Old i7 950 worth it to replace broken motherboard

[Steveydvee]

My gaming tower wasn't turning on one day so I brought it to the local Geek Squad and they helped me figure out that my motherboard(GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R) was not working. I guess it somehow broke, but I was wondering if it's still worth the money to invest on another motherboard so I could piece it all back together.

 

[Aravind92]

Depends on how much your new motherboard costs...i7 950 is still a good proc...

 

[Karsten75]

You can't find those motherboards mostly. On eBay they're going for from about $110 and up. I guess you have to decide if you have the $800+ to build a new system or if you want to get the old system back for the price of a motherboard.

 

[Steveydvee]

Depends on how much your new motherboard costs...i7 950 is still a good proc...

I would assume 250 - 350 dollars. Do you think I should buy it used or new?

 

[Aravind92]

Depends on how much your new motherboard costs...i7 950 is still a good proc...

I would assume 250 - 350 dollars. Do you think I should buy it used or new?

For that money you should rather take a locked i5 4th gen with a h87 board...

 

[ewok93]

It really depends on your budget, spend $150 or so on a new motherboard, or spend more for a new, faster build.

 

[Steveydvee]

I saw these 2 pretty cheap motherboards I was wondering what your guys opinion of them are. And I don't understand why my Gigabyte motherboard was 3x more expensive than these boards. Can anyone elaborate on that for me?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Genuine-Dell-Precision-Workstation-T3500-LGA1366-Motherboard-XPDFK-9KPNV-/231254625990?pt=Motherboards&hash=item35d7d98ec6

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Intel-DX58SO-LGA-1366-Intel-X58-Bulk-OEM-No-accessories-/351145882028?pt=Motherboards&hash=item51c1ecf1ac

 

[Karsten75]

Here's something I just remembered. I hope you have your software disks. If you try running on a different motherboard, your OS will complain and require a repair install. Be very careful. If possible, back up your data before you do that. I remember a few times hosing a system during the process.

 

[Steveydvee]

Here's something I just remembered. I hope you have your software disks. If you try running on a different motherboard, your OS will complain and require a repair install. Be very careful. If possible, back up your data before you do that. I remember a few times hosing a system during the process.

Oh dang. I don't think I have those.. Will it just require an entire reset? Or will it like junk my new motherboard? What other options do I have?

 

[ewok93]

Well, that just means you may have to get Windows, too. It's about $90.

 

[Steveydvee]

Of these two which would be best to buy?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Genuine-Dell-Precision-Work...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Intel-DX58SO-LGA-1366-Intel...

 

[ewok93]

Well, neither of them are there anymore.