On Sun, 10 Jun 2018 07:18:02 -0000 (UTC), "Yes"
wrote:

I have an ASUS M4A89GTD PRO USB3 mobo.

Damn -- $359...
https://www.amazon.com/Asus-M4A89GTD.../dp/B003964KK8

If an older model for Amazon's hm, discretionary merchant-pricing
slots. ASUS calling it a Pro/USB3 is a little redundant. I figured
when I got a socket three, although Gigabyte and somewhat more dated
by present driver standards, is it was probably how things are just
done for USB3 convenience: you get USB3 stuck on the back-plane. Least
I did, two plus two, for the extra dedicated USB3 ports sandwiched
into thereabouts, alongside usual two USB2 ports adjacent the NetWerk
RJ45 connection.

Wow, you've got 12 USB2 (8-ports MID-board pin arrays), which is kind
of totally something. . .I guess. ...Firewire, cool - the "standard"
for sound recording gear for some time. Onboard graphics -- I like,
the way to go, at least for me.

But I only just paid $50 for the Gigabyte AM3 because the floor
dropped out on octal cores, a little while ago, due to Ryzen. A
low-wattage variant, primo -- octal bulldozer type, AKA .not. a
250-watt monstrosity, for an unheard-of $90 splurge, plus ensuring any
driver related issues are grandfathered in. ...Probably goes like a
duck into water in typical *nix box configs.

Offhand, a Phenom six-cores sounds conceivably older, maybe a year or
two, in the ASUS config. I can't believe, though, a build like that
would eat two HDD, DVD, and case fan. Outer Limits stuff.

Digging into PCs plain ain't done right if it ain't fun. And scared
don't count when it's out of bounds;- most rules fall under: if you
can pay then that's the ticket to play.