Sounds like a nice little upgrade. I'd second the vote for Win7 - it really is a nice OS. Stable as XP for em, adn not as bloated as Vista. I sort of regret going the AMD route last year, but the i7's were just out and ludicrously expensive.
I actually have to replace my motherboard right now. (surge protector/UPS apparently stopped working, and it got fried - my building is notorious for power spikes and flashes which is why I got the UPS in the first place.) Debated making the switch back to Intel and the 1366 socket, but decided spending the money to replace pretty much the entire machine a year out from my first build wasn't prudent. Hopefully, after this fix I'll get the 4-5 years out of it I'd originally hoped for. We'll see I guess - kinda bummed and feeling negative about building my own instead of buying a prefab model - gonna need a laptop soon and that's definitely coming from Sony or Toshiba.
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I actually have to replace my motherboard right now. (surge protector/UPS apparently stopped working, and it got fried - my building is notorious for power spikes and flashes which is why I got the UPS in the first place.) Debated making the switch back to Intel and the 1366 socket, but decided spending the money to replace pretty much the entire machine a year out from my first build wasn't prudent. Hopefully, after this fix I'll get the 4-5 years out of it I'd originally hoped for. We'll see I guess - kinda bummed and feeling negative about building my own instead of buying a prefab model - gonna need a laptop soon and that's definitely coming from Sony or Toshiba.