I've purchased an aurora 7500 R4 custom desktop back in 2006 and it's been a joy to have. However, to keep up with the technology of modern gaming and its demand, i'll need to give this guy an upgrade. Essentially I want to keep my current PSU, 750 watt OEM ATX PSU power supply, and GPU, Geforce gtx 460 (Yes I had to upgrade this from my initial as that one burned out) and lastly the chassis of the R4. And so I would like to upgrade the CPU from my D- Athlon 64 X2 5200+ AM2 DC processor to an i5 3570k. However, in doing so I need to swap my motherboard to have a compatible socket with the CPU.
The issue I'm having is that if I want to keep the same chassis of the aurora 7500 R4 I need to find a motherboard with the same I/O connectors configuration as the foxconn 590 sli nforce or else it won't fit. So my question here is, is there a motherboard with a 1150 socket that has the same configuration as the foxconn motherboard I have? Maybe someone had a similar issue as I do and found a way to solve it without switching the chassis
P.S. If you notice any issues that might arise from switching to the new CPU or motherboard with my current configuration please let me know, I'm no expert in the field
The issue I'm having is that if I want to keep the same chassis of the aurora 7500 R4 I need to find a motherboard with the same I/O connectors configuration as the foxconn 590 sli nforce or else it won't fit. So my question here is, is there a motherboard with a 1150 socket that has the same configuration as the foxconn motherboard I have? Maybe someone had a similar issue as I do and found a way to solve it without switching the chassis
P.S. If you notice any issues that might arise from switching to the new CPU or motherboard with my current configuration please let me know, I'm no expert in the field