Right now I am running a Coolermaster 600w PSU (I hear they suck, why?), EVGA 8800 GT Superclocked, C2D e6300, 2gig of garbage ram, and some no-name mainboard that came with my computer (I cant overclock, or even turn off speed stepping). So I decided that I want to upgrade my motherboard, ram and processor. I originally looked at picking up an Asus Maximus Formula, C2D E6750 (and overclock it instead of buying a 6850), and 2gig's of Kingston HyperX 2x1GB PC2-8500 ram. I can afford it, but I want to trim the price down so I came to the experts and humbly ask for your advice.
Since my graphics card is pcie-2.0 capable, I wanted to go with the x38 chipset, plus I like the option of getting ddr2-1066 ram. So I was wondering is the speed gained from pcie2 and ddr2-1066 ram worth the extra money I have to spend, because I can cut at least $150 by going with a p35 chipset and ddr2-800. Since I have chosen Nvidia, the crossfire support of the Maximimus Formula is unnecesary to me as well. As far as the processor is concerned should I even buy the e6750 at all? I do have a 6300 and a new processor will set me back $230 after taxes (I live in Canada). My other concern with doing a bigger overclock on my 6300 is that the last time I oc'd was way back when I took my pII 300 all the way up to a blistering 3 twenty-something (yeah, that long ago). Thanks for the time and your help is greatly appreciated.
Since my graphics card is pcie-2.0 capable, I wanted to go with the x38 chipset, plus I like the option of getting ddr2-1066 ram. So I was wondering is the speed gained from pcie2 and ddr2-1066 ram worth the extra money I have to spend, because I can cut at least $150 by going with a p35 chipset and ddr2-800. Since I have chosen Nvidia, the crossfire support of the Maximimus Formula is unnecesary to me as well. As far as the processor is concerned should I even buy the e6750 at all? I do have a 6300 and a new processor will set me back $230 after taxes (I live in Canada). My other concern with doing a bigger overclock on my 6300 is that the last time I oc'd was way back when I took my pII 300 all the way up to a blistering 3 twenty-something (yeah, that long ago). Thanks for the time and your help is greatly appreciated.
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