Compatible replacement mobo

[Sighildr]

Good morning. I just recently moved my PC and found that it wouldn't boot or POST after I hooked it back up. I have a MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum mobo. It seems the bridge chip fan had stopped (it must've had a bad bearing or something, half the fan was eaten away). Anywhat, I don't think it's salvageable and I need to replace it. I'm not sure what would be a sufficient replacement, however. Is there anything special I need to consider when replacing the board? Do any of you have recommendations of mobos (and if possible, bundles with a new CPU) that would work well? I'm not running SLI and I have 4 1GB sticks of RAM. The proc has been the bottleneck in the past, so I'd like to swap that in the process if possible. Oh yeah, and I'm on a budget Speaking of which, I've found the exact board, but at a $125 price tag, which seems far too expensive for just this old board. Maybe it's that much because there's such a low volume of stock for it, I don't know. Any way you guys could help would be awesome.

 

[IH8U]

Sadly I recommend a full upgrade, as 939 motherboards are getting scarce. On the Cheap:

MB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135075
$70 ECS A780GM-A
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103211
$60 AMD 5000+
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227334
$43 OCZ 2x2GB DDR2 800

Total: $173

or

MB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186146
$60 Foxconn G31AX-K LGA 775
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116063
$71 Intel E2200 Allendale
RAM: same as above

Total: $174


Neither count MIR, or specials/combo deals.


Or if you really want a 939 motherboard
http://www.amazon.com/Asus-M2R32-MVP-GREEN-ASUS-Motherboard/dp/B000IVFAZ6/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1227639219&sr=1-10
$81 Asus M2R32-MVP

Any of these options are good, just in the future ignore MSI for anything computer related.