My ghetto PC died...

[Shaper]

I set up a ghetto PC from some parts I had laying around the house. It turned out to be a i7-930 processor with 4Gigg DDR3 RAM, and a GTX 570 card. 
This other day it died during a bootup, and the motherboard is totally bust. Tried everything to get it working again, cleared CMOS, pulled out all the cards/disks/ram that was uneccecary. But still no life in it. Tested the other stuff on my main computer, and all is working well. So either the motherboard or the CPU died. 

So I have to change my Motherboard and CPU. And I have been looking around for alternatives. But I suddenly get confused. My main priority is to get as cheap as possible Motherboard and CPU that is the best value for money. 
On my retailer in my country they sell theese upgrade packages for quite a discount. You get motherboard, CPU and RAM all in one preconfigured package. With a discount ofc. (discount meaning if RAM/CPU/MB costs €200, you get the package for €160)
But my options are limited, and I want it to be as cheap as it can get, without being shit. And my girl is going to use this computer, and I dont want her to get pissed off because her computer is being a slug. 

 

So my question is; Does the CPU matter for gaming?  All she does is play World of Warcraft on the computer, and maybe some Portal/Halflife/CS. 

 

My choices are:

Intel® LGA1150 Celeron G1820 (Dualcore, 2.7GHz, Haswell)

MSI B85M-E45, Socket-1150, m-ATX, B85, DDR3, 1xPCIe-x16, VGA, DVI, HDMI

Crucial DDR3 1600MHz 4GB CL11

 

AMD FM2 A4-7300

Gigabyte FM2+ GA-F2A78M-D3H

Crucial DDR3 BallistiX 1600Mhz 4GB KIT

 

Intel LGA1150 Pentium G3240, 3.1Ghz

Crucial DDR3 BallistiX 1600Mhz 4GB KIT

MSI LGA1150 B85M-E45, USB 3.0, Sata 6GB/s

 

All theese packages have a retail price of around €140 or around $200-220 Canadian Dollars

Are any of theese packages good enough for gaming?   Or do I have to pony up for an i3/anniversary edition? 

 

Thanks in advance for replies . 

[thekeemo]

You might want to go the amd route

[SIGSEGV]

If you want to get as cheap as possible then go the AMD route, also what power supply were you using before?

[zappian]

Man thats sad , that cpu was very good.

 

RIP i7.

[Cheddle]

I set up a ghetto PC from some parts I had laying around the house. It turned out to be a i7-930 processor with 4Gigg DDR3 RAM, and a GTX 570 card. 

This other day it died during a bootup, and the motherboard is totally bust. Tried everything to get it working again, cleared CMOS, pulled out all the cards/disks/ram that was uneccecary. But still no life in it. Tested the other stuff on my main computer, and all is working well. So either the motherboard or the CPU died. 

So I have to change my Motherboard and CPU. And I have been looking around for alternatives. But I suddenly get confused. My main priority is to get as cheap as possible Motherboard and CPU that is the best value for money. 

On my retailer in my country they sell theese upgrade packages for quite a discount. You get motherboard, CPU and RAM all in one preconfigured package. With a discount ofc. (discount meaning if RAM/CPU/MB costs €200, you get the package for €160)

But my options are limited, and I want it to be as cheap as it can get, without being shit. And my girl is going to use this computer, and I dont want her to get pissed off because her computer is being a slug. 

 

So my question is; Does the CPU matter for gaming?  All she does is play World of Warcraft on the computer, and maybe some Portal/Halflife/CS. 

 

My choices are:

Intel® LGA1150 Celeron G1820 (Dualcore, 2.7GHz, Haswell)

MSI B85M-E45, Socket-1150, m-ATX, B85, DDR3, 1xPCIe-x16, VGA, DVI, HDMI

Crucial DDR3 1600MHz 4GB CL11

 

AMD FM2 A4-7300

Gigabyte FM2+ GA-F2A78M-D3H

Crucial DDR3 BallistiX 1600Mhz 4GB KIT

 

Intel LGA1150 Pentium G3240, 3.1Ghz

Crucial DDR3 BallistiX 1600Mhz 4GB KIT

MSI LGA1150 B85M-E45, USB 3.0, Sata 6GB/s

 

All theese packages have a retail price of around €140 or around $200-220 Canadian Dollars

Are any of theese packages good enough for gaming?   Or do I have to pony up for an i3/anniversary edition? 

