OniExpress
Limp Gawd
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- Feb 11, 2009
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As the title (clumsily) states, I'm thinking of upgrading my core pc (Asus M4A78T-E and Phenom II 1090T). Not for any major reasons; by and large it does what I need it to do. I'm especially pleased with the cpu, but if I have one particular fault with the combo it's that the mobo has no sata 6gb/s ports at all. For that matter, it doesn't do dual x16/x16.
My problem is that I can't really find anything that would be a significant upgrade. This motherboard is an improvement, but it's basically just spending $240 to be able to spend even more money on stuff to punk into it. I'm especially hesitant to put significant money into graphics cards when 3.0 is out of my reach unless I completely jump over to Intel.
My primary needs?
1. Ram. Lots of ram, and fast at that. I'd like to have the new pc running at least 16gb.
2. Storage. I'd prefer 6-7 internal Sata 6gb/s (2 to raid ssd, 1 to keep backup of ssd os drive, 4 more to raid for programs/data), but at a bare minimum I could do with 4.
3. At least the option to run x16/x16 simultaneously.
4. S/PDIF optical mandatory. I don't know, is this uncommon still? I've never personally known anyone other than myself to use it.
That's basically my problem in a nutshell. Budget? For purpose of discussion, we'll say under $1000 for cpu/mobo, because if I had more than that I'd have a lot more headroom to upgrade into.
Anyone have any thoughts?
My problem is that I can't really find anything that would be a significant upgrade. This motherboard is an improvement, but it's basically just spending $240 to be able to spend even more money on stuff to punk into it. I'm especially hesitant to put significant money into graphics cards when 3.0 is out of my reach unless I completely jump over to Intel.
My primary needs?
1. Ram. Lots of ram, and fast at that. I'd like to have the new pc running at least 16gb.
2. Storage. I'd prefer 6-7 internal Sata 6gb/s (2 to raid ssd, 1 to keep backup of ssd os drive, 4 more to raid for programs/data), but at a bare minimum I could do with 4.
3. At least the option to run x16/x16 simultaneously.
4. S/PDIF optical mandatory. I don't know, is this uncommon still? I've never personally known anyone other than myself to use it.
That's basically my problem in a nutshell. Budget? For purpose of discussion, we'll say under $1000 for cpu/mobo, because if I had more than that I'd have a lot more headroom to upgrade into.
Anyone have any thoughts?