Over the next 6 months, somewhere in that time slot I plan on upgrading my motherboard and processor.
As of right now I have
Inspiron 530
Current Mobo: Dell 0RY007
4 gigs of ram DDR2 pc2-6400x2/DDR2 pc2-5300x2
Current processor: Intel Pentium Duel CPU E2180 2.00GHz
Radeon HD 5770 PCI-e
CORSAIR Builder Series CMPSU-500CX 500W ATX12V v2.3 Active PFC Power Supply
I plan on getting a
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
or
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
I have no idea or anything about what type of motherboard would go best with my system. This computer is mainly for gaming, and I intend to play high end games later in the future such as Diablo 3, FFIV, Fallout 3 New Vegas. I would like the price to be under 200, but as any other person I want the best value per buck for what I intend to use this computer for. I'm not really very savvy with hardware and such so if you need more information, be specific.
As of right now I have
Inspiron 530
Current Mobo: Dell 0RY007
4 gigs of ram DDR2 pc2-6400x2/DDR2 pc2-5300x2
Current processor: Intel Pentium Duel CPU E2180 2.00GHz
Radeon HD 5770 PCI-e
CORSAIR Builder Series CMPSU-500CX 500W ATX12V v2.3 Active PFC Power Supply
I plan on getting a
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
or
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
I have no idea or anything about what type of motherboard would go best with my system. This computer is mainly for gaming, and I intend to play high end games later in the future such as Diablo 3, FFIV, Fallout 3 New Vegas. I would like the price to be under 200, but as any other person I want the best value per buck for what I intend to use this computer for. I'm not really very savvy with hardware and such so if you need more information, be specific.