Some component replacements: any issues?

KNiVES · 16 Sep 2008 at 22:40

My current system is decidedly extremely poor. The CPU won't overclock past 2.53ghz (to this day I have no idea why - I can't rule out the CPU, the motherboard, the PSU nor the memory), the memory is pretty poor and the power supply is showing its age. Doesn't help that the motherboard has incredibly retarded overclocking utilities and MSI's customer support is non-existent. They are basically holding my 4870 back. So to this end, I've decided to look at getting them replaced.

Any incompatibilities or such I may have overlooked here?

If there's any alternative approaches, I'd like to know too. Cheers.

(I already have the case, cd-drive, etc etc)

Ben M · 16 Sep 2008 at 22:43

this mobo: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

would be a better choice for overclocking than the p35 board you specced. cheaper too =]

tigerstyle · 16 Sep 2008 at 23:30

I hear bad things about OCZ ram and Asus motherboards? Could be all fixed with new BIOS though, that or the problem was cleared up ages ago! You can get 4gig 2x2 of nice 4/4/4/12 Geil ram for only a tenner more anyhoo (money saved on cheaper mobo

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KNiVES · 17 Sep 2008 at 07:52

I had another look at my current memory, it's actually the Corsair DDR2 PC2-6400C4 4-4-4-12 (got 2x2GB of the stuff), is there any point in buying what I've chosen when I've already got similar?

Ben M · 17 Sep 2008 at 08:07

KNiVES said:
I had another look at my current memory, it's actually the Corsair DDR2 PC2-6400C4 4-4-4-12 (got 2x2GB of the stuff), is there any point in buying what I've chosen when I've already got similar?

It depends how big an overclock you want on your cpu, if you want over 400mhz FSB then pc6400 RAM will need overclocking. (400fsb is 3.8ghz with this chip; 9x multi)