How to Get a $500 Motherboard for $50

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The cost of motherboards has ballooned in recent years so to help out those on a budget we wondered if there was a cheaper, sketchier way to get a motherboard from eBay.

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See AsRock Z690 Extreme Motherboards on eBay: https://ebay.us/z0IHOh
See ASUS Prime Z690M-Plus Motherboards on eBay: https://ebay.us/JegnEM
See ASUS ProArt Z790-Creator WiFi Motherboards on eBay: https://ebay.us/Q4X3TT
See MSI Z690 Motherboards on eBay: https://ebay.us/eYCccI
See Gigabyte Z790 UD AC Motherboards on eBay: https://ebay.us/YDQneg
See AsRock Z790 PG Lightning Motherboards on eBay: https://ebay.us/6hIgVX
See ASUS ROG Strix X299-E Gaming Motherboards on eBay: https://ebay.us/nqZHwG

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 - Intro
0:59 - iFixIt!
1:20 - Why Motherboards Break
3:02 - Which boards to buy, bent pin repair
8:02 - Thermal Paste Cleaning
9:06 - Ram Slot Repair
12:09 - Testing Thermal Paste Board
14:12 - No Turbo, Bent Pins, Metallurgy
18:50 - "Nothing Wrong With It"
21:29 - Extra destroyed pins
25:30 - Dead HEDT?
27:26 - Bonus Round feat. BIOS Flashback
30:19 - iFixIt!
31:18 - Outro