An upgrade..

[Viper²]

Currently have

Pentium D 820
MSI mobo
7900GS
450w PSU

Looking at about £250-£300 max upgrade.. I want water cooling and I'm going to overclock.

Here's what I have provisionally:

Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz
Asus P5K SE Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Total: £170.63

Then the rest to spend on some water cooling stuff.

Should I forget about the water and just go for air with a better CPU?

Thanks for any help.

 

[Viper²]

Is it worth spending a bit more on an x38 chip mobo? E.g. the Giga. X38-DQ6?

 

[Viper²]

Not really, look at the reviews and benchmarks, its a minimal performance increase with a much higher cost at the mo

Well according to Tom's Hardware, it's an 'Overclocking Champ', but I wont doubt your intelligence.