Been out of the hardware game for a while, could someone check over this upgrade?

[yoinkF]

Hello all,

Have been meaning to upgrade my processor and have come up with the following spec.

Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 "LGA775 Conroe" 3.00GHz (1333FSB)

Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC2-5400C5 Dual Channel Vista Upgrade Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2VU6674GK)

I have heard the motherboard listed above will work with 1333 Conroe, is this correct? Also is the memory the correct speed to run the processor at stock speed? (I won’t be over clocking)

Sorry for the stupid questions, it has been a while since I have looked at processors and motherboards with the view to upgrading so don’t really know what’s what

Thanks in advance,
Kris.

 

[Jaffa_Cake]

Upgrade is reasonable however I would change a few (all) of the parts.

Newer chipset on the
- Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard

Slower clock on the
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
But if you get a
- Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink
with it then it will clock to near enough 4GHz which will work very well with the
- Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663) RAM
which will also hit 1100MHz easily.

Total Price: £333.59

The OCZ you chose is a little sluggish to keep up with the 1333Mhz FSB on the new CPU's but would be fine. I would suggest the above if you plan to OC though.

 

[gord]

If your going Intel you should really be considering a small overclock. Even with the stock retail fan you should be able to get a performance increase.

If your really dead set against overclocking then i would still suggest a Gigabyte board.