Want new MB + CPU with old ram/hdd/psu/case

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My machine has had a number of gremlims over the last few years, mainly in the HDD department, but numerous HDD checking utilities show all drives are fine, and i have a large number of drives, so the problem can safely be said not to be the drives.

So i have for a long time suspected the SATA controller on my current mainboard is having some issues.

As i don't have USB3 on my current mainboard (i have it as a card in current rig) i don't mind switching out to a new mainboard and probably a new CPU.

My machine was put together many years ago.
So the questions are

A) Can i get a new in the box LGA1366 mainboard with USB 3 and 8 x Sata, that will support my Bloomfield i7 920? and supports triple channel ram x 6

B) What would be a good choice for a new MB + CPU combination that will give me about the same computational power, or slightly more (i don't play games, but i do like an i7), has 8 Sata, support my triple channel DDR3 ram AND has 6 or more RAM slots. The ram i need supported is

* Corsair Vengeance 24GB (6x4GB) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800)

Current setup is this

CPU
Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz 46 °C
Bloomfield 45nm Technology

RAM
24.0GB Triple-Channel DDR3 @ 534MHz (8-8-8-20)

Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P6T SE (LGA1366) 54 °C

Graphics
LCD3090WQXi (2560x1600@60Hz)
896MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 (XFX Pine Group) 74 °C

Storage
447GB SanDisk SDSSDX480GG25 ATA Device (SSD) 31 °C
931GB Western Digital WDC WD1001FALS-00J7B1 ATA Device (SATA) 38 °C
447GB SanDisk SDSSDX480GG25 ATA Device (SSD) 31 °C

PSU
Cooler Master 1000W Silent Pro

CASE
Cooler Master HAF

 
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A> Probably no. Intel stop production of the 5x series chipset a long time ago. There may be an unopened box left forgotten somewhere but in most likelihood, anything of that tier would have been sold off a long time ago, making room for the newer stuffs.

B> Triple channel support has also fallen by the way side. It's now dual channel for mass market and quad channel for high end crowd. X58 was effectively the only Intel chipset to support triple channel as its successor, the X79, changed to support quad instead.

C> The X79 with newer LGA2011 CPU is the only choice that can provide 6+ DDR3 memory slots as X99 boards would have use DDR4. Skylake/Haswell board would only have up to 4 DIMM slots. But as the X79 and its associated LGA2011...

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A> Probably no. Intel stop production of the 5x series chipset a long time ago. There may be an unopened box left forgotten somewhere but in most likelihood, anything of that tier would have been sold off a long time ago, making room for the newer stuffs.

B> Triple channel support has also fallen by the way side. It's now dual channel for mass market and quad channel for high end crowd. X58 was effectively the only Intel chipset to support triple channel as its successor, the X79, changed to support quad instead.

C> The X79 with newer LGA2011 CPU is the only choice that can provide 6+ DDR3 memory slots as X99 boards would have use DDR4. Skylake/Haswell board would only have up to 4 DIMM slots. But as the X79 and its associated LGA2011 processors lost its position as the top tier choice, their availability also dwindled. Now, they're effectively removed from most retailers.

What you may want to try is these SATA/RAID cards. To make sure that it really is the mb SATA controller, then you can decide whether a new MB/CPU/RAM is even worth it.
 
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