@cengland0@internetquickie This motherboard is capable of using an integrated GPU if it’s present on the CPU of your choosing, but does not offer graphics capabilities on its own.
I’m intrigued and oddly tempted, well done meh. Yes the chipset is a few years old but you can still find it at a microcenter. Could be a for cheap but efficient build, ie VERY MEH.
@NoNopeNot First, you have to get a CPU and RAM to install onto the motherboard. Then, purchase a separate power supply for PCs, and plug the power connectors into the motherboard. Then, on the back panel, plug in a monitor at the DisplayPort or HDMI port, as well as a keyboard in a USB port. Finally, you can put this in a computer case if you want, but connect the power cable from the case into the pins on the motherboard for power. Otherwise, just short those two pins, and the computer will boot, and stay booted in the BIOS screen.
From here, just plug your Lightning charging cable into any remaining available USB port and your iPhone, and the motherboard will charge your iPhone!
@TheRidGE
Easy. Should take me 4-6 months. I’m sure my phone will hold it’s charge til then. Now let me open Google Maps, Waze and Apple Maps while I wait. Is MapQuest still a thing?
@SnakeJG It’s cheap and if you have an older chip then it’s a great buy. Remember how hard it is getting the newer chips. Plus it’s supports 8th and 9th gen which isn’t that far off the speed of the latest ones. Let’s be honest. Intel’s hasn’t been on its game since the sixth gen.
@SnakeJG To use up some old components sitting around my house, I just purchased some LGA1156 and LGA1155 motherboards. These computers with decent CPUs (i7-860 and i7-2600), decent video cards (750Ti), 8GB RAM, and an SSD make for a plenty-useful system. I’m sending them to my family overseas.
So this is for 9th gen Intel? Interesting, but, um, what’s the audience here? Not gamers, so that whacks most of the homebrew whitebox gang. What’s left?
@stinks I’m guessing they are expecting the sites that announce their deals to handle this. I’m sure that Arstechnica will have it as a deal of the deal. So will other big sites.
I built my own computer once, well twice. Then I got a real job and bought a real computer. Besides, computer kits went out of style before Gates stole Windows from Jobs.
@hchavers I’ll take “Things someone that has never built their own computer would say” for $1000.00
Or you were just really bad at it.
I can build a system with 2x the specs at a given price point OR for 1/2x the price at a given spec point of anything on the market. And I have a real job.
@hchavers@Pufferfishy I used to do that when decent PCs were about $5000 and I needed the best specs for the latest and best CAD s/w. I haven’t needed faster than a typical system in a dozen years or more. I need it to keep up with my typing speed more than process a huge CAD file these days.
@Pufferfishy Your real job doesn’t take all your time? What kind of job is that? Besides, constantly upgrading to the latest and greatest tech takes time I would rather use for sleeping.
Hmm. Trying to think about how much it would cost to build a complete system around this. I’m thinking for use as a Pocketnet node so graphics don’t matter at all in that case. Most people use a raspberry pi. This is even cheaper than one of those.
@tweezak Pi is definitely going to be cheaper there. But based on current prices, this will not be the path you seek if you want something better. There are plenty of cheap micro PC’s out there (like HP EliteDesk 800 G2) for $200ish with a reasonable i5 processor, 8G RAM, and a 500G hard drive. That comes with everything you need and can run whatever OS you’d like.
@tweezak I want to know why people are comparing a Raspberry Pi to this? I got one of these, threw in a 9th gen i5 (unlocked) from eBay, some RAM from Microcenter, a case and power supply from Amazon, and an Nvidia GeForce 2070 Super that I had sitting around (heh), and I can play AAA games at 4K 60FPS (max my 4K monitor will do). Can’t do that with a Pi.
@mwarren unfortunately only Coffee-Lake (8th gen) and Coffee-Lake R (9th gen). strange intel didn’t change the pin layout. it is a bit confusing knowing that LGA1151 spans 4 generations: 6th gen Skylake, 7th gen Kay Lake, and the aforementioned 8th and 9th gens.
@Office_Zombie Can you tell me why? I’ve seen AMD offered on computers I’ve shopped around for but went with Intel because it was the “brand I knew” … I have been curious what the difference is and from an actual user.
