Ok after much reading through the forums I dicided to go for the following for christmas :- (already bought so please dont say "should have bought this!" 
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CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
Mobo - Gigabyte GA 965P-DS3
RAM - Geil® Ultra DDR2 1.0GB PC6400 Dual Channel Kit
CPU Cooler - Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
PSU - Thermaltake - 700Watt Tough Power
First of all how much differance do you think I would see from my current set up to the upgrade at stock? Just curious really...
Once ive swapped my current Mobo, CPU etc into my old case and everythings booting up ok (weather I have to reformat or not...have to just wait and see) then it will be time to overclock...Just want to know if anyone has basically the exact set up as mine, (as it seems to be very popular) and how I go about overclocking it ...could someone give me a basic run down of what needs to be enabled or disabled when first going into the BIOS and if i should just jump to a speed (say 2.5GHz) and work my way up from there. Also im not sure how the whole RAM and Volts things work, if someone could give me the basic jyst of how it all works (prefeables people with the same sort of setup) Also what sort of software do people use in these Intel systems? for temp monitoring and stress tests etc.
Im really excited about getting this as my current 3500+ couldnt break the 2.4Ghz mark
If you wouldnt mind providing as much info as possible as this will be the Thread I will be coming back to when I come to doing this...
Thanks Everyone
Si
)CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
Mobo - Gigabyte GA 965P-DS3
RAM - Geil® Ultra DDR2 1.0GB PC6400 Dual Channel Kit
CPU Cooler - Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
PSU - Thermaltake - 700Watt Tough Power
First of all how much differance do you think I would see from my current set up to the upgrade at stock? Just curious really...
Once ive swapped my current Mobo, CPU etc into my old case and everythings booting up ok (weather I have to reformat or not...have to just wait and see) then it will be time to overclock...Just want to know if anyone has basically the exact set up as mine, (as it seems to be very popular) and how I go about overclocking it ...could someone give me a basic run down of what needs to be enabled or disabled when first going into the BIOS and if i should just jump to a speed (say 2.5GHz) and work my way up from there. Also im not sure how the whole RAM and Volts things work, if someone could give me the basic jyst of how it all works (prefeables people with the same sort of setup) Also what sort of software do people use in these Intel systems? for temp monitoring and stress tests etc.
Im really excited about getting this as my current 3500+ couldnt break the 2.4Ghz mark
If you wouldnt mind providing as much info as possible as this will be the Thread I will be coming back to when I come to doing this...
Thanks Everyone
Si
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