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Can anyone explain what the difference between these 2 similar motherboards are? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Gangly3090@lemmy.ml to c/techsupport@lemmy.world

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Hi, first post on reddit in general but couldn't think of anywhere else to ask, this is for the motherboard of an AIO PC my family's been using, it got damaged and I've been trying to source a replacement. https://www.ebay.com/itm/156622853448

This matches it perfectly, but the majority of Boards that come up when I look up "Dell 7700 i7-1165G7 Motherboard" or some variant do not as seen here

https://www.ebay.com/itm/404654665907 The difference in question is besides the CPU die and below the CMOS battery. There's like 3 controllers(?) amongst other things that are on mine/the first link's mobo but aren't on the rest. The descriptions on most of these listings aren't very helpful in finding out the difference either. Just wanted to know what I should be looking for or how much this matters(or just a link to actual documentation on the board,failed to find Dell's own site myself but could have missed it).

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[–] Romkslrqusz@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The first link has Nvidia graphics

The second is missing the GPU, VRAM, and related components. The “graphics card”, in a manner of speaking.

You should get the board that matches what you already have because the heatsink will be set up for that configuration.

Worth mentioning that, depending on what “damaged” means, it’s possible the original motherboard can be repaired for less than the cost of a replacement.

[–] Gangly3090@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

Thank you thank you, yea we already tried repairing it but didn't get that to work unfortunately. Nonetheless, thanks for the advice, I'll be looking for one that matches then.