@mbersiam@Office_Zombie AMD Ryzen offers more performance at a given price point. Its 7nm lithography is more energy efficient than Intel’s 14nm and all CPUs are unlocked for overclocking abilities. Motherboards (chipsets) are not locked either, so memory can run as rated, not clock locked like they are on non-enthusiast Intel chipsets.
Current 11th gen Intel tops out at 8-core/16-thread. AMD offers 16-core/32-thread – and AMD outperforms even in single thread applications.
AMD stuck to the same AM4 socket; provided the motherboard manufacturer has updated the BIOS, it’s very well possible to upgrade to the latest offerings. Someone who started out on a first gen 1200 with a compatible B450 chipset motherboard could possibly drop in one of the latest 5000-series CPU without replacing anything else.
Spare parts Mad Max build is now GO! Have enough spares from the previous builds over the last few years. Huck-in a processor with video and I can wait out the current GPU crisis/price war/apocalypse until I can score a GeForce 4 for under $900 and I’ll be good!
Responding to several comments in no particular order:
Given the underwhelming 10th and 11th gen, and the irrelevant-to-most-users difference in performance netted by them contrasted with 8th and 9th gen cpus, this bad boy is a steal, as are the processors to put in it which are actually great and can be had at decent cost since the Ryzen fever hit. Speaking of which, the memory speed is MUCH LESS important on an Intel rig than Ryzen, 2666MHz is fine. It comes from the manufacturer who made it originally (ASUS) refurbished, not from Amazon who “renewed” it, whatever that means.
The 30 day price history shows it at 60$ yeah, but amazon updates their prices when the day rolls over, like meh, and it’s not unreasonable to assume that the increase was part of the record shattering inflation that we are headed into. It may also have been ASUS updating pricing as per the exclusivity agreement they probably made with Mercatalyst, but it’s 5 dollars difference, not the Clinton body count, and Intel boards have always been more expensive.
This can Have a USB-C port, as it has a USB 3.0 front header, which can terminate in a female USB-C if you want it to, it just doesn’t have the 3.1 header, like many boards. Regardless, ASUS is one of the better manufacturers in the space, and their TUF lineup has been quite well recieved.
I can put up a post of what to buy to make a solid budget gaming rig or NAS/Cloud storage, if requested. I work(ed) in IT and side hustle building computers and small electronics and such.
Mostly I’m just happy to see some computer components on Meh, woot! Especially since all the ones listed on Woot are meh!
@rogerbacon Yeah, let’s just toss some idiotic QAnon shit into a discussion about some old-ass computer parts. Any advice you have is utterly worthless.
@rogerbacon@sinderella What crawled up your butt and died? No one was talking about QAnon in this thread, why are you so mad? Because he mentioned inflation?
@rogerbacon Can you post your suggestions? I’m in the market for a system that will run Flight Simulator. Preferably something that I can use to take FS for a decent test flight now, with upgrades likely in the future should I get addicted to it.
@rogerbacon@sinderella Nah, I don’t fuck with Trump. Looks like you have TDS still, sad. Everyone knows the Clintons are a criminal mafia family, even some progressives and liberals believe it or not.
I have a i5 8600k brand new still in the plastic wrapped box that I bought 3 years ago before going with an i7 8700k cpu for my build. My wife needs a new computer and even though this is not a z370 or z390 she would never overclock her computer. She doesn’t even know what overclocking is. I may take a chance on this since the 8600k is just laying around and this seems like a decent motherboard.
@aarond12 I didn’t move forward with the build yet and I didn’t purchase the motherboard. I’ll get to it probably by the end of the summer/beginning of Fall.
Literally LingOL at the comments about a 2 year-old chipset like it’s as ancient as the tech that sent the Apollo missions to the moon. Intel hos done a great job of convincing people that if the paint is dry it’s “obsolete”.
And the “leap” from 8th/9th gen CPUs to the next gen was a yawn-fest.
This would be an excellent candidate for a small NAS or entry-level HTPC. Load Kodi to a decent sized M.2 device and you’ve got a nice diskless media server in 5 minutes.
To anyone considering trying a PC build slightly older tech is a great way to do it. Will you get the highest FPS machine so you can frag on Call of Duty with the top earners on Twitch? Of course not - but you will also spend 1/4 the money on the parts for your system.
