Motherboard help!!!

Hi guys,

I recently dug up this ancient Phillips Freevents MT2400 desktop in the attic and though i'am no IT guru i though "hey i'll try building one from the ground up!" and it didn't dawn on me i knew nothing about this till after i've had my fun disassembling it.

Heres the problem, I want to build a rig from the ground up for moderate gaming but i also want to keep the chassis as well if possible and it would help if i knew what motherboard was originally in there (to compare and make sure the new one fits!). Bearing in mind I know absolutely nothing about computer components does anyone know how i can find this out and which motherboards is suggested to be considered? (the original had 8 screws holding it in place if that helps)

many thanks guys!
serp :sweatdrop:

Right, firstly, from what I can find out the motherboard linked below is the one that was fitted into that model:

Link

Secondly, a case that was supplied by Philips in a stock off-the-shelf mass produced PC is not good enough for gaming, no two ways about it. You'd be better off buying a new case for a new gaming build (any that cost around £50 and upwards should do).

Thirdly, and most importantly, this site is exclusively for discussing PCS builds seeing as that's what's they do and it's their forum. If you post your budget on here people will be more than happy to spec you up a PCS build.

Boozad said:

Right, firstly, from what I can find out the motherboard linked below is the one that was fitted into that model:

Link

Secondly, a case that was supplied by Philips in a stock off-the-shelf mass produced PC is not good enough for gaming, no two ways about it. You'd be better off buying a new case for a new gaming build (any that cost around £50 and upwards should do).

Thirdly, and most importantly, this site is exclusively for discussing PCS builds seeing as that's what's they do and it's their forum. If you post your budget on here people will be more than happy to spec you up a PCS build.

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Cheerz for the quick reply, my budget is 500-700 and im looking to build a desktop similiar if not better than the alienware x51 4th gen i5 model as im debating whether to just purchase one an save the hassle or have one built to avoid the premium.

With your budget I would suggest an AMD build,this spec will handle most games on high settings,and is a pretty strong gaming rig for £720.
Case
InWIN MANA-136 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD FX-6300 Six Core CPU (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3+)
Motherboard
ASUS® M5A97 (DDR3, USB3.0, 6Gb/s)
Memory (RAM)
4GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 760 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Free Item
FREE BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS GAME with GTX 660 & 7 Series GPUs!
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe AMD CPU Cooler (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 2 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
Quantity
1
Price: £720.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/amd-bulldozer-top-spec-pc/XxzQbzfYBm/