New motherboard

Found a few in Ebay but... and two in Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/ABIT-AB9-Pro-Motherboard-8-channel/dp/B000LXWS6K
But again both used I reckon this is really going to be hard to track one down the only suggestion is to find out how much our fellow is able to come up with and just do a build or get a prebuilt

Apart from a garage sale if you can scrape the cash together you can build a new basic system for ~$600 especially if you have the odds & sods like monitor, keyboard HDDs etc.
The base Asrock Z77M motherboard is cheap with a base i3 and 8GB memory kit you have a nice system. You could use your existing case and PSU but you could still get new decent components. Antec is good value even if you go for a combined case/PSU. Windows 7 OEM home premium will set you back ~$100 but you will need that for a new motherboard anyway to do things legally.

mjf said:

Apart from a garage sale if you can scrape the cash together you can build a new basic system for ~$600 especially if you have the odds & sods like monitor, keyboard HDDs etc.
The base Asrock Z77M motherboard is cheap with a base i3 and 8GB memory kit you have a nice system. You could use your existing case and PSU but you could still get new decent components. Antec is good value even if you go for a combined case/PSU. Windows 7 OEM home premium will set you back ~$100 but you will need that for a new motherboard anyway to do things legally.

Best idea I eckon mate as as sure as eggs are eggs something else will letgo.

There is this it is very basic and I don't know what the shipping would be but I know when I researched for that other Kiwi the dealers over there are something else

PCCG Lean Machine [PCCG-LM2603] - $499.00 : PC Case Gear or for a few more dollars I didn't think this one looked too bad either.
PCCG Office System [PCCG-OF22603] - $699.00 : PC Case Gear


I had one from PCCG before I built and I revamped the thing for my brother so I know they are not bad machines. Just wonder what the shipping would be though.

Hey thank guys. I have had a look at the mobo. He has fried it. Nice looking heat marks around the ram slots. Ram is fine as I have tested in the other computer he has... He has decided to let this computer go and will build himself another one. bout' time he upgraded lol. Thank you all for you're help.

That's good news to have a new build. :)

Gameover said:

Hey thank guys. I have had a look at the mobo. He has fried it. Nice looking heat marks around the ram slots. Ram is fine as I have tested in the other computer he has... He has decided to let this computer go and will build himself another one. bout' time he upgraded lol. Thank you all for you're help.

Thats a shame cos I know the prices over there are just rip off stuff. What dealers do you have over there as it could be possible to ship form here if you let me know I can check out a few for you but don't leave it long as i am off tripping in ten days.

Pity you were not a bit closer I would have sold you my quad core tester with an SSD and OS already on it for the cost of the bits I put in but it is a fairly heavy machine and would cost a fortune to ship I reckon .