replacing the motherboard

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tomskiman

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As i posted about my pc being old in my previous post about my cpu cable being to short, i am now fed up of my motherboard and i am thinking of replacing it, as there seems to be no option to change to uefi from legacy, no secure boot option,tried through cmd prompt (failed) its a gigabyte ga-h55-ud3h and as i have never changed a motherboard before obviously not looking for the best motherboard but any advice would be greatly appreciated thank you in anticipation
 
That motherboard is way too old to support UEFI. At this point you are looking at a whole new platform upgrade which means motherboard, processor and ram.
 
That board even has IDE connectors on it, I think LGA1156 released like 16 years ago.

Maybe you can take your board to go get its drivers license.
 
I usually start with a budget.

Also scrounging a spare parts build is usually a different experience than a new one.
 
good enough for my grandson to pay fortnite when im not using it, would i get anything for£100 or under i have no idea and i dont want to get same as i have
 
You are probably looking around $300 USD for new parts. unless you buy off ebay or somewhere similar.

$100 for a motherboard
$75 for ram
$150 for a decent cpu

Then at that point you would really want a 1tb NVME ssd for around $75 USD. How old is the power supply?
 
i use my pc for music production and and general browsing and youtube, im not a gamer my grandson wants to play fortnite and that's it apart from the fortnite this motherboard did those things,but ive bought a gpu and the usb's are working intermittently,(and its old) so thats why i need to change it but i dont need to overly spend as it would be wasted on me lol
 
Looking at the previous post, I was a bit confused, the CPU cable plugs into the top of the motherboard, the GPU is the long card, it normally uses a 6 or 8 pin end cable.

The members who replied recommended a cable extension kit which would help you fix this issues. However if you're going to look for a new motherboard, you may want to look into what price mark you'd like, the cpu platform you'd like to use?

In my opinion I'd recommend an AMD platform. They're affordable and then if you'd like AMD you need to work on which OS you'd like to use. Windows 11 which is the current main OS (Windows 10 is EOL).

Windows 11 Intel supported CPU
Windows 11 AMD supported CPU

Then go and look for a motherboard which has the same socket as the chip. For example: AMD Ryzen 3 3200G

The AMD Ryzen 3 3200G has an AM4 socket.

So I would use the: ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING WIFI II - Motherboard.

Reason being, it has a AM4 socket for the CPU above, it has Wifi 6e support, so you don't need to plug in an Ethernet cable or a wireless card, it has USB 3.2 not the latest but near enough. 4 ram slots, so if you wish to upgrade the system in the future with more ram you can. M.2 slots for M.2 SSD if you would like to use one for the boot drive for Windows.

And the main point for everyone especially new builders, BIOS flashback, so if you need to update the Bios, you download the files to a USB, plug it into the BIOS USB slot, press the BIOS button and it does the hard work for you.

Then the rest can come after, personally however I do recommend you buy a Modular or Semi-Modular power supply. It'll make your life easier and you can only use what you need, want a 8 pin cable, there will probably be one in the box.

PS: You can find some offers on eBay and buy the auction prices, but Amazon is next day delivery, sorry mine are linked in the UK, however you can find them on the USA one.
 
DanceFamily said:
Looking at the previous post, I was a bit confused, the CPU cable plugs into the top of the motherboard, the GPU is the long card, it normally uses a 6 or 8 pin end cable.

The members who replied recommended a cable extension kit which would help you fix this issues. However if you're going to look for a new motherboard, you may want to look into what price mark you'd like, the cpu platform you'd like to use?

In my opinion I'd recommend an AMD platform. They're affordable and then if you'd like AMD you need to work on which OS you'd like to use. Windows 11 which is the current main OS (Windows 10 is EOL).

Windows 11 Intel supported CPU
Windows 11 AMD supported CPU

Then go and look for a motherboard which has the same socket as the chip. For example: AMD Ryzen 3 3200G

The AMD Ryzen 3 3200G has an AM4 socket.

So I would use the: ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING WIFI II - Motherboard.

