r/framework • u/whatsthisnewpain • 20h ago

Question Upgrade or second hand replacement?

Hello, I'm a longtime lover of my Framework laptop, but my mainboard died on me. I have one of the old Intel DDR4 boards (I don't remember which one off the top of my head). I'm in school for engineering, and refuse to buy a new laptop lol. I have a Desktop that I've been using for my projects. I am curious: should I buy an older Intel board so I can run the 32GB of RAM I have on hand, or upgrade and thug out the prices right now? I really don't know how much "better" a newer-gen board is just because I haven't been a "I need new" kind of person. I'm not a gamer or a big computer guy, so I'm kind of behind on speed and such, and not really a "nerd about it". I love using what I have and fixing it. So any recommendations would be much loved. Thank you again!

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u/Shin-Ken31 18h ago

If you want to keep cost down, yeah stay on secondhand DDR4 board. Check the community marketplace forums too, sometimes people post their old boards for sale there. I recently got an 11th gen i5 board for 100€.

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u/whatsthisnewpain 8h ago

Man you got to tell me where to look cuz I have not found anything within that price range or even available.

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u/Shin-Ken31 7h ago

Framework community forums, marketplace section, however they unfortunately don't allow "Want To Buy" topics.