Are there going to be any more price drops on C2D?

[tomanders91]

Are there any more planned price drops on C2D's? Since my current one cant really be overclocked due to a poor motherboard and stuff, im thinking of getting something like the E6850 to see me through to next year.

 

[tomanders91]

Why dont just get a new motherboard and new Memory?

The E6850 is the biggest waste of money, why not just get a E6750 and clock it to 3.4GHZ+?

Though if your spending that much on a CPU, Quad all the way.

Edit - sorry i sort of let your very first question fly over my head. .

Anyway to your question, no their arnt anymore price cuts as far as im aware.

Thanks

Im really not sure what to do since my PSU and Motherboard are both not suited to overclocking at all (a 530w hiper and some random generic C2D mobo ) I think that would push the price to high (im 15 so im a bit poor, and no i didnt buy my 8800gts).

 

[tomanders91]

EDC: I guessed you missed the bit where he said his board isn't any good at overclocking?

tomanders91: What is the name of your mobo and what memory do you have?

I think maybe it would be cheaper to buy yourself a new mobo (sell your old one) and overclock that uber E6400 of yours

The motherboard is a Foxconn P9657AA, pretty poor.

 

[tomanders91]

just some random 5300 stuff

 

[tomanders91]

i honestly havent tried yet, im worried about my hiper PSU 530w

 

[tomanders91]

Ill look for some reviews of my motherboard, check what people have been getting C2D's to, then maybe buy a new PSU and some decent memory.

 

[tomanders91]

experts, read this:

http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/963/6/page_6_bios_and_overclocking_foxconn/index.html


If i got some good ram, what sort of OC could i get from my e6400?