shall i swap motherboard and cpu

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evetsreklaw

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im building a pc to sell on, little hobby im getting into. at the minute i have--
p5kc motherboard
q6600 overclocked to 3ghz
radeon hd 6670 1gb
750w psu
500gb hdd
4gb ddr2 ram
question is ive bought ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO Motherboard, shall i use that and the cpu that ill have to buy or stay with what ive got.
i also have another hd 6670 which i could crossfire and a hd 5450 for new build
 
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yep, sorry missread the post, keep the old and add just the second 6670 and crossfire them, if you want to get new components get a new fx cpu+970 board or go for a new intel i5

for the ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO you need to buy also new ram, a cpu that can barely be found in retail - phenom II 9xx series - and is barely faster compared to the old intel. the old board supports crossfire too so no reason not to keep it if it's working ok
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yeah i know id have to buy a new cpu, which ill have to anyway for the new build. im just starting out and its mainly a hobby i want to get into..
what i meant is the specs above is what im on now, the new motherboard and hd 6670/hd5450 are what im gonna use for new build
 
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yep, sorry missread the post, keep the old and add just the second 6670 and crossfire them, if you want to get new components get a new fx cpu+970 board or go for a new intel i5

for the ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO you need to buy also new ram, a cpu that can barely be found in retail - phenom II 9xx series - and is barely faster compared to the old intel. the old board supports crossfire too so no reason not to keep it if it's working ok
 
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evetsreklaw

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yeah thanks, it was only cheap. £15.
think ill crossfire like you said and use the hd 5540 in hobby build.
 
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also ive overclocked my q6600 to 3gh already, could i push it further. i forgot to say i use a coolermaster hyper t4 cooler for the cpu,
and if so whats the settings i should have in the bios.
 
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