Quote Originally Posted by thefunk View Post
By the way, I can't believe I managed to 5 box on my old system. Clean 60FPS makes WoW look absolutely great (bear in mind what i'm used to)
That's exactly how I felt when I moved from a Q9550 system to an overclocked 2600K.

Quote Originally Posted by thefunk View Post
First, make sure your DVD drive is compatible with the new motherboard, otherwise you'll suddenly realise after 2 hours of installation that your lovely drivers on the lovely boxed DVD's are completely useless. Not only that, but Windows won't recognise your ethernet controller. This is where work laptops + usb stick + internet are handy.
What was wrong with the DVD drive? And the Ethernet issue happens depending on which LAN chip the
motherboard uses onboard. Sometimes Windows 7 can use it's generic driver and sometimes it can't. /shrug