E6850 (upgrade from my E6300)

[ariania]

Hey everyone!
i need some advice!

I want to upgrade my current e6300 who is mounted to this motherboard:
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=323507

my question to you all is:
do i need to upgrade my current motherboard if i want a E6850 (3.0 duo 2 core) processor ?
i meen:
3.0 works in 1333hz
my motherboard in 1066hz
and my memory in 800hz (pc6400)

the thing is that my motherboard is just 4 months old and trying to slim down the price as much as possible, or will it cause a bottleneck with diffrent hz then cpu , will they even work together ?

 

[andybird123]

it depends what revision of the motherboard you have, 1.0, 2.0 or 3.3?

Rev 1.0 and 2.0 are listed on the gigabyte website as only supporting 1066

Rev 3.3 is listed as supporting 1333 FSB

 

[ariania]

thanks, saved me tons of time, so you dont think the memory on 800 will be a bottleneck ?



and btw, tryed to flash to f10 version of bios, beacuse its required for 1333fsb.
getting errors :/

update: managed to flash the old way ;P with a floppy disk! yeeey

 

[dragonsprayer]

you should be fine - ramp it up to 375fsb+

i suggest you get a 6750 so you can run the 400fsb 1:!

you may need to reduce the multipler or crank the voltage to get 400fsb or just run the memory at tigher timings and lower speed.

 

[ariania]

thanks alot for ur respons dragon!
Im kinda newbish when it comes to clocking, expasialy memorys.
will buy the cpu and run all by default. Unless i can find something obviouse. like turning the fsb to 375 (memory speed).
cheers!

this is my memory btw:
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=320721

 

[ariania]

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=326999
will that fan be enough to cool the 3.0 duo 2 core ?

 

[kcwa]

well..it will cool it...dont know if it will be enough
i recomend a tuniq tower 120 or a thermal right of somesort with a scythe fan

 

[ariania]

so you recomend me to use the fan that comes with it (boxed) rather then the http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=326999 ?
and i was actuly considering putting on a second fan on that cooler. one as blower and one as sucker.
the other fan is: http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=339056

 

[ariania]

allready orderd, and i belive that 3.0 duo 2 core is more opted for gameing then a quad cpu is, isnt it ?