Motherboard replacement

GingerAngles

GingerAngles

GingerAngles

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Hi Folks

Hoping someone can can point me in the right direction for a replacement motherboard & processor. I have a Gigabyte Z370N and the PC has gone pop - can't boot into windows, use the advanced recover or boot to USB so I'm thinking the board / processor are done (?).

Other bits include RX 5700 XT GPU, 16GB Corsair vengeance 2666 RAM, M.2 SSD with OS on in a NZXT H510 case.

I think we were due an upgrade anyway. The PC is actually my daughter's who is just about to go to uni - with her PC, she plays bouldersgate, dead by daylight, RDR2 etc.

Could anyone help with a suitable replacement MB and processor please? And RAM if required. I've had a look round the sales pages but I'm quickly lost in the detail. Ideally want to keep cost/performance ratio good (obviously) and keep it sub £200 if we are talking MB & processor or maybe £300 if the gains are worth having / RAM is also needed.

Any help / guidence gratefully received!

In addition - what is the score with Windows these days? - if I buy a new MB do I also need to purchase the OS?

TIA
 
GingerAngles said:
Ideally want to keep cost/performance ratio good (obviously) and keep it sub £200 if we are talking MB & processor
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I'd suggest:

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £208.98 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

Cooler is included in the CPU box.

Motherboard has wireless (AX means wireless in Gigabyte-speak).
 
Tetras said:
I'd suggest:

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £208.98 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

Cooler is included in the CPU box.

Motherboard has wireless (AX means wireless in Gigabyte-speak).
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Thanks @Tetras !

Do you mind if I ask if you know the answer in relation to the windows OS query?
 
GingerAngles said:
Do you mind if I ask if you know the answer in relation to the windows OS query?
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From what I'm aware of, there is no 100% answer.

Sometimes you can upgrade on an existing install and it just activates with no fuss.

If you have a Microsoft account, you may need to select the device again and it will reactivate.

Other times, it will deactivate and there is nothing you can do that will help.

Retail keys should always be transferable, OEM keys (in theory) are tied to the PC, especially the motherboard, but from what I've observed myself it doesn't seem to have much bearing once you have a digital key.

Windows 7/8/8.1 keys are likely to be deactivated permanently if a PC registered with them loses the activation and Microsoft will not help you due to a policy change.
 
I bought a w11 retail key for £4.99 from Electronic First . com the other day so all you would need to do is download windows and have a new os for you new pc. Plenty of videos on you tube to see how you do it if you have not installed windows before.
 
Griff7520 said:
I bought a w11 retail key for £4.99 from Electronic First . com the other day so all you would need to do is download windows and have a new os for you new pc. Plenty of videos on you tube to see how you do it if you have not installed windows before.
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£4.99! Really??? I've 'reinstalled' plenty of times, including on motherboards new to me but 2nd hand so this will be my 1st 'new MB fresh out of the box' experience - just want to make sure I dont have any financial surprises waiting for me when I order.
 
Regarding Windows, if it doesn’t allow you to activate automatically, after the complete migration, you can do by phone, using MS tool, all steps described on the window that should pop up. Is a bit long process, typing all the numbers, but should work.
Just remember to select the option that the license is installed in only one device, as the older one isn’t active anymore.
As mentioned before, a MS account should tell which machine the license is linked to. Sometimes you can reutilise MS Office licenses too.
 
yes so long as you have some other drives for storage as if you have a lot of files and games etc etc it will soon fill up that 500gb, but looking at the specs of the drive it looks fast. Does that motherboard support pcie 4.0, if not it will still work ok but not at full speed.
 
Nice one thanks. I have a 1TB SSD for storage and a 250GB M2 at the moment with the OS on... I have no other means of getting access to what is on that drive without this PC working so would make sense to use this new drive for a fresh start and leave the other as it is to be accessed later if I need anything off it.

Great service from the OC shop BTW, next day delivery dropped off before mid day
 
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