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!

[the law]

引用自 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?

I would do the first thing but then id have to replace a ♥♥♥♥ ton of other parts id rather put the i5 in my case. I was just wondering if it was safe

[Omega]

引用自 YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET：

引用自 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?

I would do the first thing but then id have to replace a ♥♥♥♥ ton of other parts id rather put the i5 in my case. I was just wondering if it was safe

Doesn't matter which way you do it, basically every component needs to be removed/reinstalled anyway.

[InfinityJosh]

Sell i5+MB+RAM
Sell the APU PC

Buy H310M MSI GAMING MB+ 8GB RAM+i3 8100+ 500W+ PSU

[the law]

引用自 Infinity Josh：

Sell i5+MB+RAM
Sell the APU PC

Buy H310M MSI GAMING MB+ 8GB RAM+i3 8100+ 500W+ PSU

not very wise imo. wayyyyy too time consuming and i'd rather just replace specific parts. i'm just gonna buy a new motherboard because the motherboard is wayyy too big for my pc and can't fit my GPU in it.

引用自 Sapph：

引用自 YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET：

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.

may be, makes sense but i don't wanna sell everything yknow? I might have to tho. If i do sell everything i need a 1tb portable hard drive to save all my ♥♥♥♥ in. but i don't think i'd get much for my pc if I did sell it. I have 500w power supply, 500gb hard drive, 2x 4gb DDR3 ram, an ASRock FM2A58M-VG3+ motherboard with the AMD A8-7600, the original GTX 960 that came with the PC, and the basic fans that came with it. how much you think i could sell that for?

[Sapph]

引用自 YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET：

引用自 Sapph：

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.

may be, makes sense but i don't wanna sell everything yknow? I might have to tho. If i do sell everything i need a 1tb portable hard drive to save all my ♥♥♥♥ in. but i don't think i'd get much for my pc if I did sell it. I have 500w power supply, 500gb hard drive, 2x 4gb DDR3 ram, an ASRock FM2A58M-VG3+ motherboard with the AMD A8-7600, the original GTX 960 that came with the PC, and the basic fans that came with it. how much you think i could sell that for?

A8 7600: 10-20$/€
FM2/2+ motherboard: 20-30$/€
8 gb DDR3 RAM: 60$/€
GTX 960: 100€/$
i5 2400: 40-50$/€
LGA1155 motherboard: 40 to 50$/€
500W psu of unknown brand and quality: 10€/$


In total:
around 300€/$

This is roughly enough for buying Ryzen 5 1400 + B350 motherboard and 8Gb DDR4 when combined with the money you would have to pay for a new LGA1155 motherboard.

[the law]

引用自 Sapph：

引用自 YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET：

may be, makes sense but i don't wanna sell everything yknow? I might have to tho. If i do sell everything i need a 1tb portable hard drive to save all my ♥♥♥♥ in. but i don't think i'd get much for my pc if I did sell it. I have 500w power supply, 500gb hard drive, 2x 4gb DDR3 ram, an ASRock FM2A58M-VG3+ motherboard with the AMD A8-7600, the original GTX 960 that came with the PC, and the basic fans that came with it. how much you think i could sell that for?

A8 7600: 10-20$/€
FM2/2+ motherboard: 20-30$/€
8 gb DDR3 RAM: 60$/€
GTX 960: 100€/$
i5 2400: 40-50$/€
LGA1155 motherboard: 40 to 50$/€
500W psu of unknown brand and quality: 10€/$


In total:
around 300€/$

This is roughly enough for buying Ryzen 5 1400 + B350 motherboard and 8Gb DDR4 when combined with the money you would have to pay for a new LGA1155 motherboard.

the A8-7600 is going for roughly about 70 USD, the motherbaord is about 50 USD used, the ram is about 30 each, the 960 is about 150-200 in most cases used, and my EVGA power supply is about 20 USD and the case alone is about 60-80 USD. all n all it's about 450 USD.

[Sapph]

引用自 YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET：

the A8-7600 is going for roughly about 70 USD, the motherbaord is about 50 USD used, the ram is about 30 each, the 960 is about 150-200 in most cases used, and my EVGA power supply is about 20 USD and the case alone is about 60-80 USD. all n all it's about 450 USD.

The price for the 7600 and the GTX 960 are horribly overpriced though.

7600 is too weak to ask that much for, when for just 90-95$ a Ryzen 3 2200G can be bought as new which is several times stronger in all aspects.
20-30$ is max it should be sold for.

As for 960, it's equal to 1050Ti but because of 1050Ti being available for 150-200$, a max of 130$ should be asked for it.

Since your psu is EVGA, the 20$ is good. Maybe even 30$ if it's a bronze rated one.

[the law]

引用自 Sapph：

引用自 YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET：

the A8-7600 is going for roughly about 70 USD, the motherbaord is about 50 USD used, the ram is about 30 each, the 960 is about 150-200 in most cases used, and my EVGA power supply is about 20 USD and the case alone is about 60-80 USD. all n all it's about 450 USD.

