Okay, so my current rig is a phenom 2 x4 940 (OC'd a touch to 3.3) with a 4890 GPU, 6 gig DDR2 RAM but I'm unsure of the motherboard. Only 1 PCIe slot and obv DDR2. I have the coolit A.L.C (which I realise may not of been the best of choices), a 15 in one card reader thingy mablob, 1 hard drive (unsure of specs, just a standard 750gb one with PC) and just a DVD-rw drive. My psu is possibly 650 or so, and I have an Antec 900 case. Currently I'm in uni and pc is at home so I can't check further into the specs, but if needed i'll update when it arrives in a week or so.
I bought it from ************ last summer and realise I should have gone for a better motherboard really. So my question is this; realistically, how difficult would it be for me to change my motherboard to a more futureproof one? Bearing in mind I've never built a PC and would have to learn how to do so obviously (I've checked out tons of vids on YouTube so I have a rough idea). Also, I have the coolit a.l.c so that would probably make life more difficult? I'm no idiot though and am actually very keen on learning how to build a pc anyway, all it is is that I'm a bit new to this.
So say I replace my motherboard, and obviously RAM too, would these be good choices to go for (£300 ish budget. Possibly more if needed):
This for the motherboard as it seems to have all the latest specs I'd need:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-231-GI
And this could be the RAM
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-193-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517
So what do you guys think? Any advice would be much appreciated!!
EDIT: Also, forgot to ask, what kind of process would I need to go through with installing this motherboard in terms of all my data? Would I need a fresh install of windows 7 (so wiping my hard drive I guess?) or would it work straight off the bat? Also, I ugraded from vista for my PC (from a disk I got for ordering vista with free upgrade) so would that install properly on my PC or would I need to buy w7 if I do need a fresh install? Sorry for all the questions, but I new you guys were the best to ask!
I bought it from ************ last summer and realise I should have gone for a better motherboard really. So my question is this; realistically, how difficult would it be for me to change my motherboard to a more futureproof one? Bearing in mind I've never built a PC and would have to learn how to do so obviously (I've checked out tons of vids on YouTube so I have a rough idea). Also, I have the coolit a.l.c so that would probably make life more difficult? I'm no idiot though and am actually very keen on learning how to build a pc anyway, all it is is that I'm a bit new to this.
So say I replace my motherboard, and obviously RAM too, would these be good choices to go for (£300 ish budget. Possibly more if needed):
This for the motherboard as it seems to have all the latest specs I'd need:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-231-GI
And this could be the RAM
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-193-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517
So what do you guys think? Any advice would be much appreciated!!
EDIT: Also, forgot to ask, what kind of process would I need to go through with installing this motherboard in terms of all my data? Would I need a fresh install of windows 7 (so wiping my hard drive I guess?) or would it work straight off the bat? Also, I ugraded from vista for my PC (from a disk I got for ordering vista with free upgrade) so would that install properly on my PC or would I need to buy w7 if I do need a fresh install? Sorry for all the questions, but I new you guys were the best to ask!
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not that I'll be using it for a long time. Ideally, I'd like to have an AMD3 supported motherboard with 2 PCIe slots for GPU's and a 965 BE CPU (or whatever you guys suggest as the best at that time), all in time for the 6000 series of ATI cards, which I would eventually crossfire. Well, as said all that in an ideal world that is anyway