microATX motherboard with Intel Core i7-8 processor

MrMajorThorburn · 19 Dec 2024 at 15:47

I have an old aurora r4 whose motherboard is failing and needs a replacement.
I need a MicroATX form and an Intel processor and am thinking of a minimum processor of intel Core i7-8700 but can be later.
What would you suggest for the motherboard?

tamzzy · 19 Dec 2024 at 16:01

What's your budget?
Also does your dell have proprietary power supply connectors/ usb ports? If it does, you'll need more than a motherboard.

MrMajorThorburn · 20 Dec 2024 at 06:26

tamzzy said:
What's your budget?
Also does your dell have proprietary power supply connectors/ usb ports? If it does, you'll need more than a motherboard.

budget is £500 and all the parts are original Dell.

JollyJamma · 20 Dec 2024 at 09:52

MrMajorThorburn said:
budget is £500 and all the parts are original Dell.

yeah so Dell (and HP and Lenovo etc) use proprietary motherboards and power supplies almost all of the time.

You could get a used motherboard from eBay and a good PSU and that would work really well but keep in mind that often a CPU will outlive a motherboard.

You could put the money towards a new machine but that's up to you and your use case - a cheap AM4 B550 motherboard and an AMD 5600 or 5700X CPU would be a big performance uplift and not that expensive.

JollyJamma · 20 Dec 2024 at 09:58

I've put together this build but there are two points, 1) I don't know which PSU to suggest, this was a price placeholder merely to work around your budget and 2) you'd need a dedicated GPU for this as the 5700X doesn't have an iGPU and the Intel B580 might be overkill for you but it's still good to see pricing as a whole.

Hope this helps

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Gigabyte B550M DS3H (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BR-GI) = £89.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 7 5700X Eight Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3D1-AM) = £134.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB (2x8GB) 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit (CMK16GX4M2Z3600C18) (SKU: MY-4BW-CS) = £37.99
1 x CORSAIR RM Series RM650 Fully Modular 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply (SKU: POW-CRS-01425) = £74.99
1 x ASRock Intel ARC B580 Challenger 12GB OC GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ASR-03812) = £259.99

Total: £605.94 (includes delivery: £7.99)

MrMajorThorburn · 20 Dec 2024 at 13:11

JollyJamma said:
I've put together this build but there are two points, 1) I don't know which PSU to suggest, this was a price placeholder merely to work around your budget and 2) you'd need a dedicated GPU for this as the 5700X doesn't have an iGPU and the Intel B580 might be overkill for you but it's still good to see pricing as a whole.

Hope this helps

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Gigabyte B550M DS3H (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BR-GI) = £89.99

1 x AMD Ryzen 7 5700X Eight Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3D1-AM) = £134.99

1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB (2x8GB) 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit (CMK16GX4M2Z3600C18) (SKU: MY-4BW-CS) = £37.99

1 x CORSAIR RM Series RM650 Fully Modular 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply (SKU: POW-CRS-01425) = £74.99

1 x ASRock Intel ARC B580 Challenger 12GB OC GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ASR-03812) = £259.99

Total: £605.94 (includes delivery: £7.99)

It looks like I wont be able to do the changes due to lack of funds so will give up the rescue of this box and save up for a new one.

Tetras · 20 Dec 2024 at 13:31

MrMajorThorburn said:
It looks like I wont be able to do the changes due to lack of funds so will give up the rescue of this box and save up for a new one.

Old AW PCs can be popular second hand, even if they're broken, because people like building projects in the cases, just FYI.

MrMajorThorburn · 20 Dec 2024 at 14:17

Tetras said:
Old AW PCs can be popular second hand, even if they're broken, because people like building projects in the cases, just FYI.

I will not be just scrapping it. I will look into selling once I have a replacement. Its just not doing the jobs I wanted so they are now on hold pending a new system arrival.

JollyJamma · 20 Dec 2024 at 14:21

MrMajorThorburn said:
I will not be just scrapping it. I will look into selling once I have a replacement. Its just not doing the jobs I wanted so they are now on hold pending a new system arrival.

Keep an eye open for used AM4 systems as well - you don’t need to buy a whole new rig for AM4 since it’s not that old and even a B450 motherboard is fine.

Times are tough and expensive so hold tight and hopefully the new year is favourable for you