Your new incarnation might not OC either, I would get the Asrock and see what results there are then, definitely a better board.
Then I would make a decision of hardware upgrades depending on the results, 3 SSD in raid 0 is unnecessary, I used to raid them 2 x 256 940 pro with WD raptors in...
A Voodoo 5 5500, I had one during the civil war, huge it was. 8800 ultra and 8800GTX (G80) were fantastic in their time, big sucka's before it was fashionable. However they could handle all that was thrown at them, 8800GT (G92) could not compare. They ran very hot, I think I had 11 Fans in a big...
Great board, I think I had P5K black premium, with a xeon 3210 quad. Purchased 2 of them eventually, oc'd from 2.13 stock to 3.6(normal OC), went to close to 4ghz but not totally stable there.
I'd give the 25.00 ebay deal a shot.
Do you have the Realtek® ALC892 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC sound drivers installed?
Depending on if its a LX, V, V-Pro, deluxe, etc there are different sound chips, the LX has the Realtek® ALC887 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC *4.
On the menu there are settings that can...