MOBO: ASROCK Extreme 970.........i bought the mobo and processor as combo for only 170 us dollars..
General Features ASRock Dura Cap (2.5 x longer life time), 100% Japan-made
high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors; Digi Power, Supports AM3+
Processor, 8-Core CPU;Supports Dual Channel DDR3 2100(OC); Supports AMD
Quad CrossFireX , 3-Way CrossFireX and CrossFireXSupports NVIDIA SLI; 4
x USB 3.0, 5 x SATA3, 2 x IEEE 1394, Dr. Debug, Power/Reset/Clear CMOS
Switch with LED; 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892
Audio Codec), Supports THX TruStudio; Supports XFast USB, XFast LAN,
Graphical UEFI; Supports On/Off Play, Instant Boot, Instant Flash, APP
Charger, SmartView, Turbo UCC;
Chipset North Bridge AMD 970 South Bridge AMD SB950
CPU Supported
Socket Type AM3+/AM3 AMD CPU Support Sempron
Phenom II X4
Phenom II X3
Athlon II X2
Athlon II X3
Phenom II X2
Athlon II X4
Phenom II X6 Front Side Bus QPI 4800GT/s
Memory Maximum Memory Supported Per Slot 8GB Memory Type DDR3 Memory Speeds Supported DDR3-2100 (O.C.), DDR3-1866 (O.C.), DDR3-1800 (O.C.), DDR3-1600 (O.C.), DDR3-1333, DDR3-1066, DDR3-800 Memory Slots 4 x 240pin DIMM Max Memory Supported 32GB Memory Channel Support Dual Channel
Storage Controllers SATA 6Gb/s 5 SATA RAID 0/1/5/10 Video Onboard Graphic Chipset None Multi-GPU Support AMD 3-Way CrossFireX
AMD CrossFireX
AMD Quad-GPU CrossFireX
NVIDIA SLI
Audio Audio System Realtek ALC892 Audio Channels 8-Channel
Networking LAN Chipset Realtek RTL8111E LAN Speed 10/100/1000Mbps
Supported Network Technologies Wake-On-LAN, Supports PXE, LAN Cable Detection
Expansion Slots PCI Express 2.0 x16 3 PCI Express x1 2 PCI 2
Back Panel Ports
PS/2 2 USB 2.0 4 USB 3.0 2 FireWire 400 1 eSATA 6Gb/s 1 LAN RJ-45 1 Audio Ports 6 Digital Audio 1 x Optical
1 x Coaxial Internal I/O USB 3 x USB 2.0 Headers (supports 6 additional USB ports)
1 x USB 3.0 Header (supports 2 additional USB ports) FireWire 1 x IEEE-1394a Header Other I/O Front Audio Header
Front Panel Header
S/PDIF-Out Header
1 x CPU Fan Header
1 x System Fan Header
1 x Power Fan Header
Serial Port Header
1 x Power LED Header
CIR Header
IR Header
Power ATX Power Connector 24-pin ATX12V / EPS 12V Connector 8-pin Regulatory Approvals FCC
CE
WHQL
its in a cooler master dm storm case...one front fan for storage device rack...one top fan over processor area...one back fan for processor area extra fan for power supply...which i got 600 watt...2 case fans for clear side panel...and im running the nvidia 460 gtx v.2 1gb card...
here is the link for my video card specs..http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-460/specifications
Cobra, do you prefer an AMD processor over an Intel I5 or I7? Just wondering, i haven't built a system with an Intel chip for a long time....