Can I justify a new motherboard

[Jay794]

You can see my PC specs in my signiture, however I am thinking about future-proofing my system (to the extent it can be)

I currently have Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33GHz, with a IPIBL-LB (Benicia) motherboard out of my old HP, to be honest the system performs well with upgraded 8GB of DDR2 Ram, but I'm wondering if it is worth my replacing the motherboard/ram and processor with something a bit newer.

Crysis does run fine on full spec thanks to my new graphics card, but I'm wondering if I can stop the intermitant pc crashes with newer/better hardware, or is that just Windows.

I figure that if I get a new board I'll be able to crossfire with a second graphics card, but is it really worth it? I've been looking at the Maximus but it just seems like overkill for my requirements

 

[Plec]

If your games run fine on full spec, personally, i would wait until you feel your ready for a full upgrade and have saved enough funds.

Better still, (if you can afford it) sell your present kit now while there's still a demand for it (your DDR2 will fetch a nice price) and off set it against an early upgrade - MB, memory CPU (Sandybridge).

Also, if you don't isolate your intermittent problem before you were to change your existing MB for a crossfire version you may very well find yourself with a spangly new 775 board but still have the exact same problem.