Reason being, it has a AM4 socket for the CPU above, it has Wifi 6e support, so you don't need to plug in an Ethernet cable or a wireless card, it has USB 3.2 not the latest but near enough. 4 ram slots, so if you wish to upgrade the system in the future with more ram you can. M.2 slots for M.2 SSD if you would like to use one for the boot drive for Windows.

And the main point for everyone especially new builders, BIOS flashback, so if you need to update the Bios, you download the files to a USB, plug it into the BIOS USB slot, press the BIOS button and it does the hard work for you.

Then the rest can come after, personally however I do recommend you buy a Modular or Semi-Modular power supply. It'll make your life easier and you can only use what you need, want a 8 pin cable, there will probably be one in the box.

PS: You can find some offers on eBay and buy the auction prices, but Amazon is next day delivery, sorry mine are linked in the UK, however you can find them on the USA one.
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thank you for you very detailed post it is much appreciated, although i have had pc,s since the 90s and have carried out general tasks like new paste and replacing parts and general software problems, i have never replaced a motherboard completely as Ive always bought complete pcs so i hope you can over look what might seem like basically obvious questions to you.
my case is a nfortec lynks case (i lived in spain when i bought it) and it seems ok to use i think , the description on the web site is..................With a front design made up of polygonal lines that highlight its RGB LED lighting, the new Nfortec Lynx gaming tower presents a more aggressive exterior, combined with an interior compatible with ATX, Mini-ATX and ITX motherboards. In addition to the included rear RGB fan, you will have space on the front to place up to three 120mm fans and two more on the top. As for liquid cooling, you can install one of up to 240mm on the front.
Now on some sites it says micro atx and others say mini atx and I'm not wanting to buy something that doesn't fit. i was looking for a motherboard bundle and if i'm honest i would not like to spend more than £ 200 (less if possible) and i'm sure im going to have take a power supply into account at some point, as i said if not for the usb sockets being faulty i would be quite happy to carry on with this one, so once again any guidance would be greatly appreciated oh and the gpu i have just plugs into the pci slot no 6 pin plug needed.
 
tomskiman said:
thank you for you very detailed post it is much appreciated, although i have had pc,s since the 90s and have carried out general tasks like new paste and replacing parts and general software problems, i have never replaced a motherboard completely as Ive always bought complete pcs so i hope you can over look what might seem like basically obvious questions to you.
my case is a nfortec lynks case (i lived in spain when i bought it) and it seems ok to use i think , the description on the web site is..................With a front design made up of polygonal lines that highlight its RGB LED lighting, the new Nfortec Lynx gaming tower presents a more aggressive exterior, combined with an interior compatible with ATX, Mini-ATX and ITX motherboards. In addition to the included rear RGB fan, you will have space on the front to place up to three 120mm fans and two more on the top. As for liquid cooling, you can install one of up to 240mm on the front.
Now on some sites it says micro atx and others say mini atx and I'm not wanting to buy something that doesn't fit. i was looking for a motherboard bundle and if i'm honest i would not like to spend more than £ 200 (less if possible) and i'm sure im going to have take a power supply into account at some point, as i said if not for the usb sockets being faulty i would be quite happy to carry on with this one, so once again any guidance would be greatly appreciated oh and the gpu i have just plugs into the pci slot no 6 pin plug needed.
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If your case is fine as it is, I wouldn't replace it, you can give it a fresh clean, and re-connect the parts you'd like to keep.

£165: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Components4All-3-5Ghz-A320M-K-Motherboard-Pre-Built/dp/B079YCGJFG/ Without any ram, they do have a ram bundle, however if you have DDR4 ram you can use your current set.

£120: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Components4All-Threads-A320M-K-Motherboard-Pre-Built/dp/B07RQ8148L/ this includes 4GB ram, however the downside to these are they're not the best boards, but an option for you if you'd like to spend less.

They both also require either a wifi card or ethernet connection. I can look into a bundle we can build for you within your budget, just need to know what parts you have like DDR4 ram or DDR3, etc power supply wattage or do you want a new one in the £200 ish price range?

Also if you have a picture of the case that would help me help you if I can mate?
 
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