Solved! Should I replace a 3-4 year motherboard for a gaming laptop (GL753VD; 7700hq, 1050-4GB)?

[dcong03]

I recently got a free laptop from a friend. It was an ASUS ROG Strix GL753VD with an I7-7700HQ and a GTX 1050 (4gb version).

He said the motherboard is fried and would need to be fully replaced, but I am not sure if it would be worth it to replace.

Would something like this that is four years old be fine to replace and make it into my own laptop?

 

[hang-the-9]

From a quick eBay search, those motherboards are about $600 so not worth it at all for that much considering you can get a new Acer Nitro 5 for a bit over $700 now https://www.amazon.com/Acer-i5-1030...cphy=9001834&hvtargid=pla-1038637480765&psc=1

What you can do is put the thing up on eBay as it for parts, decent chance it will sell for maybe 200 if someone needs a screen or a shell, assuming those are all good.

 

[dcong03]

From a quick eBay search, those motherboards are about $600 so not worth it at all for that much considering you can get a new Acer Nitro 5 for a bit over $700 now https://www.amazon.com/Acer-i5-1030...cphy=9001834&hvtargid=pla-1038637480765&psc=1

What you can do is put the thing up on eBay as it for parts, decent chance it will sell for maybe 200 if someone needs a screen or a shell, assuming those are all good.

the problem is that I’m not sure if most the parts even work still or not