I don’t anticipate a problem, most of our content is non-DRM and the remainder can be re-downloaded via Amazon’s Kindle library: when you buy a Kindle book, you can usually read it (at the same time) on up to six devices. Also, the internal storage and SD are fully functional on the old device, only the screen was broken.

More info from Amazon:
“Content purchased from the Kindle Store can be downloaded to your Kindle, iPhone, or iPod touch as long as you’ve registered the device to the Amazon.com account that purchased the Kindle content. There is no limit on the number of times a title can be downloaded to a registered device, but there may be limits on the number of devices (usually 6) that can simultaneously use a single book.
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That means you can download and read your books on any Kindle device you own as long you’ve registered each device to the Amazon.com account where your Kindle library is stored.”

I’ll post here if there are any problems .

Thanks for the follow up and make sure to let us know which new motherboard you end up choosing!

PS I ended up ordering a used Radeon 4670 512MB GDDR3 video card from eBay for $45. I’m planning on three monitors (old ones) all DVI and the IGP couldn’t handle that all on its own, thus adding the video card . We’ll see how it goes!

Man, those darn fire alarms were going off all the time. I don’t know how many times we had to go outside in the middle of the night and wait for the “all clear”.

Yes, you and I made quite the International Students .

I do remember the StarCraft games. I need to reinstall it and get back into it but with work, grad school, etc time is at a premium.

Remember Destructors.org and the dorm cam/blog? The Fire Alarms? Blakes Truck getting moved to the soccer field in front of the dorms? Us playing intramural basketball… But on the International Students Team

That sounds awesome about your new desktop. Keep us posted when you build it!

PS remember the massive games of StarCraft, and/or Quake 2 that we’d have in the dorm?

Im about due for a new desktop and I think this go I will build it from scratch.

Jesse: it’s good to see you’re getting some use out of that torts book .

Also, I don’t see USB 3.0 as being necessary at the moment, maybe in 3 to 5 years we’ll be to the point that we will need it (unlike 10 years ago when we really did need USB 2.0). That is unless you plan on putting a SSD inside of that 2.5″ enclosure

I got the MSI 785G b/c I like the layout and ports(6 usb ports yay) provided… been looking at it at $99 until amazon offered it at $90 received in 2 days w/ amazon prime… missed the time newegg sold it for $70 AR in october….

Ohh well, I’m kind of excited to try a less well known board just for the fun of it .

Also, I’m in the market for a good USB 3.0 PCIe card if you know of any. I’d like to find one for less than $30.

I used some of my other eBay bucks to get 2.5″ USB 3.0 enclosure and an expresscard USB 3.0 adapter (for my laptop). Humm, perhaps a PCIe to expresscard adapter for using it in this new machine? Of course performance wouldn’t be ideal but it would be better than USB 2.0!

paperwastage: Very nice build! That MSI motherboard was one of my very top contenders, it looks like a screamer. I’m ended up going the cheaper route just to see “how low I can go”, but the MSI looks really hard to beat! Glad to hear another unlock success story . PS how do yuo like the 4670?