Hi, all.
This is my first post here, but I've used the other info on the site to help me figure out what I want to do with my ~4 year old system. Now I just need to know if I'm on the right track.
Here's how my system was originally built back in 2010:
Case: CoolerMaster HAF 932 Advanced Full Tower Gaming Case
Motherboard: Asus Rampage III Extreme (ATX, Socket 1366)
CPU: Intel i7 980 3.33GHz (OC to 3.47 GHz by builder), 133 MHz bus, 12 MB L3 cache, LGA1366, Chipset ID 3A16
GPU: Asus GeForce GTX 590 3MB GDDR5, PCI-E 2.0, 612 MHz engine clock, 1024 CUDA cores, 3420 Mhz memory clock (855 Mhz GDDR5), 11.5"x 5"
CPU cooling: Asetek 570LX w/dual radiator, 2x silent high performance fans
RAM: 24GB (4GBx6) Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600
PSU: Thermaltake TR2 TRX-1200M 1200W
SFX: Creative Labs X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series)
Primary SSD: Kingston SSDNow V+100 SVP100S2/96G 2.5" 96GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive
Storage HDD: Hitachi GST Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723020BLA642 (0f12115) 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Optical 1: Pioneer BDR-206D 12x BD/DVD/CD Burner
Optical 2: Sony Optiarc AD-7261S CD/DVD Burner
Meter display: NZXT Sentry 2 Touch Screen Fan Controller and Temp Display
Network card: Killer Xeno Pro Gaming
The only thing I've changed is the GPU. Last week I purchased and installed a Gigabyte GV-N970G1 GAMING-4GD GTX 970 and, I must say, it's a wicked awesome card. Certainly left the old GTX 590 in the dust anyhow.
But now I'm looking at other changes - motherboard, RAM, CPU. I'm just trying to figure out if the other bits in my machine will work with whatever new board I get. I'm not worried about space at all - the HAF 932 case has plenty of freespace inside, even after installing the super-long GTX 970. But here are the parts I'm looking at adding:
Board: ASRock Fatal1ty X99X Killer LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K Haswell-E 6-Core 3.3GHz LGA 2011-v3 140W Desktop Processor BX80648I75820K
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Intel Core i7-5930K Haswell-E 6-Core 3.5GHz LGA 2011-v3 140W Desktop Processor BX80648I75930K
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2666 (PC4-21300) Desktop Memory Model CMK16GX4M4A2666C16
SSD (because the one that's on here is woefully small by today's standards): Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR240GB 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
I'm pretty sure all of those components are good pieces and will easily fit in my case. And I would imagine that my Thermaltake PSU should still be perfectly fine. What I don't know is if the other bits (CPU cooler, optical drives, network card, sound card) will still work with the new motherboard.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!