Recent content by SvenGolly

I went with the ASRock H97M Pro4 with 16gb of GSkill RAM, Seagate 3TB HD and PNY 240GB SSD for Windows 7 and programs. Boot-up is about 6 seconds and except for a couple of minor hiccups (issues updating drivers), so far everything is running smoothly. Unlike many reports I've seen (not with...

Thanks. Sounds like a plan.

I got a great deal at Fry's on the CPU so now I'm trying to decide on a mainboard. I mostly run Creative Suite, do some light gaming, run music production software (Audacity, Sonar, etc.) and plan to use my existing GTX 460 v2 in the new board along with a new 240GB S-III SSD. I'm changing from...

:cool: I have a spare license for Win 7 Home Premium.

Nooooo!!! Anything but Windows 8.1. Worst. Interface. Ever. ;-)

Well my original original plan before I even thought about asking the question here was to just swap out for a new mobo, put in the SSD, maybe go to 16gb of RAM and transfer all the usuable parts over to the new case that's been sitting in my garage for 6 months lol. But then as I started...

OK thanks all. I'll look into pricing.

Anyone know if there is are any AM3+ boards OTHER than the MSI 760GMA-P34(FX) that have front panel USB 3 support and SATA III? The MSI seems to have some QC issues. I may get it anyway. :P The ASRock 960GM/U3S3 has all the right bells & whistles but no USB 3 internal header.

No second GTX460 -- it's the x2 version. Sry for the confusion there. So this kinda says just buy the new motherboard and xfer the existing components?

I am thinking up doing an upgrade or complete rebuild of my system. Mostly I'd like to incorporate a 240GB SATA III SSD as a boot drive, get more speed on some games and Photoshop / Creative Suite 6, and add USB 3.0 and SATA III support. My current computer is a 3 1/2 year-old ZT Systems...