Upgrading my pc e6400 intel D946GZIS

Hi everybody, i'm trying to upgrade my pc and i need some info or opinions about these components and the compatibility between them

What i've got-------------------------------What i'll change

Processor:
Intel core 2 duo E6400 ---------------------- Nothing
2.13Ghz

Mainboard:
Intel D946GZIS------------------------------ Nothing

Ram:
1 Markvision ddr2 667Mhz 1024MB------------ 2 Kingston ddr2 667 Mhz 2048MB

Video Card:
Ati hd 2600 pro ----------------------------- Zogis 9800 gt 1GB or ati hd 4650

Power Supply:
not sure but its a 350W---------------------- Give me any idea please

If you think i'm wasting the gpu power cause of another component tell me, and it's a corsair memory faster than a kingston?

Thanks

P.D. I almost forgot, i'll be using on a monitor that suports up to 1280x1024 so if you have any ideas for that resolution and for running games at high settings with those specs ill be glad to hear them.

Well you gonna bottleneck pretty much any video card upgrade unless you overclock that processor.
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"Well you gonna bottleneck pretty much any video card upgrade unless you overclock that processor." -zipzoomflyhigh

-I agree, if I was you I would get an E8500 or E8400.. those would be able to keep up with a high end video card.

thanks guys, you know i'm thinking to use the parts to later upgrade the mainboard and the procesor, maybe i'll be using a i7 processor, so if you give me sugestions thinking about this would be nice, and about overclocking the processor i'm gonna try it,


edit: and i dont think my MoBo supports 800Mhz ram.

Hey guys its a good idea to overclock my processor but do you think its posible to reach the performance of a e8400? and how would i do that?
Remember that my MoBo is an intel D946GZIS and i'm using the stock cooler

From what i've been reading its posible to oc to 3.2 Ghz but whit a 800Mhz ram, so i'm not sure what to do right now since my MoBo supports only 667Mhz, and from what i read it can take up to 2.4 - 2.6 Ghz

Thanks in advance, you know i'm learning a lot from you guys

Yes its possible your E6400 can be faster than a E8400, however with that crappy mobo I doubt you'll get anywhere near that kind of performance.
I got my E6300 1.86ghz at 3.45ghz with DDR800 at 866mhz.
Dont buy 667, buy 800, its backwards compatible and the prices are the same for either.
You need to decide now what you want to do in the future because all current platforms use DDR3 now.

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i'm using speedfan to test my cpu and i found something interesting, my cpu at idle runs at 57ºC or 60ºC, so its too hot right now and with stock config, so i stressed it and went to high in a minute (80ºC), not sure if its an anormal temp or a missreading.

Any idea whats happening?

Yes, i read an article about that and make some modifications to my case and clean some of my components and temperature got around 40º-45º at idle, its still to hot, i'm going to try and use some termal paste (not sure if thats the name) to reduce the temperature.

I see that you have an E6300 O/C, can you tell me what temp readings you get? (at idle and full load)

my readings are:

at idle full load
core temp 40º over 70º
tat 45º over 75º
speed fan 46º over 75º

ok, what tool do you use to stress the cpu, cause i'm using occt and the tat option to workload 100% and get temps around 70º, also i presume i can use some termal paste because i added another fan and made some experiments to see if i can get a better temp but i doesnt work, i think the termal paste that i'm using is not a heat-translator, so thats why the stock fan its not cooling it properly.