Best budget mobo for i5 2400?

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Hey guys, need some help finding a good mobo for my i5 2400. I've been using a crappy intel mobo for a while and thats been doing fine, so I don't really have any preferences. I'd like to keep the price below $200.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated, thanks!
 
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There should be sufficient space. If you were so bold. You could remap the PSU Pinout of the ATX connector on the new PSU...
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What do you want that the current board won't do?

For something that old. Just buy the cheapest motherboard with an H61, B65, H67, Z68, B75, H77 or Z77 chipset you can find used on eBay. If it was a K series CPU I'd recommend a Z68 or Z77 chipset for overclocking and USB 3.0 support.
 
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Well, a while back I bought an HP Compaq 8200 Elite and bought a replacement GPU (radeon hd 7970) and PSU. I didn't do my research though and found out that the motherboard in the 8200 doesn't have the same connections of the PSU that I got, or any other except the one it comes with. So right now I'm running a dual PSU system. The PSU I bought is connected to the GPU and the default PSU is running the rest of the system. Anyways, I want to take everything and throw it together in a new case and leave all that mess behind me.

Here is the case I'm getting.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019FN63DK?tag=bom_tomshardware-20&ascsubtag=site:thus|tid:45551491244831734
 
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Or sell the HD-7970 and keep your power supply for a future new board+MB+MEM upgrade.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($131.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $131.99
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The Mighty HD 7970 Returns, GTX 1050 Ti & GTX 680 Battle!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfSi-Z8r12M

The HD-7970 is still a fast card and competes well with the GTX1050ti, but at under 75watts TDP it solves a lot of problems with power supplies and cases that lack good cooling.
 
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A 3rd option would be to either mod the case so that both power supplies fit inside, or get a larger case that can fit both power supplies so it at least looks better.

(I am assuming that the 2nd power supply sits on top of something making the system look ugly. )

 
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It doesn't look horrible.
http://imgur.com/4M10a8Y
 
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Hmm, Idk if I'm that good at electric stuff lol.
I may give it a try though.
 
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Wow, I just checked prices of used boards on eBay. They are insane for tech so old. New prices are even worse if you can find something in stock.

Here is a new Gigabyte board which is fairly decent. At least it is the cheapest non-ITX I've found.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007R21JKE/?tag=pcpapi-20


If you are willing to buy used. Here is a high quality used one.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-DZ68BC-BOXDZ68BC-Extreme-Series-LGA-115-ATX-Z68-G30742-401-W-c-WH006-/112336255861?hash=item1a27c33b75:g:y9EAAOSwjDZYfTuq

A new or used motherboard will mean you will also need a new Windows license. As OEM is not transferable.

Honestly, at this point. You may be better off selling the old computer for $175 to $200. Keeping the newer PSU, Radeon HD 7970 and any extra hard drives. Just leaving the boot drive.

Since you are already buying a new case. You would just need a new CPU, RAM, Motherboard and Hard drive (if you don't have spares). So the $200 you budgeted plus the $175 to $200 you sell the old system for should pretty much pay for the upgraded parts.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock B250M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($61.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: ADATA XPG Z1 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory ($56.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $343.85
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By the way Rosewill cases are usually pretty cheap quality. At that price I'd stick with NZXT, INWIN, Corsair or Phanteks. There are other good brands. Those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.
 
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I think a better idea is this... I deleted it maybe that option is a bad idea. One wrong wire and you could fry the whole system.

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Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Video Card (£161.22 @ Amazon UK)
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The Card is 120watts. So you can buy a molex to pcie adaptor and it will work on the HP power supply.
-Some cards come with this adaptor.

I would try to sell your HD-7970 first locally. Then upgrade the card to a newer but much lower wattage card.
Less watts solves many issues that you have.

When the computer was new 120watts only got you a HD-6770 or GTX540.
 
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Thanks, I think I'll do that later this year. One more thing, I looked up some other cases and I really like the look of this one:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139085&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Cases+%28Computer+Cases+-+ATX+Form%29-_-N82E16811139085&gclid=Cj0KEQjwiI3HBRDv0q_qhqXZ-N4BEiQAOTiCHu_X2W0JhcGjMlMp5VFM9vO3LVsQrnN1H3CWQktEXpUaAljS8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds

Do you think I could fit the system I'm using now, including both the PSUs in this case? That would solve some of my problems, since I'm really just wanting a new look.

 
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There should be sufficient space. If you were so bold. You could remap the PSU Pinout of the ATX connector on the new PSU and match it to the pinout of the HP PSU. It would be a bit of work and likely require some soldering (or at least twist the wires and tape them if you want to be sloppy).

Here is a map I found of the HP Compaq Elite 8000 series PSU pinout. Personally I'd map it out with a multimeter to make sure the voltages are correct.

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Thanks for the map. It seems like a lot of work, but I may give it a shot.
 
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