Requesting opinion and recommendations on motherboard upgrade

[armando41988]

Good afternoon. I am currently in seeking to upgrade my motherboard. My system is as follows

http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03359127

This is my current computer

This is the motherboard

http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c03757575

This is what pc-specs says about my motherboard

http://www.pc-specs.com/mobo/MSI/MSI_MS-7778_(Jasmine_R)/3575?openbuild=1

Money IS NOT AN ISSUE. I have already upgraded the following

PSU, CPU (APU to be specific), Memory, wireless transceiver to an 802.11ac complaint mini card, GPU, and added more storage.

I only have one PCIe * 16 slot, and I cannot support crossfire.

I can provide more detailed system specs if needed.

I am not chancing the case, I like the HP all black case. So this limits me to uATX/MicroATX motherboards only.

 

[popatim]

Why are you uchanging the motherbd? Ie - What will a new motherbd get you?

 

[armando41988]

Why are you uchanging the motherbd? Ie - What will a new motherbd get you?

This is currently my GPU
http://www.amd.com/en-us/products/graphics/desktop/6000/6990#

I am stuck with only PCIe * 16 2.0, I cannot support crossfire and this GPU does not run dead rising 3 very well. It is a good GPU though, so I want to buy another and crossfire them, but I only have one PCIe X 16 slot. This is why I want another MoBo. Since I am replacing the MoBo, its either go big or go home. I have a 670 dollar budget

 

[armando41988]

Why are you uchanging the motherbd? Ie - What will a new motherbd get you?

Detailed system info

OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name ARMANDO-HP
System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
System Model p7-1235
System Type x64-based PC
Processor AMD A10-6800K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics, 4100 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date AMI 7.04, 3/16/2012
SMBIOS Version 2.7
Windows Directory C:\windows
System Directory C:\windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
User Name Armando-HP\Armando
Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 32.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 31.4 GB
Available Physical Memory 26.1 GB
Total Virtual Memory 62.9 GB
Available Virtual Memory 56.2 GB
Page File Space 31.4 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Name AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_671D&SUBSYS_1B2A1002&REV_00\6&26C23AAA&0&00400010
Adapter Type AMD Radeon Graphics Processor CrossFire Secondary (0x671D), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. compatible
Adapter Description AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
Adapter RAM (2,147,483,648) bytes
Installed Drivers aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver Version 15.300.1025.1001
INF File oem166.inf (ati2mtag_NICayman section)
Color Planes Not Available
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1920 x 1080 x 60 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xC0000000-0xCFFFFFFF
Memory Address 0xFE5E0000-0xFE5FFFFF
I/O Port 0x0000CF00-0x0000CFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 4294967261

Name AMD Radeon HD 8670D
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_990C&SUBSYS_2AE0103C&REV_00\3&267A616A&0&08
Adapter Type AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x990C), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. compatible
Adapter Description AMD Radeon HD 8670D
Adapter RAM 512.00 MB (536,870,912 bytes)
Installed Drivers aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver Version 15.300.1025.1001
INF File oem166.inf (ati2mtag_Trinity_Desktop section)
Color Planes Not Available
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1280 x 1024 x 60 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xB0000000-0xBFFFFFFF
I/O Port 0x0000FF00-0x0000FFFF
Memory Address 0xFEB00000-0xFEB3FFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 4294967271

Name AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_671D&SUBSYS_0B2A1002&REV_00\6&1B77B13C&0&00200010
Adapter Type AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x671D), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. compatible
Adapter Description AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
Adapter RAM (2,147,483,648) bytes
Installed Drivers aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver Version 15.300.1025.1001
INF File oem166.inf (ati2mtag_NICayman section)
Color Planes Not Available
Color Table Entries Not Available
Resolution Not Available
Bits/Pixel Not Available
Memory Address 0xD0000000-0xDFFFFFFF
Memory Address 0xFE620000-0xFE63FFFF
I/O Port 0x0000D000-0x0000DFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 4294967270
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003DF
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF

 

[Calvin7]

CrossFireX is not available on motherboards that fit the HP case. You need a mid-tower not mini-tower. Your HP case has very limited airflow which would result in poor cooling. I would take a look at some bare mid-tower cases.

FM2A88X Pro3+
Form Factor: ATX
http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/FM2A88X%20Pro3+/

 

[popatim]

I would think that a8-5500 process would be hurting you more then the 6990 would.
I'm thinking Case, motherbd, processor, & ram. A full system upgrade.

I'm moving this to Systems for this reason.
You'll get excellent advice there too.

 

[armando41988]

My processor is an a10-6800k richland