CPU and Motherboard

This is the brain, the crown jewel, the main operator. On this uber rainy Monday, there was a pretty awesome Microcenter/Facebook promotion which netted me this processor for $230 bucks (before taxes and transportation cost). It wasn't my intention to purchase an over-clockable processor but at this price, it doesn't matter. I can leverage my uber inner geek and learn to over-clock a processor.


The Asian guy who sold me the CPU was pretty friendly. His aura was of massive computer street cred; not unlike the massive gangsta street cred 50 Cents has with his aura. His understanding of PCs parallels my command of the English alphabet. 


I think there was yellow on yellow uber geek to aspiring geek respect. He metaphysically held my hand and delicately explained which motherboard to purchase and why this particular motherboard (MOBO) was a good choice.


This board has four Sata 6 ports. I'm so looking (think childishly giddy) forward to rocking Sata 6. Rocking a SDD will be pure joy (for like 3 to 10 whole days). I just hope that the fans within my tower, case, and whatever I decide to buy for the CPU will be adequate enough.


The photo from the left and the the right were borrowed from the Newegg website.



The cool thing about buying certain CPU's at Microcenter, you get 50 bucks off a MOBO. It was either this MOBO or a $270 (pre discount) MOBO. Given these assumptions, I went with the GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3. And yes I know, that was a mouthful. I wonder if the B3 suffix designates the fix for the Sata 6 controller. Happy me as I go geeking along.