I’d get one, but it’s too large a footprint - I’m in the market for something to replace my (GASP!) 10-year-old Intel NUC that’s been my media server. But I’ll probably just buy another NUC because those things kick the ass.
@Pufferfishy I need to replace my HP tower I bought after I quit working there (I was in business services, not the computer business). I bought strictly on price from their corporate re-sale page… It was $300 and is now over 6 years old. It works well enough for my kids to watch Hulu on it. Which is about all it’s used for.
The computer I originally built in 2003 (and has had many upgrades, but same mobo) still does everything I need it to do. (And still feels pretty zippy compared to work laptop loaded down with corporate bloatware.) But I am often tempted to build new – just because. But given how long I expect it to last, I probably wouldn’t start with an already outdated motherboard. But then current high benchmark parts get expensive and I can’t justify it.
@caffeineguy@communist
My Microcenter says folks are still lining up at 4am to get a number and maybe get a shot at any cards that come in for the 10am opening.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@caffeineguy@communist@mike808 I’m not that dedicated, but luckily I got in the EVGA email queue early enough on the 3060 launch day to eventually get one. The Newegg Shuffle is probably the closest the rest of us lazy gamers will get to potentially scoring a higher tier card, if you’re willing to pay the still overinflated, but less than scalper prices.
I won’t be buying this deal but I’m happy to see it. It’s quite refreshing to see something like this offered over more masks, powerbanks, and ear buds, etc. Plus the forum was fun to read on this one.
@ES2X1 Yeah, you’re gonna need a bigger motor. Solid time for a light upgrade though. Just get something with video since you’ll run into a wall trying to find a card for that.
This could be worth it but the savings are pretty low unless you happen to have a compatible cpu lying around because the CPUs for this thing are not the best value right now.
On the lower end, you can put an i5-9400f in it and your total setup would be about $200 vs about $260-$280 for a Ryzen 5 2600 build that is 30-40% faster, which seems fair, but I think most people would rather spend the extra $80 considering the total cost of building a gaming rig.
On the top end, you can spend $300 and get an i7-9700, which benchmarks alot like the Ryzen 5 2600 above for much cheaper, or you can go up to a Ryzen 5 3600 for more like $330 for, again, a 30% or so boost.
@BrinsonBeck Almost can’t believe I got my Ryzen 2600x for only $100 and Radeon RX580 for $150 last year this time and now prices are 2x to 3x more for 2 generation older technology. Maybe Meh can find some old GPU discards from miners that have upgraded to the latest gen so today’s buyers can have something reasonable to pair this with.
I’ve got a few optiplexes from work with compatible cpus. This is exactly what I need to upgrade my home server setup. And with an order ID like blessed-little-taco you just can’t go wrong.
Dang, $200-$300 (or more) for a CPU & $100 for RAM. If I was actually in need of an upgrade, I would be quite excited about this. My desktop runs everything very well & it looks like it should last for a few more years easily before I need an upgrade. A year ago I upgraded my 8 year old build only because it was so old. It was able to handle everything very well. That one went to my grandson who was lucky to get a hold of a used 970gtx GPU & he is very happy with his computer.
If GPUs prices don’t settle down in a few years I am going to stop playing video games.
C’mon meh.com, you just slapped a USPS ‘Surepost’ sticker on this thing without any protection? Shame on you! (Shame on me for expecting any care at all to be taken)
And of course, the corner is all banged up, The bag was also punctured from various protrusions like screws, solder joints, sharp plastic edges, indicating pressure on the box/motherboard during shipping.
@caffeineguy Mine wasn’t as banged up as yours but it was far from pristine. A few bent pins from the previous owner and no spacer for the m2 slot. Not a great buying experience but it works and has continued to work flawlessly for quite some time.
@aarond12 I finally got around to building mine, but had to punt on the M.2 install! These originally came with “1x M.2 Screw package”. Sadly, my PC building kit from 5-10yrs ago didn’t have the finer pitch screws, so gonna have to cobble something together. What CPU did you end up using? I bought an i5 9600K.
