Got into Computers and hardware back when i was only about 8 years old, I was born in 1984, so i 1st started messing with computers back in 1992/1993, I am currently 32 yrs old now in the 2017 year, So that iv been working,building, and repairing Computers for about 25 years now! iv worked on/with Intel,AMD, And nvidia hardware, back in the day other companies like 3Dfx,SIS, VIA, and others... 3Dfx was my all time Favorite, until Nvidia strongarmed the market and 3Dfx had to shutdown , then in around 2000-2001/02 nvidia bought out 3Dfx Interactive!!! :( :( :( :( :( iv currently for the last several years have gone with AMD MB's and CPUS, ATi/AMD Radeon Graphics Cards. I have used AMD Super Socket 7 K6-II 3Dnow CPU's, Athlon, Athlon II, Phenom, Phenom II, AMD FX 4150, FX 6350, FX 8120, FX 8150, and lastly now an AMD RYZEN 1800X CPU @3.60-4.0GHz Prec. Boost. others where ..SLOT A, Socket A Athlons, Socket 754, (socket 939 was skipped) AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+ ? Now On AM4 R1 i am now using ASRock Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming AM4/Ryzen Mainboard with 1xM.2 32Gb/s M.2 PCI-e 3.0 x4 and m2.2 @ 20Gbps M.2 M.2_2 ssd slots AMD Radeon R9 Fury-X 4GB HBM PCIe-30.x16 GPU x1 (SINGLE CARD)