El-Cheapo Core 2 Duo Upgrade Questions

[rtc975]

Hello,
I'm mulling over doing a semi-upgrade from my Socket 754 Athlon 64 3400+.

I was reading a post on these forums regarding the use of a Core 2 Duo on an ASUS P5PE-VM Motherboard and being able to use my current 2 GB of PC3200 Patriot CL2 Ram and GeForce 6800 AGP Video Card. I'm also thinking about purchasing one of the X1950PRO AGP cards that are supposed to be released shortly.

Here's the deal. I'm not looking to spend a ton of $ as the Holidays are creeping up. Basically I'd be purchasing a new case, motherboard and a E6400.

Other than using the hardware mentioned above. I would also be moving my Antec True430 over to the Core 2 Duo system. Would this power supply cut the mustard for the new Intel stuff?

Also, even if I didn't purchase a newer video card, would the new backbone of the Core 2 Duo be noticeably faster than my current Athlon 64?

Any opinions would be greatly appreciated, just keep in mind that at this time I cannot afford to ditch my current video card and memory, especially after reading the 3-part series that Anandtech did on the Core 2 Duo using regular DDR RAM.

Thank you.

 

[bamacre]

I would seriously wait until you can upgrade everything (i.e., C2D, DDR2, PCIe). Buying an AGP card now, and more so in the near future, is a bad idea.

Dump your AGP and DDR as soon as you can.

But to answer, yes, a True430 can handle the new cpu and an X1950 Pro.