New motherboard or replace laptop...with what?
Hi AllThe motherboard has died on my MSI GP60 2PE Leopard (circa 2014). data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
In your collective wisdom, do you think it's worth replacing the part (approx £250 labour) or getting a newer laptop for a few hundred quid more?
I assume something more modern might suffice in terms of performance at around £5/600, but I'm a bit stuck with what to do.
Use
- Mostly for life admin & browsing, but...
- Some periods of intensive work: front end dev, edit videos/graphics, process images
- Always loads of tabs & multiple office documents at once
- No gaming
Current spec
15.6"
Intel Core i7 4700HQ (2.4GhzProcessor)
16GB 1600MHz DDR3 RAM
NVIDIA Geforce 840M 2GB Graphics Card
Silent 120GB Ultrafast Solid State Drive m-SATA
75GB SATA III ( Secondary Drive )
If it's best left dead, what would you recommend I replace it with?
(Would a newer i5 or equivalent perform better than an old i7...idk!?)
Thanks have you considered getting the laptop repaired instead?
replacing the motherboard is likely not economical but it's possible that a single component costing 1p has gone bad (as is often the case) and could be replaced for £50 all-in by someone who knows what they are doing Hi Nerox. I have. It's at the repair shop at the moment, but they failed to repair. Same price for labour, so I'll trust it's the truth. Given the age of the laptop I would put the money to a new one.
A couple of examples -
HP Pavilion 15-cs2026na Full-HD Laptop
HP Pavilion 15-cs2031na Full-HD Laptop Yeah, I think with it being the Black Friday period that seems like the move.
Might change it up and go for a 2 in 1.
Thanks
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