Upgrading motherboard

[Liteside]

I'm looking for the best recommendation for an AMD Phenom II X4 925 Quad-Core CPU. Yes I realize this is a bit of an older CPU but upgrading things a bit at a time here. My current board is ASUS M4A78LT-M LE AM3 AMD 780L Micro ATX AMD Motherboard.

I'm looking to go to a normal ATX board to be able to support 2 GTX 580 cards as my current one will not due to it being a micro ATX. Looking for the best recommendation to upgrade. Price point at the moment is around $100 and no more than $115 before shipping. If necessary my current case is an Antec 900 Ultimate Gamer case. If possible I would like the board to have a SATA 6gb/s port as well.

Cheers

[Deleted]

ASRock 990FX Extreme3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 - $105

[Biernot]

ASRock 990FX Extreme3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 - $105

This.

But keep in mind, that with this cpu, you will most likely not benefit from a SLI'd GTX580. So before you get a second one, you should upgrade your CPU. And just a small hint: always upgrade CPU+MB at the same time or you might gimp yourself in the future.
(If you get a new MB now, and plan to upgrade the cpu in 5 months, then in 5 months there might be a newer/better generation which will not run on your MB)

[Evil Inside]

Also be ready to re-install windows, and upgrade your cpu before getting a second 580.

[Liteside]

what CPU upgrade would you recommend then if I were to upgrade it at the same time? As far as reinstalling and what not I have no issues with.

[Deleted]

depends on your budget but an i5-2500k or i5-3570k ($190-230 range) with a Z75/Z77 ($90-130 range) motherboard would be optimal.

[Liteside]

Yea so I think I'm looking at around 250-350 regardless which sets me back probably till my tax return. Cheers.