Hi all, total noob here:
My motherboard (about a year old) blew up. I guess a screw somehow became ungrounded when I went to put my second video card back in and it crapped the bed. I can't find the same one I had for less than around $300 (hopefully because they are not made anymore), and when I bought it it was $150. SO I'm really hoping that someone might be able to help me find a perhaps more modern and therefore less expensive replacement. I have an ASUSTeK COMPUTER SABERTOOTH X58, LGA 1366/Socket B, Intel Motherboard and am running 3 sticks of 2gb ram and 2 GeForce 275x cards (well, one at the moment). Some people are recommending the ASUS P6X58D-E but that's the same age-ish and same price-ish. I've checked around these forums but most of the posts are a few years old. Anyone have any thoughts or recommendations? Thanks! I don't mind spending $, but I don't want to shell out that much for technology that's getting pretty old. Thanks much in advance.
My motherboard (about a year old) blew up. I guess a screw somehow became ungrounded when I went to put my second video card back in and it crapped the bed. I can't find the same one I had for less than around $300 (hopefully because they are not made anymore), and when I bought it it was $150. SO I'm really hoping that someone might be able to help me find a perhaps more modern and therefore less expensive replacement. I have an ASUSTeK COMPUTER SABERTOOTH X58, LGA 1366/Socket B, Intel Motherboard and am running 3 sticks of 2gb ram and 2 GeForce 275x cards (well, one at the moment). Some people are recommending the ASUS P6X58D-E but that's the same age-ish and same price-ish. I've checked around these forums but most of the posts are a few years old. Anyone have any thoughts or recommendations? Thanks! I don't mind spending $, but I don't want to shell out that much for technology that's getting pretty old. Thanks much in advance.