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I have an AsRock H97 pro with an i5 4590 processor and gtx970. I built it this time last year. I was planning to build my son a similar computer but with a gtx960. Now I'm wanting to upgrade mine and give him my motherboard and processor to go with his 960. What motherboard should I upgrade to...

Thanks. Good call on the RAM. We will need an OS, I just didn't put it on the build. He has the other peripherals as well. But thanks for the quick reply.

My son wants a gaming PC of his own. I don't want to go too far, but I need something that will run most games. Check this out and let me know if there are any changes or cheap upgrades I can make. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YyhZNG PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YyhZNG Price...

Here is my new pcpartpicker.com/p/ZsmCt6 Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZsmCt6/by_merchant/ CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory...

I've been into computers for decades but never the hardware side of things (aside from changing hard drives and disc readers). I want to build a medium range gaming computer, but I'm not sure about compatibility and such. I'm almost positive that there's some overkill here. It's like to keep it...