Question I'm looking for a temporary new board after mine died ?

[chucky9]

I've had my ASUS Strix Z370-E Gaming for nearly 8 years and it died on me the other day, I don't want to spend loads on a new board as my intention has always been to just build a new PC, but my situation has changed and I now I can't do that for at least a year.

I know barely anything about motherboards anymore, so I did the internet doctor approach and asked ChatGPT.....

It came up with the MSI z390-A pro, ASRock z370 Extreme4 and Asus prime z370-a. I have an i7-8700k, 64gb of ddr4, a 4080 and it can't be bigger than ATX because my case isn't big enough .

I'm struggling to find any of these boards beyond china/Ali express and the US.

I'm in the UK and my limit is about £150. I only need it to last 1-2 years as again my intention is to make a new PC by mid 2026 at the latest, I will only be carrying over my 4080 GPU to the new build.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Lutfij]

What processor and ram are you working with? Just for the sake of relevance, did you narrow down the cause of the board dying(probably a bad quality PSU)? You sure that a BIOS recovery won't revive the board?

I found this;
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/316035059589
which is the same board as yours. Pass on an offer the seller can't refuse or buy it now and wrap up the build.

 

[bill001g]

This seems to be a common issue. After technology gets even a few years old it is almost impossible to buy "new", recently manufactured, version of the parts. The guys with the tin foil hats think it is a evil plan to steal every ones money by forcing you to buy the latest and most expensive technology. I suspect it is because the large manufactures make about the same profit making the very latest boards as the old ones and would rather use the machines to make the fastest selling boards. You are then left with the smaller and many times kinda shady manufactures that sell on aliexpress or temu.

Not sure which is more risky buying a used board or buying these newly manufactured boards directly from china.

 

[chucky9]

What processor and ram are you working with? Just for the sake of relevance, did you narrow down the cause of the board dying(probably a bad quality PSU)? You sure that a BIOS recovery won't revive the board?

I found this;
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/316035059589
which is the same board as yours. Pass on an offer the seller can't refuse or buy it now and wrap up the build.

I have an I7-8700k, i think my ram is hyperx but I cant remember specifically.

My tech person said they couldn't even get the PC to boot. i initially went to them because none of my USB slots, front or back were working anymore, they were getting power but no data my Bluetooth had stopped working as well.

They replaced the cmos battery which they said was dead but it made no difference. He was recommended by a friend of mine, he's been working in IT since 2004.

He told me not to buy the same board again, in case of recurring issues.