Upgrade question

Compound · 10 Dec 2007 at 08:58

Hi there

I am on the brink of upgrading my machine to something a little more current. However i have been out of the loop for a little while so i am unsure of what works with what.

I am thinking of the following:-

Abit IP35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)

Will that memory work in that board with the processor, i am a little confused as the processor says 1333mhz fsb but i think the memory is only 800mhz or am i missing something here?

Anyway, any help would be appreciated

AGD · 10 Dec 2007 at 09:17

I'm not an expert but it will work. The 800mhz and fsb are different and if you had memory at 1333mhz I'd be quite impressed!

Compound · 10 Dec 2007 at 10:35

Thanks for the quick reply.

In addition to my original question, are the items i have selected actually any good? I wont be overclocking them.

AGD · 10 Dec 2007 at 10:49

Well given that I have recently ordered the ram and mobo I should hope so! There have been a lot of people in these forums saying both are good. Also if you're not overclocking then I believe that cpu is the best for the price.

ByteJuggler · 10 Dec 2007 at 11:05

Yes that combo works well.

IAmATeaf · 10 Dec 2007 at 11:10

The combo looks fine, what will you be using the system for and why will you not be overclocking?

Compound · 10 Dec 2007 at 11:26

I will be using it for mainly gaming, not getting a new graphics card just yet. I will wait until i have more cash after christmas for that. My x800xl will suffice for now on the games i play.

I wont be overclocking it as i have done a bit before and takes me a bit too much fiddling about, and to be honest im not really sure about what i am doing:/ I want to be able to put it together and not worry about having to spend loads of time tweaking it.

I have a 460watt Hyper type R PSU in my machine. I know as of late they havent been getting the best press but the one i have is nearly 3 years old when they seemed to be a bit better. I am hoping this will suffice for the time being until i get a new graphics card, at which point i will replace the psu.

I am thinking of putting XP on the machine whens its built, would there be any benefit for me to go to vista just yet?

AGD · 10 Dec 2007 at 17:12

Well unless you really want dx10 for games or are gonna buy more than 2gb of ram just stick with XP as it'll run quicker.