Ideal Asus mo for NONgaming

[AlexCris6]

I'm upgrading finally from XP to 7. Have Asus P5AD2-E Deluxe, Intel Pentium 4, 3.2GHz,3.25 GHz Ram,NVidia GeForce GT 610 graphics, Dell 1905 FP analog monitor, Creative SB Audigy 2ZS sound. I ran Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Report and apparently I can do it only losing a few components with a a custom installation of 32-bit Windows 7 Pro. Short on cash, but I'd like ideally to upgrade Asus mo and CPU ideally i5 (and also probably 64-bit Win)...and what else? I've put this off for so long it's ridiculous but $$$ is issue. I've looked into Asus Z170 Deluxe. I'd really love some guidance.

 

[Tradesman1]

Asus Z170-A will save you some money and provide about anything you'll need - What CPU? If not going with a K model could look at a H170 mobo and save more 😉

 

[AlexCris6]

Asus Z170-A will save you some money and provide about anything you'll need - What CPU? If not going with a K model could look at a H170 mobo and save more 😉

Thanks very much. With the past 5 hours trying to figure out how I can have what I want ideally, I just can't afford it right now. I will take your advice later on and probably get the H170 and a whole new Windows ready for update to (ugh) 10. There's a way to preserve a free Win10 upgrade for later use (I think). For now, it'll just be a limping-along system with 32-bit Windows 7 et al (sob).

 

[Tradesman1]

It's a pain, but you're doing it right, wait till you have the money to really make the jump rather than to just sort of limp in on the low end, it will cost you more in the long run 😉

 

[AlexCris6]

Thanks again. It's good to have validation for my decision. Whew. What a relief to just get on with an inferior system for now.