Motherboard Upgrade help

[laiod]

Currently I have an ASUS M5A78L-M LX3 motherboard. Will and upgrade to an ASUS M5A97 R2.0 be a good choice? And how difficult is it to upgrade the motherboard with Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit? My specs are as follows to help give better insight:

GPU: EVGA Geforce GTX 760 SC ACX
CPU: AMD FX 8350
Motherboard: ASUS M5A78L-M LX3
PSU: Corsair 750W
HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
RAM: Crucial BallistX 16GB (2 x 8GB)

 

[Thaisnang]

Get gigabyte 970a ud3p or a 990FX motherboard the M5a97 is just ok overclocking although the EVO is pretty good. And you'll have to get a new OS or license key if you are going to change the motherboard as far as I know the license is just limited to that motherboard.

 

[laiod]

I have no interest in overclocking whatsoever. So basically this will be a good board to get for my computer? I have all the things for windows and such ready, so the OS is not a problem. I am more worried about any possible incompatibilities.

 

[Thaisnang]

There would be no other incompatibility issue. But if no overclocking then there is like no need to upgrade at all the current board is good enough.

 

[laiod]

Well the TDP on my current board does not support the TDP of the processor I have, and from reading through the internet this is a big issue and causes many problems.

EDIT: Also, on the CPU support for my current board the processor isn't even supported, but I can use the computer fine and surprisingly game, but I believe this would be extremely dangerous.

 

[Thaisnang]

TDP limit hits when maximum heat is outputted which happens when you stress the system. Still I'll say that you should atleast get the 970 Ud3p from gigabyte.

 

[laiod]

Thank you very much for the help!