so my mobo died (well, sort of), I was thinking to buy a used mobo and then it hit me...
maybe I should just sell my X2 box and build a new C2D box...
Is C2D really that much better than X2?
Cost wise, I'll probably spend $250ish (after selling X2 CPU, mobo (post-RMA) & RAM)
I just checked ebay and amazed that these 2GB DDR500 are still selling above $200 (so, I could just sell mine and get the DDR2-800 at no cost)
I still don't know how lucky I'll get (usually not lucky at O/C, i.e. only 2.5GHz with 3800+, only 2GHz w/ 3200+, etc etc);
so that $250 will be getting me at least 500MHz more (assuming my E6400 only goes up to 3GHz)
... and a few days of fun (I really enjoy building computers, more than playing on my Xbox 360, believe it or not!)
What do you think?
Anybody did it?
maybe I should just sell my X2 box and build a new C2D box...
Is C2D really that much better than X2?
Cost wise, I'll probably spend $250ish (after selling X2 CPU, mobo (post-RMA) & RAM)
I just checked ebay and amazed that these 2GB DDR500 are still selling above $200 (so, I could just sell mine and get the DDR2-800 at no cost)
I still don't know how lucky I'll get (usually not lucky at O/C, i.e. only 2.5GHz with 3800+, only 2GHz w/ 3200+, etc etc);
so that $250 will be getting me at least 500MHz more (assuming my E6400 only goes up to 3GHz)
... and a few days of fun (I really enjoy building computers, more than playing on my Xbox 360, believe it or not!)
What do you think?
Anybody did it?