 2048mb (x6). I see there are only 4 ram slots. I need 6 for my current ram.



I take it you had 6x2GB sticks of RAM? You can keep 8 of it then.

As to the extra two sticks and the old CPU, sell it on ebay to recoup some money back!



might end up doing that if it wont be a huge performance dip. thank you so much for your help today.
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