Hi all,
I was just saying the other day how great it was that my old Chillblast desktop PC bought 2009 had lasted me 12 years (admittedly with a couple of upgrades in the meantime). Sure enough I must have cursed it because since yesterday it refused to post. Tested with a spare PSU and still the same so I suspect the MOBO is dead. I suppose it had a good innings!
So I'm looking for advice. I'm not flush with cash at the moment (children) so if there was a cheap way (under £100) of just replacing the MOBO and keeping my existing components I would opt for that right now. But if I'd just be throwing good money after bad then I'm prepared to spend around £500 on a new base system.
My current setup:
My usage these days is web browsing, image editing and basic gaming - Company of Heroes, Factorio are current faves. I've not got time at the moment (children) for latest titles and super graphics.
Any advice would be much appreciated!
I was just saying the other day how great it was that my old Chillblast desktop PC bought 2009 had lasted me 12 years (admittedly with a couple of upgrades in the meantime). Sure enough I must have cursed it because since yesterday it refused to post. Tested with a spare PSU and still the same so I suspect the MOBO is dead. I suppose it had a good innings!
So I'm looking for advice. I'm not flush with cash at the moment (children) so if there was a cheap way (under £100) of just replacing the MOBO and keeping my existing components I would opt for that right now. But if I'd just be throwing good money after bad then I'm prepared to spend around £500 on a new base system.
My current setup:
- Asus P6T Deluxe V2 X58 Motherboard Socket LGA1366 (now dead RIP)
- Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz nehalem
- Akasa Nero Quiet CPU Cooler
- 3 x 2GB = 6GB DDR3 1333MHz Memory
- Powercolor Radeon HD 4870 512MB PCI Express
- Scithe 700W PSU 80 Bronze Plus
- Samsung 840 EVO SSD 250GB
- Lots of HDDs inherited over the years
- DVD-RW drive
- Antec Three Hundred ATX Black Case - would be happy to reuse
- Acer H243HX 24-inch LCD (VGA, DVI, HDMI inputs) - happy with it
My usage these days is web browsing, image editing and basic gaming - Company of Heroes, Factorio are current faves. I've not got time at the moment (children) for latest titles and super graphics.
Any advice would be much appreciated!