@caffeineguy
You should be able to find them now that tons of boards have M.2 spaces. An Asus TUF MB I picked up from Microcenter came with a little bag with the spacers and screws (it has 2 spots for M.2 SSDs).
I’m sure Microcenter or Newegg or a local PC Builder shop has them. Although, the days of a local DIY geek shop are probably long gone.
Specs
CPU
Memory
Graphic
Multi-GPU Support
Expansion Slots
Storage
LAN
Audio
USB Ports
Special Features
ASUS Q-Design :
Back I/O Ports
Internal I/O Ports
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$64.99 at Amazon
Warranty
90 Day Asus Warranty
Estimated Delivery
Monday, May 3 - Thursday, May 6
Wow, that’s unique.
If only you can get the other parts easily…
@ThoR294 i know, if meh can find some graphics cards lying around, that would be great
@internetquickie it has an integrated GPU
@cengland0 @internetquickie This means the “GPU” is part of whatever CPU you buy separately to put into this motherboard.
@cengland0 @internetquickie This motherboard is capable of using an integrated GPU if it’s present on the CPU of your choosing, but does not offer graphics capabilities on its own.
@ThoR294 I mean, if you’re crazy enough 3080’s are available on ebay for a premium.
@Mac454 yeahhhhhhh lol be awesome to see 3080s on here
LEGOS! EGGOS! STRATEGO! AWESOME!
/giphy what the
Heh. Woot.
weirdest deal in a long while
Motherboard on meh, just saying that sounds rare.
Huh.
No daughter boards?
@yakkoTDI what are you doing step-sister board?
SERIOUSLY???> WTF MEH
ooo! Could this be the start of something magical?
@lilsrm123 What if meh sells an entire gaming PC, one component at a time?!
@jean15paul @lilsrm123 With the final item being speakers.
I’m intrigued and oddly tempted, well done meh. Yes the chipset is a few years old but you can still find it at a microcenter. Could be a for cheap but efficient build, ie VERY MEH.
Um… how does this charge my iPhone?
@NoNopeNot First, you have to get a CPU and RAM to install onto the motherboard. Then, purchase a separate power supply for PCs, and plug the power connectors into the motherboard. Then, on the back panel, plug in a monitor at the DisplayPort or HDMI port, as well as a keyboard in a USB port. Finally, you can put this in a computer case if you want, but connect the power cable from the case into the pins on the motherboard for power. Otherwise, just short those two pins, and the computer will boot, and stay booted in the BIOS screen.
From here, just plug your Lightning charging cable into any remaining available USB port and your iPhone, and the motherboard will charge your iPhone!
@TheRidGE
Easy. Should take me 4-6 months. I’m sure my phone will hold it’s charge til then. Now let me open Google Maps, Waze and Apple Maps while I wait. Is MapQuest still a thing?
@NoNopeNot @TheRidGE But is a monitor really necessary for charging a phone?
Huh. So a refurbished motherboard with a two and a half year old chipset. That’s, umm, an interesting choice.
@SnakeJG
/giphy this exactly
@SnakeJG It’s cheap and if you have an older chip then it’s a great buy. Remember how hard it is getting the newer chips. Plus it’s supports 8th and 9th gen which isn’t that far off the speed of the latest ones. Let’s be honest. Intel’s hasn’t been on its game since the sixth gen.
@Fodder650 yeah, it’s great if you have an older chip sitting around without a motherboard, but most people who have one probably have the other.
@Fodder650 @SnakeJG /repeatMyEarlierGiphy
@SnakeJG To use up some old components sitting around my house, I just purchased some LGA1156 and LGA1155 motherboards. These computers with decent CPUs (i7-860 and i7-2600), decent video cards (750Ti), 8GB RAM, and an SSD make for a plenty-useful system. I’m sending them to my family overseas.
Wow. Something REALLY techy. So…can we expect transporters in the near future? I mean, you had the light sabers from Star Wars…
@eeterrific I’m hoping for a flux capacitor
@eeterrific @mbersiam Only if it comes Mr. Fusion-ready. Screw that lightning rod interface crap.
So this is for 9th gen Intel? Interesting, but, um, what’s the audience here? Not gamers, so that whacks most of the homebrew whitebox gang. What’s left?
