Mobo replacement.

[Dubaille]

Hi everyone,

Currently I have an Asus M5A99 R2.0 with AMD FX-8350 Black edition and 4x4gb of DDR3 RAM. Without going into detail, I broke my motherboard and I'm looking to replace it. Im too poor to get something brand new because the RAM isnt cheap. Also, I was thinking to switch to intel...

 

For 300$, what are the option for CPU and Mobo and keeping my DDR3 RAM ?

 

Ty

 

[Fasauceome]

for DDR3 the 4th gen intel CPUs are recommended. What region are you buying from? Is eBay an option? 

[LukeSavenije]

I would recommend something like the 4770k or 4790k with a good z series mobo for that price. Or just look into ryzen, but that will be hard for that budget, becouse you need ddr4 for that

[Dubaille]

1 minute ago, fasauceome said:

for DDR3 the 4th gen intel CPUs are recommended. What region are you buying from? Is eBay an option? 

eBay is doable, but I have not lot of confidence buying tech there. Im in Canada.

[Dubaille]

1 minute ago, LukeSavenije said:

I would recommend something like the 4770k or 4790k with a good z series mobo for that price. Or just look into ryzen, but that will be hard for that budget, becouse you need ddr4 for that

I would love to get Ryzen, but I cant really wait to get the money for the ram....

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, Dubaille said:

I would love to get Ryzen, but I cant really wait to get the money for the ram....

Then my 4th gen intel cpu choise would be a recommendation. Just watch out for scams and bad boards. And get a good cooler for it if you havent alread

[Fasauceome]

4 minutes ago, Dubaille said:

I would love to get Ryzen, but I cant really wait to get the money for the ram....

Oh BTW, I'm selling a z97 motherboard for $100 USD, which is less than half your budget. You could buy that from me and then get a 4770k off used market.

 

[Dubaille]

2 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Oh BTW, I'm selling a z97 motherboard for $100 USD, which is less than half your budget. You could buy that from me and then get a 4770k off used market.

 

Thanks for the offer, but Ill try to findsomething more local for me.

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, fasauceome said:

Oh BTW, I'm selling a z97 motherboard for $100 USD, which is less than half your budget. You could buy that from me and then get a 4770k off used market.

 

Not a bad mobo to pair with it. But I started with my pc intrest around the skylake series cpus, so I dont know that much about it. Pair it with a 4770k or 4790k and a good cooler, and you'll be fine. Assuming the board still works fine

[Fasauceome]

Just now, LukeSavenije said:

Not a bad mobo to pair with it. But I started with my pc intrest around the skylake series cpus, so I dont know that much about it. Pair it with a 4770k or 4790k and a good cooler, and you'll be fine. Assuming the board still works fine

The board is fresh from Asus repair services, it's good.