I have a i5-2400 and a G1 Gigabyte GTX 970 but a old motherboard

[the law]

I have a quad core i5-2400 3.1 GHz CPU and a G1 Gigabyte GTX 970 with 2x 4gb DDR3 ram sticks and i'm looking for a budget motherboard thats pretty decent.


If anyone has any suggestions please let me know!

[Omega]

The motherboard has no impact on gaming performance.

Your CPU is the main issue here. Replacing the CPU means you will also have to buy a new motherboard and DDR4 RAM.

[the law]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Omega:

The motherboard has no impact on gaming performance.

Your CPU is the main issue here. Replacing the CPU means you will also have to buy a new motherboard and DDR4 RAM.

I meant "trash" as in it's so outdated it has no HDMI ports or basic ports that have been present in motherboards in the past 10 years lol. I have a pretty great CPU im not looking to replace that

[Omega]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Omega:

The motherboard has no impact on gaming performance.

Your CPU is the main issue here. Replacing the CPU means you will also have to buy a new motherboard and DDR4 RAM.

I meant "trash" as in it's so outdated it has no HDMI ports or basic ports that have been present in motherboards in the past 10 years lol. I have a pretty great CPU im not looking to replace that

You shouldn't use display interfaces on the motherboard, always connect screens to the GPU. If you want more USB ports or SATA ports you can buy expansion cards for that.

All motherboard which fit your CPU will have the same ports on them, don't expect to find a mobo with USB 3.0 for example.

It's not worth it spending tons of money on this 7 year old machine. If you have any issues with it replace it.

Which motherboard do you have anyway?

[the law]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Omega:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET:

I meant "trash" as in it's so outdated it has no HDMI ports or basic ports that have been present in motherboards in the past 10 years lol. I have a pretty great CPU im not looking to replace that

You shouldn't use display interfaces on the motherboard, always connect screens to the GPU. If you want more USB ports or SATA ports you can buy expansion cards for that.

Which motherboard do you have anyway?

My bad i had a "brainfart" there. I have two PC's next to me, one of them is my main, and the other is an Optiplex 790 with the i5-2400 in it. I have a trash AMD A8-7600 with a FM2+ motherboard socket so im looking to get a new notherboard that i can put that i5 in to make my pc A LOT better than it is because rn I can barely run CSGO at all. but would it be okay if I take the motherboard and CPU from the optiplex 790 and use it in my current one and just connect everything to it? Idk if my ram sticks that I have are compatible tho

[Omega]

Look for a cheap used mobo with the LGA 1155 socket. It doesn't really matter what you buy.

But it's sometimes cheaper to buy a whole PC, an old HP office PC for example then it is to buy only a motherboard.

[the law]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Omega:

Look for a cheap used mobo with the LGA 1155 socket. It doesn't really matter what you buy.

But it's sometimes cheaper to buy a whole PC, an old HP office PC for example then it is to buy only a motherboard.

yeye im just trying to go with the cheapest option. i'd rather not buy a whole other pc tho yknow? too much clutter. so I shouldn't keep the motherboard and you'd 100% advise i'd just get another cheap LGA one?

[Omega]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Omega:

Look for a cheap used mobo with the LGA 1155 socket. It doesn't really matter what you buy.

But it's sometimes cheaper to buy a whole PC, an old HP office PC for example then it is to buy only a motherboard.

yeye im just trying to go with the cheapest option. i'd rather not buy a whole other pc tho yknow? too much clutter. so I shouldn't keep the motherboard and you'd 100% advise i'd just get another cheap LGA one?

This i5 will not fit in your current motherboard.

[the law]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Omega:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET:

yeye im just trying to go with the cheapest option. i'd rather not buy a whole other pc tho yknow? too much clutter. so I shouldn't keep the motherboard and you'd 100% advise i'd just get another cheap LGA one?

This i5 will not fit in your currenty motherboard.

yeah i know that, i was saying keep the current motherboard it's in INSIDE the optiplex 970 and just put it into my pc and scrap the old motherboard thats holding my AMD A8-7600 since thats pretty much worthless?

or should I just go looking on amazon for and LGA1155 motherboard thats relitivly cheap?

[Sapph]

Well, some people are building pcs out of that stuff, and FM2+ motherboards are fairly hard to come by now-adays at decent price, so you could get couple of tens out of selling it.

5-10$ out of the cpu.

In terms of selling them.

[Monk]

This is really hard to follow, so you have 2 pcs, one an old AMD fm2 platform and one using the i5 2500 with an nvidia 970 GPU, and you want to put the i5 in the AMD system for some reason?...

[the law]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Sapph:

Well, some people are building pcs out of that stuff, and FM2+ motherboards are fairly hard to come by now-adays at decent price, so you could get couple of tens out of selling it.

5-10$ out of the cpu.

In terms of selling them.

yeah its an ASrock FM2A58M-VG3+ motherboard, and i might be able to get a little for the CPU but idk. You think i could still use the old motherboard with the i5 and replace it with my curent motherboard?

[Sapph]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET:

yeah its an ASrock FM2A58M-VG3+ motherboard, and i might be able to get a little for the CPU but idk. You think i could still use the old motherboard with the i5 and replace it with my curent motherboard?

If it works, sure, why not. I mean, the platform is so old that using any money on it isn't worth it anyway.

[the law]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Monk:

This is really hard to follow, so you have 2 pcs, one an old AMD fm2 platform and one using the i5 2500 with an nvidia 970 GPU, and you want to put the i5 in the AMD system for some reason?...

the whole story is, I have two PC's. one is an old optiplex 790 with JUST the i5 in it and i'm trying to put the i5 in my main PC with the G1 GTX 970 but i wanna see if i can put the old motherboard in too.

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Sapph:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET:

yeah its an ASrock FM2A58M-VG3+ motherboard, and i might be able to get a little for the CPU but idk. You think i could still use the old motherboard with the i5 and replace it with my curent motherboard?

If it works, sure, why not. I mean, the platform is so old that using any money on it isn't worth it anyway.

very true. thanks man i apreciate it!

[Sapph]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Sapph:

If it works, sure, why not. I mean, the platform is so old that using any money on it isn't worth it anyway.

very true. thanks man i apreciate it!

That + the fact that good LGA1155 motherboards are expensive. Some you have to pay nearly 100$ for.

At that price point, you might as well sell everything you have (except gpu) and buy completely new platform.

[Monk]

Why not just put the 970 into the pc with the i5 ? Seems much easier, failing that, just take the mobo from the optiplex with the i5 and put it in your main pcs case?