Its an oolddd system thats serving me for an htpc and small games now the MB died its a 955 c3 almost disposed of the cpu too but it still serves its purpose perfectly fine
Many thanks for the input i finally bought this Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Motherboard: Flipkart.com although i got it at 120 odd buck more expensive locally (couldn't wait). Really good vfm, hdmi , usb3 (headers too) for this price !
Look at the Sennheiser PX series too
these should do nicely http://www.pristinenote.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=102_116&products_id=329 or less flimsy looking one here http://www.pristinenote.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=102_116&products_id=333