Motherboard died - help needed replacing it (compatibility issues)

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mushroomyakuza

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Hi everyone.

Apologies upfront - I'm pretty useless with technical stuff. Consider me a noob.

My PC has:

Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Motherboard
GTX 970
Corsair H100iGTX Cooler
16GB 1600 MHZ Corsair Vengeance RAM
INTEL CORE i7 Processor i7-4790k LGA 1150
OCZ MOD X STREAM-PRO 700W Power Supply
Samsung 1GB HDD 7200 RAM / 32M
Corsair C70 case

My motherboard just died on me. I've been trying to get a replacement with the same model only to find it's sold out virtually everywhere and they aren't made anymore.

The guy looking at my PC has said I either need to get another 1150 motherboard and everything else can stay the same, or I have to replace the motherboard with a new model (a 1151 or a 2011 he says), but this would also mean replacing the RAM and the CPU to go with it. That sounds way expensive to me and I only put this all together 2 years ago. I'm not ready to upgrade all this financially.

I'd really appreciate help on this. Am I being told correct information? If so, can anyone point me in the direction of a motherboard that would fit with all of the other components (1150) or where I could get the exact same model if that's my only option?

Much appreciated!
 
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salerhino




Whoever told you that probably meant for case not motherboard.
You can fit everything from micro atx in normal atx.
For cases this is not true because things like your big graphic card may not fit in smaller eg. micro atx cases.
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salerhino

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Yes he is not lying to you.
About getting same mobo, depends on that where you live.
Anyway, only important thing to you is that motherboard can have Z97 chipset like your old motherboard had.
I would take not necessarily the same model, but it should have z97 as you have overclockable CPU.
 
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mushroomyakuza

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Thanks to you both for your help - really appreciate it.

As for why I don't get it on warranty - I live in Hong Kong but am currently in the UK. I bought all the parts in the UK before I moved out there. Now, I don't know if the warranty is international or if Gigabyte will play ball, so I guess I'm trying to get the parts I need before I go back (on Monday).

Also the guy looking at my PC said the motherboard has to be DDR3 - there is only one option on Amazon.co.uk as far as I can tell that is both Z97 and DDR3 - and it's currently out of stock. I have seen it on one or two other sites at a much higher price or refurbs only.

The site you linked to GhislainG is for the US - I assume the motherboards that come up there would still work no problem with the rest of my system?

Thanks!
 
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mushroomyakuza

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Hi GhislainG

You're right - but I've been told I need an ATX, not a Micro, as my gear, including the GTX 970, are too big to fit in with a Micro ATX. I'm not entirely sure if this is right but it's a risk to take.
 
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Whoever told you that probably meant for case not motherboard.
You can fit everything from micro atx in normal atx.
For cases this is not true because things like your big graphic card may not fit in smaller eg. micro atx cases.
 
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