The price for the 7600 and the GTX 960 are horribly overpriced though.

7600 is too weak to ask that much for, when for just 90-95$ a Ryzen 3 2200G can be bought as new which is several times stronger in all aspects.
20-30$ is max it should be sold for.

As for 960, it's equal to 1050Ti but because of 1050Ti being available for 150-200$, a max of 130$ should be asked for it.

Since your psu is EVGA, the 20$ is good. Maybe even 30$ if it's a bronze rated one.

yeye i agree the a8-7600 is wayyyy too overpriced thats why i was suspicious. thanks for the help! I'm gonna sell it and get indivudual parts and build my own.

so far I have a

Deepcool Tesseract SW mid tower blue LED ATX case

ASRock micro ATX DDR3 1066 Intel LGA1155 motherboard

(Keeping the i5-2400 to use in the motherboard to save money)

(Also keeping the G1 Gigabyte 970)

Kingston HyperX Fury 4gb 1600MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMM ram

Toshiba 1TB 7200RPM hard drive

EVGA 500 W power supply

that's all i have down so far and it totals to 287 USD, would i need anything else to complete the build to function or nah? and it's signifigantly better than my current build right?

[Sapph]

引用自 YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET：

yeye i agree the a8-7600 is wayyyy too overpriced thats why i was suspicious. thanks for the help! I'm gonna sell it and get indivudual parts and build my own.

so far I have a

Deepcool Tesseract SW mid tower blue LED ATX case

ASRock micro ATX DDR3 1066 Intel LGA1155 motherboard

(Keeping the i5-2400 to use in the motherboard to save money)

(Also keeping the G1 Gigabyte 970)

Kingston HyperX Fury 4gb 1600MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMM ram

Toshiba 1TB 7200RPM hard drive

EVGA 500 W power supply

that's all i have down so far and it totals to 287 USD, would i need anything else to complete the build to function or nah? and it's signifigantly better than my current build right?

If you are referring to Ryzen 5 1400 build, it will be.
Although not much fps difference will be seen thanks to the gpu being the main bottleneck, but it will be far more future compatible.

HDD and power supply can be reused as well as of course the case.

[the law]

引用自 Sapph：

引用自 YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET：

yeye i agree the a8-7600 is wayyyy too overpriced thats why i was suspicious. thanks for the help! I'm gonna sell it and get indivudual parts and build my own.

so far I have a

Deepcool Tesseract SW mid tower blue LED ATX case

ASRock micro ATX DDR3 1066 Intel LGA1155 motherboard

(Keeping the i5-2400 to use in the motherboard to save money)

(Also keeping the G1 Gigabyte 970)

Kingston HyperX Fury 4gb 1600MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMM ram

Toshiba 1TB 7200RPM hard drive

EVGA 500 W power supply

that's all i have down so far and it totals to 287 USD, would i need anything else to complete the build to function or nah? and it's signifigantly better than my current build right?

If you are referring to Ryzen 5 1400 build, it will be.
Although not much fps difference will be seen thanks to the gpu being the main bottleneck, but it will be far more future compatible.

I was actually refering to my current build with the A8-7600 and G1 970

[Sapph]

引用自 YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET：

I was actually refering to my current build with the A8-7600 and G1 970

Well, it will be a big improvement on that as well. But put in 8gb of RAM instead of just the 4.

[the law]

引用自 Sapph：

引用自 YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET：

I was actually refering to my current build with the A8-7600 and G1 970

Well, it will be a big improvement on that as well. But put in 8gb of RAM instead of just the 4.

I ran into a problem with that. I couldn't find any 8gb DDR4 ram and the cheapest 8gb DDR3 ram is like 75 USD but i might have to take that extra mile

[Sapph]

引用自 YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET：

引用自 Sapph：

Well, it will be a big improvement on that as well. But put in 8gb of RAM instead of just the 4.

I ran into a problem with that. I couldn't find any 8gb DDR4 ram and the cheapest 8gb DDR3 ram is like 75 USD but i might have to take that extra mile

Don't you have the 8gb from the A8 7600 build? You said you have 2x 4gb DDR3.

DDR4 wouldn't even work with either platform. They only use DDR3.

[the law]

引用自 Sapph：

引用自 YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET：

I ran into a problem with that. I couldn't find any 8gb DDR4 ram and the cheapest 8gb DDR3 ram is like 75 USD but i might have to take that extra mile

Don't you have the 8gb from the A8 7600 build? You said you have 2x 4gb DDR3.

DDR4 wouldn't even work with either platform. They only use DDR3.

Oh i thought DDR3 motherboards were also compatible with DDR4 oops. technically yeah I have two 4gb DDR3 but i have to keep it in the pc to sell it right?

[Sapph]

引用自 YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET：

Oh i thought DDR3 motherboards were also compatible with DDR4 oops. technically yeah I have two 4gb DDR3 but i have to keep it in the pc to sell it right?

Of course not. Reuse what you can. Let the buyer worry about the missing parts/required upgrades.