CPU Just Fried... New CPU Needed!

[Royality]

I am thinking of getting the Intel 905 Dual Core thingy which is nicely overclockable I hear however I have a meager abit-IC7 motherboard, now being a computer noob I need to know - are these compatible?

Also, I'm sure I have a shoddy arse cooling system (I basically want to overclock the CPU to above 3Ghz (as I currently have a Northwood 3.0GHz) so will it be able to do that?

What's the easiest way to get air cooling to a good level without spending too many bucks?

Cheers guys!

 

[kyhoola]

I thought the IC7 were socket 478...the new dual core intel chips are socket 775. (805 chip is the low end one which is supposedly very good for overclocking)

 

[Royality]

So I will need to get a new mobo aswell?

 

[toy_soldier]

Yes, im in the same boat as you looking for the cheapest way to do it

 

[daveydave]

there are some cheap abit boards on ocshop...

 

[lay-z-boy]

there are some cheap abit boards on ocshop...

abit used to be ace when oscar wu was with them, the ic-7 was an immense mobo but hes now at dfi churning out beasts so abit now suck.

if you wanted to jump on the intel 805 wagon, you will need a 775 mobo, ddr ram, new psu, pci-e grfx and a huge @55 cooler.

Tbh with conroe round the corner and 60% cuts in price for cpus as well, its not worth it as of this moment.

 

[Royality]

I need a CPU though.

 

[tom_e]

id see if you can pick up a cheap 478 from the MM just to tide you over