[SOLVED] Help I think I purchased the wrong motherboard

[Kev-man]

Help I just purchased an Asus sabertooth 990fx r2.0 x58 only to find out it's not compatible with intel.. I bought it cause my recently purchased used asus p6t deluxe v2 was shocked by a bad PSU it was my first build lol so anyways now I'm pretty much stuck can I sell the board or do I buy a used CPU because it has to be a AM3 from what I understand these CPUs go for crazy prices on ebay.. I just want to run Adobe programs mostly illustrator and maybe play snowrunner

 

[kanewolf]

Help I just purchased an Asus sabertooth 990fx r2.0 x58 only to find out it's not compatible with intel.. I bought it cause my recently purchased used asus p6t deluxe v2 was shocked by a bad PSU it was my first build lol so anyways now I'm pretty much stuck can I sell the board or do I buy a used CPU because it has to be a AM3 from what I understand these CPUs go for crazy prices on ebay.. I just want to run Adobe programs mostly illustrator and maybe play snowrunner

Yes, you did buy the wrong motherboard. a 990fx motherboard IS an AM3+ motherboard. It won't work with an Intel CPU.

 

[Kev-man]

Yes thank you I realize that, but it's too late because I bought it on eBay... is there any AM3 processor that will work good for illustrator and light gaming

 

[sizzling]

Investing money in the FM3+ platform is very hard to justify, its very weak. About the best you can run is a FX8350 or similar FX8XXX. However they are all very weak and below modern entry level CPU’s. They will also need a good cpu cooler as they run hot and have a low temperature threshold.

 

[kwikgta]

It's AM3+ not Am3. A FX 8350 /8370 about the best you can get for that board but a new Ryzen will stop it in the ground.

 

[Kev-man]

Ok so I talked to an expert and he says I can build a decent PC that's up to date for around $300 and at this point I'm willing to scrap my build plan cause the PSU likely fried everything... Where is a good place to start??

 

[Gmoney06ss]

Ok so I talked to an expert and he says I can build a decent PC that's up to date for around $300 and at this point I'm willing to scrap my build plan cause the PSU likely fried everything... Where is a good place to start??

I think your expert is a little off base saying you can get a modern system for 300 bucks. Unless getting excellent deals on all used parts, 300 isnt likely to come close to anything resembling a modern system.

Are you needing a full build? Cpu/board/ram only? Anything salvageable from your previous build?

If needing a full build, even a ryzen igpu build would be closer to 400 with a psu and drives.

What is your actual budget and what do you need? Or are you still planning on using the am3+ board you have?

Ryzen is a great place to start! But a cpu/board/ram combo is likely to set you back near enough that 300 mark.

 

[Kev-man]

It's likely the PSU fried my ram but it's just ddr3 and maybe the old 2gb GPU but I do have some USB 3.0 slots that were never installed so ddr4 would be ideal and also something NVMe compatible and definitely a Ryzen cpu I already purchased a new EVGA 550 bronze PSU and I do realize I'm probably looking at closer to $400+ which is fine maybe I can sell that old sabertooth board either way no biggie

 

[Kev-man]

It's likely the PSU fried my ram but it's just ddr3 and maybe the old 2gb GPU but I do have some USB 3.0 slots that were never installed so ddr4 would be ideal and also something NVMe compatible and definitely a Ryzen cpu I already purchased a new EVGA 550 bronze PSU and I do realize I'm probably looking at closer to $400+ which is fine maybe I can sell that old sabertooth board either way no biggie
Oh I also have a few fans...

 

[SamirD]

Return the motherboard you bought (or resell it). Get the proper motherboard and new power supply and just use your old system if it was doing what you wanted.