I built the desktop I am on right now in 2008. Yeah, just over 11 years ago. I am flabberghasted that it's actually held up so long. Quite a tribute to Intel and Gigabyte and Patriot (RAM). the Base 3 are a Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L (rev. 1.0) LG775 motherboard, an Intel Q9550 "Core Duo" Quadcore CPU and 8 gigs of Patriot DDR2-800 SDRam. Everything else has been upgraded or otherwise replaced a few times since then. 4 PSU's have popped, leading me to go straight single rail 12V @ 750W PSU. Multi-rail actually makes no good sense at all from an Electricians POV.
I am sure I need at least a good Quadcore CPU with Hyper Threading. Be better if a 6 core HT. And I want maximum RAM. Like, 32 to 64 gigs. I have a fair little EVGA GT 740 OC 2 gig vid card. Can make do with that for a while yet. Now, Hard Disks. I am NOT going to continue using 'spinners'. Not after several years of flawless performance with FIVE SATA internal SSD's, from 460 gig (oldest) to 1 TB (newest 3) and a 500 Gig I tossed in for extra storage. The OS is, and will continue to be Win 7 Pro x64. I own it, I LIKE it, and that's that. Soo, any suggestions as to mobo/CPU/RAM combo?
TIA!

My 66th Birthday PC Build (July 1, 2020) :  named BadMoonRYZEN!, W10Pro x64, Octal Core RYZEN7 X3700 4.05 GHz, 64GB DDR4 RAM, GeForce RTX 3060 - 12GB GDDR6, PP2014, PP 11, P12, PS-CS4 Extended & Vue 2024.

McG.