What CPU for mid-range gaming rig built around GTX 460 1GB?

[Electric Donkey]

Hello.

Looking to upgrade and/or replace my current system with the final result centered around a GTX 460 1GB card (as soon as newegg gets the EVGA AR models in stock again). Couldn't find a thread about this specific question. ("What CPU/motherboard/RAM is the best match for a GTX 460?")

I strongly suspect that once I get the new card my current mobo/cpu will be a bottleneck for most games I'll be interested in playing (many FPSs, big sandbox games):

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Gigabyte motherboard GA-P35-DS3L
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Intel C2D E4500 2.2G 65nm
2 GB DDR2 RAM

The GPU I'm upgrading from is an 8800 GT 512MB which has served me admirably for nearly 3 years.
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I do kind of have a preference for AMD over Intel (though when I built my current system Intel easily had the best offerings at that price), but not enough to sacrifice any serious performance over it.

I expect not to overclock the GPU much, if at all - but I'm open to buying a CPU that has overclocking capability if it produces meaningful results and can be accomplished with conventional HSF cooling.

I'll be gaming at 1920 x 1080 on my 46" Samsung tv

Plan to order the card as soon as it's available - I can at least pop it in my rig as it exists now and get the CPU/mobo/RAM later. But I won't want to wait long at all since I'll probably be getting Just Cause 2 and wanting to fire that up...

Thanks in advance.

 

[mfenn]

Your current rig probably won't be as much of a bottleneck as you think at 1080P. Get 2 more GB of memory and OC the CPU a bit and you should be fine.