Hello, Folks
I am new to this forum so if so I hope you will forgive any newbie faux pas made.
I am currently living through an HP induced a$$grab which has ultimately required me to ship my 3month old HP Pavilion p7-1234 desktop back to them for testing and repair which will take them 15 "working days" to fix after they get it. Due to the nature of the problem, (I suspect software related) they aren't going to be able to fix it even if they replace it, so my nightmare with their tech support will continue unless I do something different. sorry for the long lead in but what I want to do and probably should have done in the first place is just make my own machine. I have already ordered and have upgrades for the HP p7 which include a SAPPHIRE Ultimate Radeon HD 6670, and a AMD A8-3850 along with 8Gb of DDR3 1600. If I cannibalize the p7 I will have 8Gb more of slightly slower ram. I also have a 650w power supply to run it all. I am not a gamer but I am a very heavy user, at any one time I will have 20 to 30 web pages open for research, and Gimp , along with a few word and power point windows. I have 3 monitors to try and keep it all straight. The only things I think I need now is an OS and motherboard. I would prefer a motherboard with integrated wireless and a few extra pci express x1 slots for the few miscellaneous USB 2 and 3 cards I have. and maybe a esata or 2 for the docking stations. I have looked over some of the six A75-Based motherboards and none quite come up to what I need. I'm sure there is a better combination of everything out there but this is what I have to work with and between $150 to $200 for the motherboard.
I would prefer a full sized motherboard to match the cases I have left over from other builds but the primary concern I have is for reliability, and second would be upgrade ability.
Can you suggest a good motherboard to bring all of this together on?
5years ago I would have been able to figure it all out but I am on disability now and have a few cognitive issues thet make this task far more difficult than it should be.
I am new to this forum so if so I hope you will forgive any newbie faux pas made.
I am currently living through an HP induced a$$grab which has ultimately required me to ship my 3month old HP Pavilion p7-1234 desktop back to them for testing and repair which will take them 15 "working days" to fix after they get it. Due to the nature of the problem, (I suspect software related) they aren't going to be able to fix it even if they replace it, so my nightmare with their tech support will continue unless I do something different. sorry for the long lead in but what I want to do and probably should have done in the first place is just make my own machine. I have already ordered and have upgrades for the HP p7 which include a SAPPHIRE Ultimate Radeon HD 6670, and a AMD A8-3850 along with 8Gb of DDR3 1600. If I cannibalize the p7 I will have 8Gb more of slightly slower ram. I also have a 650w power supply to run it all. I am not a gamer but I am a very heavy user, at any one time I will have 20 to 30 web pages open for research, and Gimp , along with a few word and power point windows. I have 3 monitors to try and keep it all straight. The only things I think I need now is an OS and motherboard. I would prefer a motherboard with integrated wireless and a few extra pci express x1 slots for the few miscellaneous USB 2 and 3 cards I have. and maybe a esata or 2 for the docking stations. I have looked over some of the six A75-Based motherboards and none quite come up to what I need. I'm sure there is a better combination of everything out there but this is what I have to work with and between $150 to $200 for the motherboard.
I would prefer a full sized motherboard to match the cases I have left over from other builds but the primary concern I have is for reliability, and second would be upgrade ability.
Can you suggest a good motherboard to bring all of this together on?
5years ago I would have been able to figure it all out but I am on disability now and have a few cognitive issues thet make this task far more difficult than it should be.