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So I have a potato that has an old CPU and motherboard that's AM2 and DDR2 and looking for something better for $100 Canadian, have a R7 250 GPU in it and it is getting bottlenecked like crazy, so I need to upgrade. P.S I know putting a better GPU in the PC does not make it faster, It was the only spare GPU I had laying around to put in.

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Just now, Daquaney said:

So I have a potato that has an old CPU and motherboard that's AM2 and DDR2 and looking for something better for $100 Canadian, have a R7 250 GPU in it and it is getting bottlenecked like crazy, so I need to upgrade. P.S I know putting a better GPU in the PC does not make it faster, It was the only spare GPU I had laying around to put in.

I would save up if I were you,DDR2 is old and 100 cad budget is too small for anything good

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4 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

I would save up if I were you,DDR2 is old and 100 cad budget is too small for anything good

I already have DDR3 ram and am just looking for a Motherboard and CPU.

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Just now, Daquaney said:

I already have DDR3 ram and am just looking for a Motherboard and CPU.

Still low. 

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4 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Still low. 

I only have it as a second computer and for it to run games for guests such as csgo, rocket league, and maybe even a moba. (it runs these already, just slow) 

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I would just search your local craigslist and hope for a good deal. 100 CAD is pretty low for an new parts 

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I would just search your local craigslist and hope for a good deal. 100 CAD is pretty low for an new parts 

Kelowna is a pretty small city however

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2 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Kelowna is a pretty small city however

I was just thinking that.

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Just got a buddy of mine a $40 CAD i3 2130 prebuilt with no RAM, just mobo cpu case and psu.

 

You could probably find a 2500 + mobo for 100 bucks, I see it in Ottawa all the time.

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3 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Kelowna is a pretty small city however

there is only 10 listings on parts and all are monitors.

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2 minutes ago, Damascus said:

Just got a buddy of mine a $40 CAD i3 2130 prebuilt with no RAM, just mobo cpu case and psu.

 

You could probably find a 2500 + mobo for 100 bucks, I see it in Ottawa all the time.

yes, but you are in a way larger city than mine. We have about 100,000 people you have around 1 million.

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yes, but you are in a way larger city than mine. We have about 100,000 people you have around 1 million.

True, I'd give it a shot.  Try ebay for a second gen i3/i5 and any 1155 mobo

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80 + 25 shipping = 105

 

http://m.ebay.ca/itm/USED-ASUS-P8H67-M-L-E-1155-i3-3-10-MHZ-4gb-RAM-MotherBoard-H67-B3-Revision-/253013683495?hash=item3ae8ca6d27%3Ag%3AlOQAAOSwcj5ZUb0Z&_trkparms=pageci%3Aff97564b-5ee1-11e7-979c-74dbd1809306%7Cparentrq%3A01a2eb8f15d0abc2311ef670fff5a8ac%7Ciid%3A1

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3 minutes ago, Damascus said:

True, I'd give it a shot.  Try ebay for a second gen i3/i5 and any 1155 mobo

ok thanks.

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3 minutes ago, Damascus said:

80 + 25 shipping = 105

 

http://m.ebay.ca/itm/USED-ASUS-P8H67-M-L-E-1155-i3-3-10-MHZ-4gb-RAM-MotherBoard-H67-B3-Revision-/253013683495?hash=item3ae8ca6d27%3Ag%3AlOQAAOSwcj5ZUb0Z&_trkparms=pageci%3Aff97564b-5ee1-11e7-979c-74dbd1809306%7Cparentrq%3A01a2eb8f15d0abc2311ef670fff5a8ac%7Ciid%3A1

Thanks a lot I am going to do a bit more digging around but I think this is what I'll go for.

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Here is what I found http://www.ebay.ca/itm/lntel-Core-i5-2500S-Quad-Core-CPU-Processor-2-7GHz-LGA-1155-65W-/152601503653?hash=item2387c227a5:g:UhwAAOSwlMFZNgWX and http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Intel-DH61CR-Socket-H2-LGA-1155-Desktop-PC-System-Board-Motherboard-w-IO-Shield-/382146095791?hash=item58f9aeaaaf:g:DisAAOSwq~tZVpj3

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Try ebay

Also try electronics recyclers

The one near me is nationwide and has 25k sales and 100% rating, usually 1000-2000 items at any given time.

They have a physical address where you can pick up the items.

Sometimes there are some great deals to be had.

Just gotta be patient.

You can look at Xeons, the X56xx series cpu's are great.

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1 minute ago, yathis said:

Try ebay

Also try electronics recyclers

The one near me is nationwide and has 25k sales and 100% rating, usually 1000-2000 items at any given time.

They have a physical address where you can pick up the items.

Sometimes there are some great deals to be had.

Just gotta be patient.

 

WHERE 

Want to custom loop?  Ask me more if you are curious

 

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5 minutes ago, Trey222 said:

Here is what I found http://www.ebay.ca/itm/lntel-Core-i5-2500S-Quad-Core-CPU-Processor-2-7GHz-LGA-1155-65W-/152601503653?hash=item2387c227a5:g:UhwAAOSwlMFZNgWX and http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Intel-DH61CR-Socket-H2-LGA-1155-Desktop-PC-System-Board-Motherboard-w-IO-Shield-/382146095791?hash=item58f9aeaaaf:g:DisAAOSwq~tZVpj3

so far the i3 is cheaper as shpping is a lot lower

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12 minutes ago, Damascus said:

Just got a buddy of mine a $40 CAD i3 2130 prebuilt with no RAM, just mobo cpu case and psu.

 

You could probably find a 2500 + mobo for 100 bucks, I see it in Ottawa all the time.

Vancouver = 

 

 

2500 + mobo = $175

 

 

Kelowna should be similar, since it's also hit with shitty market syndrome.

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1 minute ago, Damascus said:

WHERE 

They are called ERA, www.era.ca

Vancouver Toronto Ottawa Edmonton Saskatoon

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so far the i3 is cheaper as shpping is a lot lower

Thats true but the i5 has more power 

My Work in Progress PC http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/522048-xeon-build/ <-- That PC was built but never booted:(

My Work in Progress PC 2.0 https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/540583-xeon-build-20-code-name-xenox (Hopefully this one boots.) 

 

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4 minutes ago, yathis said:

They are called ERA, www.era.ca

Vancouver Toronto Ottawa Edmonton Saskatoon

Damn, one depot in Montreal and one in Toronto,  nothing for ottawa

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6 minutes ago, Trey222 said:

Thats true but the i5 has more power 

True.

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