Is this motherboard worth keeping

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Phillyman

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Hello,

I recently got a 12 year old tower so I can convert it to a gaming PC. So far nothing is worth keeping but the case maybe and the PSU, but I was wondering if the motherboard could be used still. It's an MSI PM8M3-V (MS 7211). Help!
 
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Short answer: no
Long answer: definitely not. The motherboard is too old to support any modern graphics cards. It has AGP, which is pretty old, and you could not put a modern GPU in the PCI slots. Also, please do not keep the PSU, I do not want you to hurt yourself or any of your components. If you want to upgrade and old PC, I'd recommend buying a cheap Dell Optiplex off eBay for like $30.
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Frankie_12

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Short answer: no
Long answer: definitely not. The motherboard is too old to support any modern graphics cards. It has AGP, which is pretty old, and you could not put a modern GPU in the PCI slots. Also, please do not keep the PSU, I do not want you to hurt yourself or any of your components. If you want to upgrade and old PC, I'd recommend buying a cheap Dell Optiplex off eBay for like $30.
 
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Phillyman

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The PSU is not old at all, probably the only updated part in it.
It's an earthwatts 650w PSU. I'm a computer nubie so I'll defer to advisors but I wanna get something out of it
 
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Frankie_12

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oh, by the way you phrased it, I was under the impression that it was a 12 year old PSU lol. Definetley keep it.
 
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Phillyman

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Yeah my b. Thanks for the advice!

 
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