@stinks I’m guessing they are expecting the sites that announce their deals to handle this. I’m sure that Arstechnica will have it as a deal of the deal. So will other big sites.
@Fodder650 Ah, good call. I’ll buy that.
/giphy popcorn
@Fodder650 @stinks or their members to post on those sites and generate buzz.
If you’re going to sell old PC parts give us VMPs a shot to buy 9- and 10-series GPUs at normal prices.
@bruhaha Read my Mind. Literally posted VVVV right after you.
@bruhaha if you can, look at microcenter.
@bruhaha I’d sell my EVGA 1080 FTW2 in a heartbeat. I got my 3090 back in October.
@bruhaha @Ovlovian Ya’ll forget this is MEH? I wouldnt expect anything new. Maaaybe some 970s.
@DarkHuD 1080s are going for $500+ on Amazon/ebay. Should normally be under $200 by now.
So this indicates MAYBE we’ll see GPUs here someday? Guy can dream right?
@Ovlovian TNT2’s show up in IRK bags.
@Fodder650 voodoo 2 would take me back to the good ol days.
“Motherboard?” she asked.
“Not really,” he answered. “She keeps herself busy enough,”
If only it was a micro ATX.
@DrunkCat it is MicroATX
@akumax @DrunkCat
Yep, Username checks out.
@akumax Oh. Why are MicroATX cases lookin so big then.
@DrunkCat You thinking Mini-ITX?
With 65.00 elsewhere one may say
That 45.00 will lead the way
But if ain’t half price or less each night
Then it’s time for me to begin my flight
I built my own computer once, well twice. Then I got a real job and bought a real computer. Besides, computer kits went out of style before Gates stole Windows from Jobs.
@hchavers …and before that, Jobs stole it from Xerox.
https://web.stanford.edu/dept/SUL/sites/mac/parc.html
@hchavers I’ll take “Things someone that has never built their own computer would say” for $1000.00
Or you were just really bad at it.
I can build a system with 2x the specs at a given price point OR for 1/2x the price at a given spec point of anything on the market. And I have a real job.
@hchavers @Pufferfishy I used to do that when decent PCs were about $5000 and I needed the best specs for the latest and best CAD s/w. I haven’t needed faster than a typical system in a dozen years or more. I need it to keep up with my typing speed more than process a huge CAD file these days.
@Pufferfishy Your real job doesn’t take all your time? What kind of job is that? Besides, constantly upgrading to the latest and greatest tech takes time I would rather use for sleeping.
Hmm. Trying to think about how much it would cost to build a complete system around this. I’m thinking for use as a Pocketnet node so graphics don’t matter at all in that case. Most people use a raspberry pi. This is even cheaper than one of those.
@tweezak the Pi includes memory & cpu. This doesn’t.
@tweezak You’ll have to factor in the costs of a CPU, memory, storage, and a power supply.
Beyond initial costs, the pi will be a lot more energy efficient too.
@tweezak Pi is definitely going to be cheaper there. But based on current prices, this will not be the path you seek if you want something better. There are plenty of cheap micro PC’s out there (like HP EliteDesk 800 G2) for $200ish with a reasonable i5 processor, 8G RAM, and a 500G hard drive. That comes with everything you need and can run whatever OS you’d like.
@tweezak I want to know why people are comparing a Raspberry Pi to this? I got one of these, threw in a 9th gen i5 (unlocked) from eBay, some RAM from Microcenter, a case and power supply from Amazon, and an Nvidia GeForce 2070 Super that I had sitting around (heh), and I can play AAA games at 4K 60FPS (max my 4K monitor will do). Can’t do that with a Pi.
of all the things on here this is an interesting one lol
welp, might as well add some random info:
@akumax Kaby Lake or Coffee Lake version of the LGA 1151?
@akumax @mwarren Coffee Lake (8th gen) or Coffee Lake Refresh (9th gen). Despite being the same socket, Kaby Lake is 7th gen and is not compatible.
@mwarren unfortunately only Coffee-Lake (8th gen) and Coffee-Lake R (9th gen). strange intel didn’t change the pin layout. it is a bit confusing knowing that LGA1151 spans 4 generations: 6th gen Skylake, 7th gen Kay Lake, and the aforementioned 8th and 9th gens.
