Buy replacement mobo or different mobo or start new build??

vegasdood

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Nov 6, 2017
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So here is my situation.I bought a new game and long story short my cpu was more than good enough,my memory was barely acceptable but my gpu didnt make the minimum requirments.As I went to take out my old gpu Geforce gtx 260 216 core which is a huge bulky card it ripped out my pcie slot and exposed the pins and bent them. I cannot repair them i tried...I need a new mobo at the very least. the processor is somewhat decent and the memory and hard drive and OS.Big question is should I replace the mobo and buy a new graphics card or start a new build? My budget is very low right now. 350$ So I am wondering what i should salvage. Number 1 is my case. the things a beast. so I hope you guys could help with some advice. Thank you!


Comp specs
Amd athlon 2 x4 640
Biostar A780L3C Motherboard
8 gb Memory 7.75 usable (according to windows)
700gb HDD
EVGA Geforce gtx 260 216 core
 
Solution
Your platform is too stale and lack meaningful upgrade, not to mention not worth extra money on it. Get this and sell your unused components:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.77 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot - Viper Elite 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($76.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($111.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $358.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-06 16:58 EST-0500

Performance...
Your platform is too stale and lack meaningful upgrade, not to mention not worth extra money on it. Get this and sell your unused components:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.77 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot - Viper Elite 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($76.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($111.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $358.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-06 16:58 EST-0500

Performance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK_ktjGHyeg
 
Solution

vegasdood

Prominent
Nov 6, 2017
2
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510
Great thanks for the reply.. Great list and links i really appreciate it but..is it out of the question to find a mobo that i can reuse my athlon ii x4 640 processor and 8gb memory that I already have?
 

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