I am having problems with my current Gigabyte GA-MA78GPM-DS2H motherboard (hangs randomly in the morning and then seems to work through the day - so could be heat related - everything else checks out okay). I bought the board Feb/09 so it's out of warranty but all AM2+ boards I find now seem to either be very expensive OR seem to be AM2 boards that downgrade speed when you use a AM2+ cpu or not have any decent features to match my current board. Should I even bother with this or look to do a full motherboard/cpu/RAM upgrade? Suggestions please... Budget: £50-£75 for upgrade of Motherboard only - or else £400 for replacement motherboard/cpu/RAM combo. Main uses of intended build: Family PC / Basic word processing / learning about virtualisation (so need Virtualisation supported CPU and >=4 cores to run linux guests) / No gaming. Parts required: AM2+ Motherboard or a fresh motherboard/cpu/memory (if existing DDR2 cannot be reused). Previous build information (list details of parts): Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78GPM-DS2H 780G Socket AM2+ onboard graphics 8 channel audio mATX Motherboard Memory: Crucial 4GB (2X2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Ballistix Memory CPU: AMD Phenom X4 9750 2.4GHz Socket AM2+ 2MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed Processor using stock cooler Case + PSU: Coolermaster Elite 330 Black Case With CM eXtreme Power 460W PSU Disk: Spinpoint F1 750GB 7200RPM 32GB HD753LJ Monitor: LG L206WU Logitech keyboard / mouse (both usb) Generic speakers Monitor resolution: 1,680 x 1,050 resolution Storage requirements: Nothing special - will reuse existing sata hard disks (750gb) - have internal (extra disk that I manually copy data to) and external hard-disk backups for redundancy. Will you be overclocking: no. Any motherboard requirements (no. of USB, Xfire/SLI, fan headers): Prefer onboard Video - need DVI - 4 x USB (2 at back - 2 for front) - enough Extra information about desired system:
