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My old Compaq Presario CQ5320F Desktop with Pegatron Narra6 mATX w/ NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 chipset died, so no preparation could go into this replacement. I'm running WIN10 OS. With good advice from here, I'm installing MSI B150M Pro-DV LGA motherboard with i3 6100 CPU. Old HD with...

I replaced dead motherboard with MSI B150M Pro-VD LGA motherboard. It has front panel connections for 2xUSB 3.1 "gen 1" and 4xUSB 2.0 and HD audio. My current case has front panel for audio and 2xUSB 2.0. I'm looking for a good source for these commodity add-ons other than China. The 3.1 gen...

OOPS... original ideas: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/d6kGkT what if CPU upgraded: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/3LHp3F

Thanks guys for jumping in so quickly. I wasn't considering an Intel solution initially because again, I got going down the direct spec replacement lane. Did you glimpse at my PCPartsPicker list? http://pcpartpicker.com/list/3LHp3F I'm agnostic.

I have a Compaq Presario CQ5320F Desktop set-up for my 3 daughters. It will remain primarily a web surfing, homework/word processing, entertainment (music, pics) machine. Recently, it just failed to start. Ran it to Geek Squad who provided "free" diagnosis and isolated the Motherboard. I'm...