Hello everyone, I purchased my current build in Feb 2012 but on Friday evening it packed up and it looks like the motherboard based on troubleshooting and diagnostic codes. Spec: i7 3820 socket 2011 Asus P9x79 16GB Corsair DDR 3 1600 I'm not sure what to replace it with and money is a bit tight at the moment. I purchased a GTX 1070 over Christmas and I'm gutted that I cannot use it at the moment. I would like to reuse my RAM if possible. Is there anything anything out there that still uses DDR 3 RAM or is it just a waste of money? Budget is around £500 I'm open to Intel or AMD Thanks for your help. Andre
The new stuff is all DDR4 now I believe. You could always try and source a replacement board I suppose ? is it just a gaming PC, or work too ?
£500 would get you a R5 1600, 16GB of DDR4 and a decent motherboard along the lines of the ASUS Strix B350-F You could try and source another motherboard for what you have but X79 boards seem to be going for daft money on fleabay.
I actually know someone wanting to shift a P9X79 Pro. I'll give him a buzz if you'd be interested in that option...? I believe he's after around £100 - far more reasons than eBay.
The 3820 is slow though. I mean yeah, that's the cheap fix, but I wouldn't do it personally. If it were a 3930k or above? yeah, I would consider it. Redflames has said everything I would have, so that saved me from saying exactly the same thing
Hi Thanks for all the replies. I think I will have a look at replacing it with a new Ryzen system. It is tempting to get an x79 motherboard, but yes the 3820 is a bit old now. Much appreciated. Andre
Well the above combo comes to about £440. 32GB or the bump up to the 1700 would push you comfortably past 500. Without trawling ebay for a cheap second-hand *well Xeon and appropriate X99 board, there's not much on the Intel side worth having at that price range [and you'd still be looking at new RAM].
