Meaker goes C2D!

[Meaker]

Well with the 965 chipset migrating to Matx the way was open for me to jump aboard with:

Asus P5B-VM G965, only raids with the external connector but I dont mind running my two alone.
C2D 4300, well it only has a 800mhz FSB, but then again it has a higher multi

I'm also picking up vista home premium upgrade through an education reseller (Im a uni student). Getting the OS tomorrow and the hardware thursday.

[RedSensiStar]

Cool beanz.

[Meaker]

Lol, well I am getting the stuff tomorrow (today since its 1:45AM) and I will keep you all updated, I could not resist putting vista on my current system and even though I will do a clean install it migrated VERY well.

I just hope this motherboard hits a decent FSB :s

[Charles P. Jefferies]

Congratulations Maker, the Core 2 Duo is a monster and I'm sure you'll have your fun with it. As for me, it'll be a few months (at least) before I get something different.

[Pitabred]

Stick with XP. Vista's an erosion of your rights through it's horrid DRM and will kill performance for very little benefit except paying to deal with bugs for a little eye-candy.

Congrats though

[moon angel]

Congratulations Maker, the Core 2 Duo is a monster and I'm sure you'll have your fun with it. As for me, it'll be a few months (at least) before I get something different.

Can I have your old one?

[Meaker]

Well sorry I was slow getting back to you guys, the motherboard needed a bios flash to support the e4300. The chip on the board is soldered in meaning you cant remove it and flash it in anotherboard. I had to do it at the shop

Anyway its all working now:

http://meaker.bulldoghome.com/photos...e_com/!.jpg

Undervolted and overclocked