Need Help Choosing a Motherboard

[Wislan]

Hey,

Over the past few years I have upgraded every part of my PC excpet for the motherboard, so i decided to get a new one. This has proven to be much more difficult than I an anticipated and I am somewhat fearful of all the issues with compatability, longevity etc even after reading the "How to Choose a Motherboard" article on this site. I would appreciate your help in making a selection. My current setup is

Win 10 64bt
i7 2600k
8gb ram (2x4gb DDR3)
GTX 970
250gb ssd (SATA III 6gb/s)
500gb hdd (SATA II 3gb/s)
I also have a single optical drive.
Additionally, the SSD is Samsung which I have heard can have compatibility issues with AMD motherboards, for example although I have checked my SSD is in a SATA III slot, it shows in Windows as being in a SATA II slot.

So far I haven't overclocked anyhting but it is something I would like to be able to dabble in lightly in the future.
I have done my best to provide all required information but understand you may need more...

Thanks,

Will

 

[Zerk2012]

If your motherboard is working their no reason to replace it you will get no performance increase just spend money.

 

[Tradesman1]

What mobo do you have? I'd look for the Rock's Z77 Extreme 4

 

[Wislan]

If your motherboard is working their no reason to replace it you will get no performance increase just spend money.

That is a good point, whilst my motherboard is fairly dated, it isn't broken.

What mobo do you have? I'd look for the Rock's Z77 Extreme 4

My current mohter board is a MSI Z68A-G43 (G3) (this one https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/Z68AG43_G3.html#hero-specification)

Additionally, the SSD is Samsung which I have heard can have compatibility issues with AMD motherboards, for example although I have checked my SSD is in a SATA III slot, it shows in Windows as being in a SATA II slot.