e6400 upgrade

[capriboy1978]

Hi all,

I'm far from upto speed with intel's c2d's so would appreciate a little help. I'm going to retire my new 4890 into the download box soon, but it only has a e6400 fitted on a cheap non overclockable mobo. I don't game on it much but friends use it when they come round so was wondering how I could get the best out of her for the minimum monies. Presumably my mobo would limit which c2d / c2q I could use even thought there the same skt.

has a 1680 x 900 tft, 2 gig ddr2 and a 95% full ide hdd drive which I will be cleaning up big time.

cheers, if more info needed will sort when home.

 

[capriboy1978]

thought so, working on it now.

 

[capriboy1978]

ok, don't laugh

65nm e6400 b2 @stock
ecs p4m890t-m v1 I think but I still have the manual somewhere

 

[capriboy1978]

sounds good to me. i7 build seems to have wiped me out for a while, and means less time to save for the 5870x2 and a dremel.

 

[capriboy1978]

not going to spend any real money on it, it's just the download / browser box and occasional guest gaming rig. I'm a little possessive of my new i7 build.

It seems the ecs is a fantastically poor overclocker so I'm not going to try. I was suspicious I was running pretty much the best cpu in it I could. When I had it built I pushed the budget for the e6400 but neglected insisting on a good mobo. I did stipluate I wanted an upgrade path but seems that one got by me.

PSU is an oem 400w job. I think it'll just about do, with the gpu at stock or lower that is. Thanks for the input guys.

 

[capriboy1978]

will have to shoe horn her in there and see me thinks. If i have to upgrade the psu then it's onto the mm with her when the x2 settles in and down in price a little. Fingers crossed I get away with it....