the motherboard in my computer went out a week or so go. I built the computer in december 2008 with what was then good parts ( Asus mobo ect... ), but now, it's outdated to the point, I can't just replace the mobo and put it back togther. it is still fast enough to be ' in date ' ( AMD Athlon x2 6000+ ) but it is the old 125w chip, and the mobo's that can support over 95w are few and far between and expensive. also the ram I have is DDR2, and those mobo's are a bit hard to find/ more expensive than DDR3..

So when I get around to it, I will build a new computer. I'm going to get a case with better airflow also. current case only vents the front from underneath the face, which I was never impressed with.. along with that, a more current motherboard, but I'll probably go with a biostar this time. I have used them with success in the past. Athlon x3 3.0 GHZ ( can't remember model number ) and I will unlock the 4th core, and use my Hard drives, vid card, power supply, DVD and digital fan controller.

back when I was in high school, I used to try to outsmart the computer techs ( nice guys, but out of there league a bit. they were hardware guys ).. always fun to play with the registry. just put shutdown.exe in a run command, and they had something to fix.. at first they were convinced it was a virus, but then realized it was a tech savy student but never figured out who it was..