My desktop took a turn and the mobo died on me. It turns out a pin from a jumper was bent and it touched something and it just poof.
So, What I had left was 8GB total of DDR2 ram, 3 hard drives, case fans, dvd drive, cables, ATI 5450 Graphic card and other related items that were not affected.
I decided that I had about $60 USD to get a new motherboard and with it coming with a CPU. I had found one on ebay for exactly $60. It was a Gigabyte P35-DS3R Rev. 2.0 with a Intel Core 2 Duo E8300
My graphic card also needed an upgrade as when I run Minecraft I was pushing about 50 fps in an open field. But would then go down to as low as 20 fps..... Not good for me. So my friend said he was selling his Nvidia GTX 660 zotac model for $50. He was also selling his extra case for $20. Not a bad deal for $175 worth of equipment!
At the end of the day I now have a working desktop FINALLY and it runs great. Minecraft runs at an average 90 fps. World of Tanks and War Thunder can be run on Movie Settings and have no issues in fps dropping.
I believe I made a good decision on my choices. And I'm not rich.
Here's the CPU-Z Validator link:CPU-Z
P.S. It's a bit hard to sleep at night with the fans on the new case being a bright blue and bright red. 😛
