Low budget motherboard

[darthpossom]

Hello, I have a 2nd gen Intel i7 processor, and 16GB DDR3 RAM. I need to find a motherboard I can use to fit my GTX 1050 Ti in as well. Price is a rather large concern as well, so nothing fancy. Thanks for your time.

 

[Karsten75]

Can you be more specific on the processor model? Problem with older processors are that the motherboards aren't on the retail market anymore and usually new one will sell with high markup to desperate people that need it for one reason or another - that leaves you to find a used motherboard on eBay or a similar site.

 

[darthpossom]

Sorry, it's an Intel Core i7-2600 Quad-Core Processor 3.4 GHz 8 MB Cache LGA 1155, thanks for the reply.

 

[Karsten75]

Go to PCPartpicker.com. Enter your processor into it and let it list for you a list of compatible motherboards. Then Search eBay, etc for a motherboard on that list that matches the list.

The cheapest new board in the list is the Intel DH61CRB3 which is a micro-ATX board, as ar ethe first few boards - and I don't know if your case will accomodate a micro-ATX board.

 

[darthpossom]

https://m.newegg.com/products/9SIADFR7CE4794 Would this MSI motherboard work? I will be getting a new case, so that's not an issue.

 

[Karsten75]

You want to chance it? The specs (https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/H61M-P32W8/Specification) says 3rd generation Intel Core. I see on the Newegg page they claim second generation, bit it's also not in the PCPartpicker list.

 

[darthpossom]

Okay, thanks for the help.