Good idea to upgrade to a new CPU and RAM when replacing a broken old Motherboard?

[froggyboy604]

If you can afford to buy a new CPU, RAM, and better motherboard which work for your new CPU, it can be a good idea to replace the CPU and motherboard with a better CPU, motherboard, and RAM if your old DDR2 RAM does not work in newer motherboard which typically use DDR3 and DDR4 RAM.

Old CPUs, and RAM do break after many years of use, or from heat, regular use, and being shocked by too many power surges from your home's electricity, and static electricity.

Replacing the CPU, RAM, and motherboard at the same time can save you sometime in the future, and your computer will be more reliable since you are no longer using old RAM, and CPU which may more likely fail in the near future.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Unless you really need the data on the PC, I would just recommend a new PC if your motherboard goes out.

 

[froggyboy604]

Unless you really need the data on the PC, I would just recommend a new PC if your motherboard goes out.

Users can usually access data on old hard drives by hooking up the hard drive to a working desktop PC, but you may need to get a IDE to SATA or SATA to IDE adapter if your PC or hard drive is older. More careful computer user's backup their data to a USB hard drive, and DVD-R Discs, so the data is usually backed up.

I agree a new PC would be a good idea when your motherboard goes out unless you got a defective motherboard which died a few months after installing it on your PC.

Saving money on a CPU, hard drive, ram, case, disc drive, power supply, and expansion cards by re-using old parts can be a reason for some people to not replace their whole PC.

Some users run a lightweight OS like Puppy Linux from a USB Flash Drive, or CD/DVD where a hard drive or SSD is not needed, and the OS on the flash drive or CD is loaded to the RAM when it is finish starting up. Users just need a computer with a motherboard, CPU, and RAM to use some Linux Operating Systems.

Most motherboards have onboard sound, networking, and USB chips and ports, and most AMD and Intel CPUs have onboard video, so you don't need to install any extra cards like the past. Some low powered Intel Celeron motherboards also have a built-in CPU, and may have built-in RAM if the motherboard is used for a netbook, or micro-PC.