Help with found motherboard

[marcvro]

hey guys! this is my first ever post! I came here for some questions about a motherboard I found that was going to be for my older brother before he moved, this motherboard is from 2014-2015. I don't know if it's still worth anything but one thing I do know is that it's New. can anyone help me figure out what model it is or how much it could go for?

[kelvinhall05]

That's an Intel DX79TO. I'd keep it if it works, you can get a cheap Xeon, OC the shit out of it, and have a damn good budget rig.

[porina]

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/55800/intel-desktop-board-dx79to.html

Looks like that. Should give you a starting point for checking its value. Xeons from that era are pretty cheap now. I'm not familiar with the consumer chips of that era.

[FloRolf]

That's pretty cool! I'd honestly try to sell it for a hefty price to an collector though and get a Ryzen system instead. 

 

 

But others said, a cheap Xeon will also make for a cool system, albeit outdated and slower than a standard consumer based pc now. 

[kelvinhall05]

1 minute ago, FloRolf said:

That's pretty cool! I'd honestly try to sell it for a hefty price to an collector though and get a Ryzen system instead. 

 

 

But others said, a cheap Xeon will also make for a cool system, albeit outdated and slower than a standard consumer based pc now. 

I may be wrong but I don't think there is anything about this motherboard that makes it collectible.

[CastleCrusher]

One of the "lower end" of Intel's X79 boards, the DX79TO. These boards are pretty nice overall in build and are kinda harder to find, but from experience, I'd be wary of using it in a computer for daily use though. I have the nicer of the three boards released by Intel-the DX79SR-and my experience has been rough. Most of my issues are probably due to my graphics card, but keep in mind that it doesn't technically support Windows 10. All official drivers (again, none for W10) have been pulled from Intel's website including BIOS ROMS. The biggest thing to keep in mind that it ONLY supports V1 Sandy Bridge CPUs

 

Other than that, get an E5 1650, overclock it, and you have a pretty solid platform.

[porina]

1 minute ago, kelvinhall05 said:

I may be wrong but I don't think there is anything about this motherboard that makes it collectible.

It looks like it was Intel's HEDT platform for the era. Gonna be worth more than the generic Chinese mobos supporting similar today.

[CastleCrusher]

2 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

I may be wrong but I don't think there is anything about this motherboard that makes it collectible.

That's debatable I guess, really there's nothing special about it as a motherboard. Intel doesn't make motherboards anymore and its an X79 board that can overclock cheap Xeons so it offers a lot of value. X79 and X58 boards are hard to find and they're highly desirable.

[kelvinhall05]

1 minute ago, porina said:

It looks like it was Intel's HEDT platform for the era. Gonna be worth more than the generic Chinese mobos supporting similar today.

I meant compared to other X79 mobos from that era.

[kelvinhall05]

Just now, CastleCrusher said:

That's debatable I guess, really there's nothing special about it as a motherboard. Intel doesn't make motherboards anymore and its an X79 board that can overclock cheap Xeons so it offers a lot of value. X79 and X58 boards are hard to find and they're highly desirable.

See my reply to Porina.

[CastleCrusher]

Just now, kelvinhall05 said:

See my reply to Porina.

Yeah, I replied right after that was posted. Other than being one of the last motherboards made by Intel, nothing much really. No support for V2 chips, a pretty basic looking yet functional BIOS, no Windows 10 support (most boards supported W10 back then if I'm not mistaken), and this being one of the "cheaper" of the 3 Intel released, it doesn't even have a USB 3.0 header. 

[Maticks]

If someone has a specific business application that runs on this motherboard and offically supports this board. Given its new in box.

That has some value to someone who wants their application to kick along without issue for another 5 years fault free.

 

I would try and hock it online see if someone wants it and buy a Ryzen system with a better IPC then you get more power for the newer cheap.

 

Certainly not a boring looking board as well, you never know i've sold things online that i saw no value for and someone really wanted it.

Worst case you list it for 10 days online and no one wants it, then you can buy a processor for it and turn it into a system

[Mark Kaine]

just looking at this, I would go for the long haul... 300 minimum... it's *brand new* has a "skull thing", a led "display" and is from Intel...

 

 

it's probably worth a lot more, 400-500 maybe, though really ~300 seems about right imo! 

 

looked it up, 500 minimum, they're selling them for 400 "refurbished"!