“me, a mere copywriter.”
“low and behold”
@laurict everyone knows it’s low and B-holed. Gah.
I only use AMD, but I appreciate the effort.
@Office_Zombie Can you tell me why? I’ve seen AMD offered on computers I’ve shopped around for but went with Intel because it was the “brand I knew” … I have been curious what the difference is and from an actual user.
@mbersiam @Office_Zombie AMD Ryzen offers more performance at a given price point. Its 7nm lithography is more energy efficient than Intel’s 14nm and all CPUs are unlocked for overclocking abilities. Motherboards (chipsets) are not locked either, so memory can run as rated, not clock locked like they are on non-enthusiast Intel chipsets.
Current 11th gen Intel tops out at 8-core/16-thread. AMD offers 16-core/32-thread – and AMD outperforms even in single thread applications.
AMD stuck to the same AM4 socket; provided the motherboard manufacturer has updated the BIOS, it’s very well possible to upgrade to the latest offerings. Someone who started out on a first gen 1200 with a compatible B450 chipset motherboard could possibly drop in one of the latest 5000-series CPU without replacing anything else.
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/AMD-Ryzen-3-1200-vs-AMD-Ryzen-9-5950X/3029vs3862
@narfcake @Office_Zombie thank you
Whoever reads all the specs of this humongous item has too much time
on their hands
!!
@1DisabledWarVet thanks soo much for the emojis, they totally helped me understand those complicated words
@ZPB, You’re Very Welcome & JSYK, I luv [
] sarcasm!! 
!! I threw dat heart in , so you’ll understand what the misspelled word ‘luv’ means! 
Now do an AMD uATX!
@canneddirt mITX is where it’s at for SFF rigs.
Spare parts Mad Max build is now GO! Have enough spares from the previous builds over the last few years. Huck-in a processor with video and I can wait out the current GPU crisis/price war/apocalypse until I can score a GeForce 4 for under $900 and I’ll be good!
Can I run the Raspberry Pi OS on this??
/image Raspberry pie
@IndifferentDude Yes. https://www.raspberrypi.org/software/raspberry-pi-desktop/
/buy
@relm256 It worked! Your order number is: clumsy-fatal-medic
/image clumsy fatal medic
Responding to several comments in no particular order:
Given the underwhelming 10th and 11th gen, and the irrelevant-to-most-users difference in performance netted by them contrasted with 8th and 9th gen cpus, this bad boy is a steal, as are the processors to put in it which are actually great and can be had at decent cost since the Ryzen fever hit. Speaking of which, the memory speed is MUCH LESS important on an Intel rig than Ryzen, 2666MHz is fine. It comes from the manufacturer who made it originally (ASUS) refurbished, not from Amazon who “renewed” it, whatever that means.
The 30 day price history shows it at 60$ yeah, but amazon updates their prices when the day rolls over, like meh, and it’s not unreasonable to assume that the increase was part of the record shattering inflation that we are headed into. It may also have been ASUS updating pricing as per the exclusivity agreement they probably made with Mercatalyst, but it’s 5 dollars difference, not the Clinton body count, and Intel boards have always been more expensive.
This can Have a USB-C port, as it has a USB 3.0 front header, which can terminate in a female USB-C if you want it to, it just doesn’t have the 3.1 header, like many boards. Regardless, ASUS is one of the better manufacturers in the space, and their TUF lineup has been quite well recieved.
I can put up a post of what to buy to make a solid budget gaming rig or NAS/Cloud storage, if requested. I work(ed) in IT and side hustle building computers and small electronics and such.
Mostly I’m just happy to see some computer components on Meh, woot! Especially since all the ones listed on Woot are meh!
@rogerbacon I’d greatly appreciate a post of what to buy for a solid rig that I could do some mild gaming on please (think Civilization…)
@rogerbacon yeah, I’d take your advice as well on rigging this thing into something decent.
@rogerbacon The NAS info would be awesome.
OWLS! TOWELS! JOWLS! AWESOME!
@rogerbacon Yeah, let’s just toss some idiotic QAnon shit into a discussion about some old-ass computer parts. Any advice you have is utterly worthless.
@rogerbacon @sinderella What crawled up your butt and died? No one was talking about QAnon in this thread, why are you so mad? Because he mentioned inflation?