 

Thanks in advance for replies . 

 

Buy a second hand mobo to suit the i7-930

[Shaper]

I'd love to try to get a second hand mobo to fix all this, but the problem is that I dont have any idea if it is the motherboard or the CPU that is faulting. So that might be a waste of time ?  
I know the i7 ran every game i threw at it, with the 570 running at only 1080p it was an easy job staying @60FPS ish. How will the other CPU's (the cheaper ones) handle WoW? 

[zappian]

 

 

I'd love to try to get a second hand mobo to fix all this, but the problem is that I dont have any idea if it is the motherboard or the CPU that is faulting. So that might be a waste of time ?  

 

Get a used mobo for like 20/30  bucks an try it ,if the i7 is dead get another used.

 

That cpu is very good.

[Recon97]

Try using a defibletrator.

[Spev]

Buy a second hand mobo to suit the i7-930

Finding an LGA1366 is no easy task in 2015. None new, even 2nd hand hard to find.

[zappian]

nvm , yeah they are expensive.

[han_han08]

Finding an LGA1366 is no easy task in 2015. None new, even 2nd hand hard to find.

 

i guess all of the 2nd hand parts get sold off here. lol

1st gen (?) complete set (cpu, hdd, etc) is about 200-300USD (after conversion).

 

sad to see a revived board go down for the last time.

[harrynowl]

Well you still have 4GB of DDR3 and a graphics card. So perhaps a i3 4150 + H81 motherboard?

[Litargirio]

I'd love to try to get a second hand mobo to fix all this, but the problem is that I dont have any idea if it is the motherboard or the CPU that is faulting.

 

CPU failures are extremely rare. Motherboard failures, not so much. It's a dead motherboard; if you just get a new one, you'll be fine.

 

You did test your power supply, didn't you?

[ProKoN]

please send me that presumably dead chip so i can test it

[FellTheSky]

i would buy a used 1366 mobo, going from a i7 930 to an apu doesnt make sense

If you dont get any, i guess g3258 or athlon 760k

[Charezon]

CPU failures are extremely rare. Motherboard failures, not so much. It's a dead motherboard; if you just get a new one, you'll be fine.

 

You did test your power supply, didn't you?

 

I'm thinking the same thing, you did check to see if it's not the PSU that died, right?

[Cheddle]

Finding an LGA1366 is no easy task in 2015. None new, even 2nd hand hard to find.

 

This is true... I bought a second hand 1156 board from china a few months back for $60.

 

Though 1366 is a much much rarer and more expensive thing...

 

Good luck.

 

The 930 is a beast CPU...

[Jumper118]

please send me that presumably dead chip so i can test it

lol +1. prokon will make sure its actually dead I sent Priller my 'dead' FX6200 and it work a bit in his board

[I/O]

For running WoW you are going to need to stay on Intel.

[Shaper]

Of course I have tested that the PSU is not failing on me. Besides, my PSU is a 6mnth 650W Corsair Modular High Quality PSU.  
The funny thing is that when I try to turn on her PC all powers on. (Fans, GPU fan is spinning, CPU fan is spinning, Light on the motherboard lights up. But there is no post "Beep" and no sync to the monitor I have connected (Tried the GFX card on my other system and it worked.) 
So i guess, either the BIOS went to shit, or the Mobo is dead. Either that or the CPU went to shit, too bad if that is the case. 

To update this post. And possibly solve it. I ordered a new Mobo. I found one, so I hope to get it in the next couple weeks. Got one for around €65. So I'll keep you guys posted about the updates. 

Thanks alot for the sympathy and the suggestions.