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I've been looking for 2 motherboards. One is the Z87 - Z97 and the other is a Z77. CPUs are sitting on my desk and all the parts but finding it hard to find boards at a reasonable price. Not sure if I want to trust ebay. (Have had good luck on ebay.)pricing of boards are high and shipping is out of this world.  Won't touch wish or AliExpress.  

 

If any one out there has working boards I'd be willing to buy them up. Or if someone can help me find them.

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Boards don’t really wear out. I’ve had a great run with my MSI z87-gd65 Gaming mobo.

 

Try Kijiji or Craigslist?

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So the problem isn’t that you can’t find them but that you can’t find them cheap and refuse to shop in the places they are normally sold.

Not a pro, not even very good.  I’m just old and have time currently.  Assuming I know a lot about computers can be a mistake.

 

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10 minutes ago, Cavalry Canuck said:

Boards don’t really wear out. I’ve had a great run with my MSI z87-gd65 Gaming mobo.

 

Oh they do, your board isn't old enough. x6x chipset boards like H61 are falling apart due to age already

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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24 minutes ago, Cavalry Canuck said:

Boards don’t really wear out. I’ve had a great run with my MSI z87-gd65 Gaming mobo.

 

Try Kijiji or Craigslist?

Motherboards and graphics cards in my experience are the most likely to fail.

 

It makes sense, since both essentially are the same thing and have similar components and weak points.

Before you reply to my post, REFRESH. 99.99% chance I edited my post. 

 

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I'm not unwilling to buy from ebay. Just hoping to find something closer to home. I have lines on 2 mobos on ebay from someone that I have got from before. 

 

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9 hours ago, Bigxroebuck said:

I've been looking for 2 motherboards. One is the Z87 - Z97 and the other is a Z77. CPUs are sitting on my desk and all the parts but finding it hard to find boards at a reasonable price. Not sure if I want to trust ebay. (Have had good luck on ebay.)pricing of boards are high and shipping is out of this world.  Won't touch wish or AliExpress.  

 

If any one out there has working boards I'd be willing to buy them up. Or if someone can help me find them.

Can't blame you for not wanting to trust fleabay but at the same time it's probrably the best place to find anything.


Big tip is to look at the seller's rep score AND how long they've been a member there.

I'd trust a long membership with a good rep score as being worth the risk and have done so with good success so far. Anytime you buy online from a place like that there is the chance of getting burned, just how it is.

If you spot a deal with the "Member" only having been a member for a week or two regardless of score, I'd move on.

 

I have purchased a few boards listed as being dead/defective and most were indeed just that BUT I also knew how to judge what the issue was and if it was repairable or not. I know I've bought at least three that was listed as such and those were either fixable or actually worked.

 

Got one in just yesterday I was going to rob the CPU socket from (AM4) that was shown to be a dead board by it's listing..... And instead it was a working board, so far no issues to mention and scored a killer deal because of it.

 

The others did have problems, one had a badly messed up socket, this being shown below.
I was able to fix the pins (Maximus IX Hero 1151 board) and get it going, the other (Z170 OCF 1151 board) was shown to be "Unknown" related to condition but it worked anyway even with the issues it has (Didn't fix it - No need to in it's case for my useage).

 

A Z77 board should be easily found, I don't know your expertise in repairing such but it's possible to score an excellent deal by doing a little work, you just have to be PICKY when you look at the item about what the problem is and if you can handle it.

 

Aside from all that, you should be able to score something of use with either socket type you need.


Just be a picky shopper......

Like me.

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10 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

Oh they do, your board isn't old enough. x6x chipset boards like H61 are falling apart due to age already

H61 is also 9, going on 10 years old now. Is that not a decent lifespan?

 

Regardless, buy as new as possible, when given the option.

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6 hours ago, Cavalry Canuck said:

H61 is also 9, going on 10 years old now. Is that not a decent lifespan?

 

Regardless, buy as new as possible, when given the option.

I'd just saying that they do wear out, and faster than CPUs.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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