Question Buy/repair X99 motherboard

[stanzlavos]

Hi All

I am from Bangalore, India. I am not sure if this is the right place for this post. Anyhow, here goes...

I have a damaged Asus Rampage V Extreme motherboard. The Asus authorized service center in Bangalore refused to repair the motherboard as it was out of warranty. Anyhow, I took this "opportunity" to upgrade my system. Now, I have the damaged motherboard, an i7 5820K, 32GB RAM, an AIO cooler and soon a GTX1080 (hopefully, after I upgrade to a new one). I was planning on buying the additional parts and setting up another machine.

Asus support gave me the option for paid repair by sending the board to a location all the way across the country. Just to be sure, I asked for the price of a spare x99 chipset. I am being told that the part would cost upwards of Rs. 25000 (USD 325+) !!! So, I am gonna forget about repairing the mobo!

So, here are the options that I have :

1) Buy another X99 motherboard. But from where!!! Anyone know any place in India (preferably Bangalore) from where I could get an X99 motherboard (used/new) ?
2) Sell the 5820K (if anyone will buy one!). Get everything new except for the RAM, AIO cooler, graphics card.

Any (other) suggestions ?

 

[vorsgren]

An option may be to look at the Chinese x99 motherboards. I don't have any personal experience with them, but from what I have heard they are basic, inexpensive, but reliable boards.

Usually no overclocking, etc. Prices seem to go from $80 to $120 (USD).

I have no idea as to the availability in India, but if you can order things off of Aliexpress, you can get them there. Here is a link to a list describing some of the chinese boards, some are x99: https://bestaliproducts.com/top-chinese-motherboard-on-aliexpress/

 

[Markfw]

No drivers or support. If its windows 10, make sure to do the first or second round of updates, it will find them

 

[igor_kavinski]

Doesn't have to be Chinese boards. Aliexpress is overflowing with used Gigabyte boards. That's how I got mine (Z97). Been running almost two years now. You can also find used Asus mobos but they are a bit more expensive.

 

[CropDuster]

Can't advise on the sourcing a X99 board in India but $400 USD here gets you into Z690 + 12400f

 

[stanzlavos]

An option may be to look at the Chinese x99 motherboards. I don't have any personal experience with them, but from what I have heard they are basic, inexpensive, but reliable boards.

Usually no overclocking, etc. Prices seem to go from $80 to $120 (USD).

I have no idea as to the availability in India, but if you can order things off of Aliexpress, you can get them there. Here is a link to a list describing some of the chinese boards, some are x99: https://bestaliproducts.com/top-chinese-motherboard-on-aliexpress/

Doesn't have to be Chinese boards. Aliexpress is overflowing with used Gigabyte boards. That's how I got mine (Z97). Been running almost two years now. You can also find used Asus mobos but they are a bit more expensive.

Well, Aliexpress is banned in India!! Maybe I could try and get it to the US and then to India.... Let me check....

 

[stanzlavos]

Can't advise on the sourcing a X99 board in India but $400 USD here gets you into Z690 + 12400f

 

[igor_kavinski]

Well, Aliexpress is banned in India!! Maybe I could try and get it to the US and then to India.... Let me check....

If you are gonna order from US, then go for Ebay: HP Z440 Workstation LGA 2011-3 X99 Motherboard 761514-001 710324-002 DDR4 ECC | eBay

Seems like a good deal.

 

[stanzlavos]

If you are gonna order from US, then go for Ebay: HP Z440 Workstation LGA 2011-3 X99 Motherboard 761514-001 710324-002 DDR4 ECC | eBay

Seems like a good deal.

Thanks for the tip.