Kids' PC died. Anyone have an old mobo/CPU/RAM?
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 6:42 pm
My kids' computer (used mainly by my youngest) died the other day. The motherboard - a ten year old dinosaur on its second owner - finally gave out. I usually keep their system running by giving them my hand-me-downs, but I haven't been able to update my own system in years, so theirs is just plain old. It's only really viable because someone gave them a good video card about five years ago. Their gaming time is their reward for working hard in school and at home, and for taking care of other things that need taken care of. Lately, my youngest mostly uses it to play Vermintide 2 and Fallout 76 (both of which he bought for himself with his allowance.) I want to try and give them that back. The old system was an Intel i7 920, 2.6GHz with 8mb of RAM, and was just barely able to run those games to begin with (it was below the minumums for both of them.)
Has anyone upgraded lately that has their previous mobo/processor/RAM lying around? It would need to work with his GTX 960, 650 watt PS, and fit into a standard case. I can pull off$100 for it. I know that it's a long shot, especially with that amount, but that's the most I can manage, and I have to make the attempt.
Has anyone upgraded lately that has their previous mobo/processor/RAM lying around? It would need to work with his GTX 960, 650 watt PS, and fit into a standard case. I can pull off$100 for it. I know that it's a long shot, especially with that amount, but that's the most I can manage, and I have to make the attempt.