@rogerbacon Can you post your suggestions? I’m in the market for a system that will run Flight Simulator. Preferably something that I can use to take FS for a decent test flight now, with upgrades likely in the future should I get addicted to it.
Thanks!
@MariSama @rogerbacon Ah, another lost trump fucker. “Clinton Body Count” ring a bell?
@rogerbacon @sinderella Nah, I don’t fuck with Trump. Looks like you have TDS still, sad. Everyone knows the Clintons are a criminal mafia family, even some progressives and liberals believe it or not.
I like this type of deal! I would maybe buy it if I hadn’t recently already gotten an AMD-compatible motherboard and processor.
/buy
@tinsami1 It worked! Your order number is: endearing-demanding-throne
/image endearing demanding throne
@mediocrebot @tinsami1 I appreciate that image
Hey, it’s not a knife, charger, or speaker dock
/buy
@ZeroedIn It worked! Your order number is: somber-quick-division
/image somber quick division
@ZeroedIn
/giphy somber quick division
@ZeroedIn I’m in.
/giphy mature-distasteful-scallion
I have a i5 8600k brand new still in the plastic wrapped box that I bought 3 years ago before going with an i7 8700k cpu for my build. My wife needs a new computer and even though this is not a z370 or z390 she would never overclock her computer. She doesn’t even know what overclocking is. I may take a chance on this since the 8600k is just laying around and this seems like a decent motherboard.
@kirkladc How did your build go? Mine rocks.
@aarond12 I didn’t move forward with the build yet and I didn’t purchase the motherboard. I’ll get to it probably by the end of the summer/beginning of Fall.
Based on some casual googling it looks like this could be used in a hackintosh build also
Literally LingOL at the comments about a 2 year-old chipset like it’s as ancient as the tech that sent the Apollo missions to the moon. Intel hos done a great job of convincing people that if the paint is dry it’s “obsolete”.
And the “leap” from 8th/9th gen CPUs to the next gen was a yawn-fest.
This would be an excellent candidate for a small NAS or entry-level HTPC. Load Kodi to a decent sized M.2 device and you’ve got a nice diskless media server in 5 minutes.
To anyone considering trying a PC build slightly older tech is a great way to do it. Will you get the highest FPS machine so you can frag on Call of Duty with the top earners on Twitch? Of course not - but you will also spend 1/4 the money on the parts for your system.
I’d get one, but it’s too large a footprint - I’m in the market for something to replace my (GASP!) 10-year-old Intel NUC that’s been my media server. But I’ll probably just buy another NUC because those things kick the ass.
@Pufferfishy I need to replace my HP tower I bought after I quit working there (I was in business services, not the computer business). I bought strictly on price from their corporate re-sale page… It was $300 and is now over 6 years old. It works well enough for my kids to watch Hulu on it. Which is about all it’s used for.
The computer I originally built in 2003 (and has had many upgrades, but same mobo) still does everything I need it to do. (And still feels pretty zippy compared to work laptop loaded down with corporate bloatware.) But I am often tempted to build new – just because. But given how long I expect it to last, I probably wouldn’t start with an already outdated motherboard. But then current high benchmark parts get expensive and I can’t justify it.
@walarney 2003? Feels pretty zippy? Do you do anything besides load Meh and watch porn on it?
Tough call–
i5-9400 w/ integrated graphics for $229
or
i5-9600KF w/o graphics for $189?
@caffeineguy You’ll likely want to put up the extra $40 for video so you have it working until card prices come back to a reasonable level.
@caffeineguy do you live near a microcenter?
if yes you can get the kf with no graphics and play your luck with getting a graphics card
otherwise get the 9400 and wait until graphics cards come back to normal price/availability
@caffeineguy @communist
My Microcenter says folks are still lining up at 4am to get a number and maybe get a shot at any cards that come in for the 10am opening.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@caffeineguy @communist @mike808 I’m not that dedicated, but luckily I got in the EVGA email queue early enough on the 3060 launch day to eventually get one. The Newegg Shuffle is probably the closest the rest of us lazy gamers will get to potentially scoring a higher tier card, if you’re willing to pay the still overinflated, but less than scalper prices.
