netops07

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Evening folks. I have a bit of a dilima I would like to get some feedback on. Basically I have been going back and forth about doing a new SB build, getting a 990FX (which I really like though DB delays scare me) or just running with what I have.

I currently have 2 gamming systems that also double as HyperV and VMWare systems when i need to do some testing at home. When I game it's at 1080p. When i make a lab I can have mutiple DC's, Exchange, SQL and several clients running.

System 1
EVGA 780i
Q9550 OC to 3.7
16 GB DDR2 running at 1000 or so (not at the sytem right now)
2x EVGA 460 1gb
Corsair 1000w modular

System 2
Asus 790X Evo (which I need to replace with the MSI 790FX GD70 in my closet)
965BE stock speed, yeah I despise that Asus board
8 GB DDR3 1333 (have 16 GB GSkill 1600 arriving tomorrow)
2x Saphire 5850 (the new ones on the 6850 PCB they had available a couple months ago)
Corsair 1000x modular

One consideration is that either of these systems can go into my Mozart TX case (the big one) and replace the Q8300 currently running my HTPC and software NAS. So yeah...do I relegate the Q8300 to a deidcated Lunix NAS, move one of these systems to the HTPC and build something new or just wait? I DO HAVE THE ITCH TO BUILD, but moving the AMD system onto the MSI 790FX and tossing some LC I have at it may scratch that.