LGA1366 Motherboard Problem

[h3lpmeplzz]

I'm building a new pc but saving a few parts from my old pc. My processor is Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz and the socket is LGA 1366. I've found motherboards with that socket but i cant find one that has support for an ssd ( which i'm going to be buying for the new build), and support for a newer graphics card as i'm planning on getting a new one. Should I just start a new build completely? It might be easier than trying to use some of my old parts with new tech. ( and cheaper lol)

 

[BFG-9000]

All LGA1366 motherboards use the X58 chipset with ICH10, so all of them including your old one supports every 2.5" SATA SSD ever made, though at 3Gbit/s. They also all had PCIe 2.0 x16 slots that will work with just about any modern PCIe 3.0 card.

It is inadvisable to buy a new LGA1366 motherboard for that old processor because they cost more now than they did 9 years ago due to limited supply, plus would offer little improvement over your old board no matter what it is. While benchmarks can show the difference between 6Gbit/s and 3Gbit/s, there is no detectable difference in normal use--both are ~100x quicker than a HDD with many small files.