KuoH
I won’t be buying this deal but I’m happy to see it. It’s quite refreshing to see something like this offered over more masks, powerbanks, and ear buds, etc. Plus the forum was fun to read on this one.
@mbersiam Agreed
And I just bought a board that looks just like this but with a more recent chipset last week (for about 3x the price) but I’m happy with it!
Looked good for me, but it seems to be incompatible with my CPU (i7-4790K)
@ES2X1 Yeah, you’re gonna need a bigger motor. Solid time for a light upgrade though. Just get something with video since you’ll run into a wall trying to find a card for that.
This could be worth it but the savings are pretty low unless you happen to have a compatible cpu lying around because the CPUs for this thing are not the best value right now.
On the lower end, you can put an i5-9400f in it and your total setup would be about $200 vs about $260-$280 for a Ryzen 5 2600 build that is 30-40% faster, which seems fair, but I think most people would rather spend the extra $80 considering the total cost of building a gaming rig.
On the top end, you can spend $300 and get an i7-9700, which benchmarks alot like the Ryzen 5 2600 above for much cheaper, or you can go up to a Ryzen 5 3600 for more like $330 for, again, a 30% or so boost.
@BrinsonBeck Almost can’t believe I got my Ryzen 2600x for only $100 and Radeon RX580 for $150 last year this time and now prices are 2x to 3x more for 2 generation older technology. Maybe Meh can find some old GPU discards from miners that have upgraded to the latest gen so today’s buyers can have something reasonable to pair this with.
KuoH
Talk to me when you have a full sized mobo, mofo.
I’ve got a few optiplexes from work with compatible cpus. This is exactly what I need to upgrade my home server setup. And with an order ID like blessed-little-taco you just can’t go wrong.
Therefore Meh is selling this refurb Intel motherboard.
/giphy conspiracy-and-boredom-go-hand-in-hand
@TheMonkeyKing Uh…
Therefore, Meh is selling this product
Weirdest deal to be waking up to today. Maybe tomorrow we can get a deal on non-overpriced GPUs?
Dang, $200-$300 (or more) for a CPU & $100 for RAM. If I was actually in need of an upgrade, I would be quite excited about this. My desktop runs everything very well & it looks like it should last for a few more years easily before I need an upgrade. A year ago I upgraded my 8 year old build only because it was so old. It was able to handle everything very well. That one went to my grandson who was lucky to get a hold of a used 970gtx GPU & he is very happy with his computer.
If GPUs prices don’t settle down in a few years I am going to stop playing video games.
@Joedetroit You can play video games without a discrete GPU. Why no love for 720P?
KuoH
Damn you Meh… $251 for i5 CPU + Fan; Another $180 for 2x16GB of RAM. This motherboard better damn work!
FWIW Amazon comparison price incudes a WiFi card…
C’mon meh.com, you just slapped a USPS ‘Surepost’ sticker on this thing without any protection? Shame on you! (Shame on me for expecting any care at all to be taken)
And of course, the corner is all banged up, The bag was also punctured from various protrusions like screws, solder joints, sharp plastic edges, indicating pressure on the box/motherboard during shipping.
@caffeineguy
https://meh.com/support
@narfcake Thanks, I know-- was going to wait to see if it actually works first.
@caffeineguy Mine wasn’t as banged up as yours but it was far from pristine. A few bent pins from the previous owner and no spacer for the m2 slot. Not a great buying experience but it works and has continued to work flawlessly for quite some time.
@aarond12 I finally got around to building mine, but had to punt on the M.2 install! These originally came with “1x M.2 Screw package”. Sadly, my PC building kit from 5-10yrs ago didn’t have the finer pitch screws, so gonna have to cobble something together. What CPU did you end up using? I bought an i5 9600K.
@caffeineguy
You should be able to find them now that tons of boards have M.2 spaces. An Asus TUF MB I picked up from Microcenter came with a little bag with the spacers and screws (it has 2 spots for M.2 SSDs).
I’m sure Microcenter or Newegg or a local PC Builder shop has them. Although, the days of a local DIY geek shop are probably long gone.
@mike808 Thanks-- I found the other M.2 slot with heat spreader above the first PCIe slot… Was able to get that to work!