Looking for a replacement for a Gigabyte motherboard

[PJLondon]

Hey everyone,

After spending a few weeks swapping everything else out to fix an issue where the display simply won't appear, I'm resigned to the fact that my motherboard is faulty and needs replacing. Problem is that Gigabyte doesn't make mine anymore. I'm terribly inexperienced at motherboards and what to look for and could use some suggestions.

Here are the specs for my machine. I've replaced the power supply with a 750w, but otherwise all the same specs apply:

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Socket 775 (3.0GHz) 1333FSB 6MB L2 Cache Retail Boxed Processor
Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H GeForce 7100 Socket 775 onboard VGA 8 channel audio mATX Motherboard
Corsair 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL5(5-5-5-18) Heat Spreader Lifetime Warranty
Sapphire HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 Dual DVI TV Out PCI-E Graphics Card

Any suggestions or advise would be greatly appreciated.

 

[MichaelVM]

well, sound's really bad
but what's your budget for your new mb?
or you just want to replace mb only?

first, this pc's spec is kinda old, so i prefer to build a new one if you get budget for it
but if only for motherboard replace, try msi g41m-p33 (well, socket 775 is old, not many mb can choose with)

but if you know about your budget for pc, plz let us know!

 

[PJLondon]

well, sound's really bad
but what's your budget for your new mb?
or you just want to replace mb only?

first, this pc's spec is kinda old, so i prefer to build a new one if you get budget for it
but if only for motherboard replace, try msi g41m-p33 (well, socket 775 is old, not many mb can choose with)

but if you know about your budget for pc, plz let us know!

Hi MichaelVM,

Many thanks for your reply. I was aiming to keep my motherboard spend to under 500 USD (baby on the way means that I need to be pretty economical).

I have a sinking feeling a whole new build might be in order. Any good sites that you'd recommend for viewing components to ensure that everything lines up if I go down that route would be much appreciated.

Thanks for taking the time!

 

[PJLondon]

well, sound's really bad
but what's your budget for your new mb?
or you just want to replace mb only?

first, this pc's spec is kinda old, so i prefer to build a new one if you get budget for it
but if only for motherboard replace, try msi g41m-p33 (well, socket 775 is old, not many mb can choose with)

but if you know about your budget for pc, plz let us know!

If you're curious, the full details of what I've tried to fix this display issue are here:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2198058/stumped-display.html#xtor=EPR-8813