Well if you have to throw put the motherboard, theres a high chance you have to replace the cpu too.
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grooving@lemmy.studio 2 weeks ago
The only thing turning. To waste is the motherboard right? It sucks, but throw out a whole computer because of a motherboard is a wacky move.
sepiroth154@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
elvith@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
The problem is more the CPU than the motherboard. But upgrading the CPU might also mean upgrading the motherboard and maybe RAM.
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Might also be ram compatibility problems
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
That’s assuming the user knows that and didn’t just buy a prebuilt tower from Costco, and that it isn’t a laptop or something where changing the motherboard is much harder if not impossible.
grooving@lemmy.studio 2 weeks ago
Yeah true. Also finding a new motherboard that still works with your outdated ram type would be annoying research to have to do.
Smc87@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
The only thing turning to waste is the OS. You can still use anything else fine.