[Tennessee]

Im on what i believe to be my 3rd blown mother board. Im not all that computer savvy so the past times i have just let best buy send it off for factory replacement. Well im done with that route and was wondering if anyone here could tell me what kind of motherboard i need for this computer since im planning on going with an aftermarket board so i hopefully wont have to buy another. Thats so much!

[Carbon]

If your motherboard is dying more than once you may have a faulty PSU or dirty power which you need to resolve before buying a new one or you will likely have the same problem again. Google says that the PCI-E lane on these motherboards often dies, though, so it may not be that.

The motherboard needed is a socket 939 but these are old, rare (none are sold on NewEgg) and expensive. Replacing it is not likely to be cost effective given the price of new computers: you will pay on average around $75 for this motherboard, but when a new computer with massive performance increases is roughly $250 that doesn't seem efficient to me.

Here is information on possible replacements, although the info is from when 939 was still around so it's a lot more difficult to find appropriate boards.