Replace 12 yr old MOBO or not?

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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:
  • 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!
 
Probably not worth replacing an old board like that and those X58 boards still go for a fair bit.

Maybe a refresh to something like this.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £479.45 (includes shipping: £10.50)
 
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how old are your kids? Mine are 14 and 12 and both massively into gaming now. They can't wait for me to build my pc so that they can use it. you could put a B550 mobo in there which gives you pcie4, so when they grow a little, you can then slot a gpu in and you then get a gaming rig they can use(would recommend the msi gaming edge..basically the b550 tomahawk with wifi thrown in, can be had for £140ish). Might give you a few more years of service if you're going to keep for another 10yrs. Only other thing can think of is maybe get 32gb ram if you keeping it for 10yrs. with ddr5 coming in, from what people say ddr4 prices will increase as production switches, so trying to upgrade that in the future becomes expensive( but 16gb more that adequate for your current needs)
 
Thank you everyone for the advice so far, much appreciated.

I've had a look at the X58 boards from China and also a couple of second hand ones in the UK, but they aren't cheap cheap so on balance I think it might be time to upgrade to a new base unit that I can afford right now, but might have some expansion options when I have more cash available in future for a proper GPU (after prices stabilise) and maybe a PCIe4 SSD.

I had a look at the B550 MOBO suggested by @Craig_d1 - the MSI MPG B550 GAMING PLUS (I don't need onboard Wifi). Although it wouldn't pull up trees would it be even possible to put my ancient Powercolor Radeon HD 4870 512MB PCI Express (it's PCI Express 2.0 x16) in that MOBO to tide me over until I can afford a new GPU? Or would it not even be compatible? Forgive my ignorance!

If using the old graphics card is a non-starter would the combination of **B Grade** AMD Ryzen 5 3600 plus Inno3D GeForce GTX 1050Ti Twin X2 V2 4096MB suggested by @Joxeon be better than one of these new fangled (to me anyway!) Ryzen APU chips like the Ryzen 5 3400G, or the new 5600G which is due to come out soon I believe?

My children are only 5 and 2 by the way so no serious gaming yet! I've just introduced the 5 year old to a Raspberry Pi with Minecraft which she likes. No doubt their tastes will develop with time but I'd rather buy them their own machine than have them dominate mine in future!
 
You can use the 4870 in a B550 mobo, pcie is backwards compatable. I just used a 4850 in an X570 just to get video out so I could test and see it all posted and all components were detected.
 
Thank you everyone for the advice so far, much appreciated.

I've had a look at the X58 boards from China and also a couple of second hand ones in the UK, but they aren't cheap cheap so on balance I think it might be time to upgrade to a new base unit that I can afford right now, but might have some expansion options when I have more cash available in future for a proper GPU (after prices stabilise) and maybe a PCIe4 SSD.

Like you say X58 boards are basically the same price as a new B450/B550 motherboard. At least with them you have more up to date features and an upgrade path. Even older low-end 2000/3000 series CPU's can out perform an i7-9xx/X58 so IMO it makes no sense to buy a X58 motherboard (unless it's incredibly cheap second hand).
 
Probably not worth replacing an old board like that and those X58 boards still go for a fair bit.

Maybe a refresh to something like this.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £479.45 (includes shipping: £10.50)

Assuming the description is correct the 3600 seems to come "With Wraith Stealth Cooler" so is it necessary to spend £29.99 on another cooler?
 
Assuming the description is correct the 3600 seems to come "With Wraith Stealth Cooler" so is it necessary to spend £29.99 on another cooler?
Not a necessity but that said the wraith stealth isn't the best cooler so grabbing an aftermarket cooler is a good long term investment and would provide better thermals and noise while also being able to carry over for a future CPU upgrades when you would likely need to buy a new cooler anyway.
 
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