my current motherboard which is a intel based motherboard (can't remember socket) which had a intel I5-2500k processor in it. The lan card in it did and i figure i have had this motherboard and cpu for about 3-4 years and feel its time to upgrade to a new motherboard / cpu. I am debating going AMD just due to budget (only have a max of 400 dollars and was thinking of going with these. [h=1]970 Gaming w/ Dual DDR3 1866, 7.1 Audio, Gigabit LAN, CrossFireX / SLI[/h]http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX53810 and the cpu is [h=1]FX-8350 Processor 4.0GHz w/ 16MB Cache[/h]http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX42094 but if anyone has any better suggestions lemme know keeping from my old computer case, 8 GB ddr3 ram 2 ssd's 1 hdd ati radeon 7970