Thats not entirely true. But for the cost to change your motherboard out you might as well get a new case as well and start from scratch. If you change your motherboard and your computer is old. Odds are your going to want an upgraded one, which means a new processor. And if you have already gone that far your old ram wont really do your new setup justice. So theres that. And with the new mother board you'll most likely need a larger power supply so after you did all that you already got a new comp anyway. If you go a cheap route you can get out for around 500 bucks depending on where you live.