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Upgrade from a AMD AM3+ to AM4 or AM5 chipset MB running W10?

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That's ok, have you seen the size of the most modern GPUs? It is still connected to the CPU.
I probably wouldn't be able to fit my dual Optane AIC at the bottom without cables clashing so that kinda makes me mad while I wait for these boards to go on discount 2 yrs from now.
 
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As you can see in the diagram.. A MP700 2TB in M2-1. M2-3 & M2-4 have a RAID 0 8 TB 4TB $250 KingDian drives. M2-2 has a Kingston NV3 4TB. SATA ports 1&2 have 1 RAID 0 4TB Crucial Bx500 drives and 5&6 do as well but they are Team Cheap 2TB. M2_4 has a 8TB SSD from KIngston. PCIE 1 is a 7900XT and PCIe 2 is 2 Crucial T600 1 TB in RAID 0 using an Asus Hyper M2 5.0 card. There is only 1 storage port available left to be used but I could still buy another SSD and not lose any performance. There is no lane sharing on this board.

For some context here are the drives connected to the CPU
View attachment 392571View attachment 392572

thank you again,

the first 7 000 MB/s result is raid 0 kingdian?

the 1000 mb/s are the results for sata raid 0 drives?

the crucial drives are t500?

the result for single kingston NV3 is most interesting
 
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This is a AMD (which I have run since 1999) based system.
I was told (from a long time reliable source who set me up w/ my 1st PC in '99) it would be better to upgrade from a AM3+ to a AM4 chipset than the current AM5 due to possible hardware driver issues running W10 (either missing or not compatible due to more changes with M$ tiring to force one to move to W11).

I do NOT have any interest with W11, W10 is bad enough! I'm currently running W7. What do you guys think?
FM2 user here, Personally I have used Intel for builds before 2010, but for games always AMD, now, it depends on what you are going to use that PC for, if you are going to use AM4 with Windows 7, I regret to tell you that it would be a Waste of components, Now, it also depends on your budget. What components do you currently have? I had a Phenom II BE 1090T and 8GB of RAM. Enough to last several years, If you can upgrade your components I would recommend going for 16gb of ram and a 6 core FX, with a newer gpu, if you want to go to AM4, I would recommend a Ryzen 5 5600g, with 16gb of ram, without knowing what you use it for, I honestly don't know what to recommend.
 
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What's your current video card?
If that PSU unit is from 1999 you probably will want to replace it for your new build.
No way, the entire system was from 2016;

AMD FX8350 on a AM3+ chipset
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