[Dealmaster13]

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Originally Posted by BipolarBill

If you are not getting a new CPU, it makes no sense to replace the motherboard. There will be no real performance increase from it. Besides, changing the motherboard requires reinstalling Windows in most cases.

Your current motherboard supports the video card you want. Go ahead and get it, but invest in a nice 500W brand-name PSU too. OCZ is a good choice - as are Seasonic and Enermax.

You have good RAM and plenty of it. Leave that.

As an aside, that 266MHz speed is the unmultiplied speed. Multiply that number x 4 for the effective speed of your RAM - 1330MHz.

How sure are you that my current motherboard supports my graphics card? How much will it suppress its performance by?

Will the OCZ 500W SXS run both my CPU and GFX card just fine even on full load, or should I go for the OCZ 800W EXS which costs £69 instead of £44 (I have a very tight budget)?

I have PC2 5300 RAM modules, one is 2GB and the other is 1GB; thus causing them to run in single channel. PC2 5300 RAM is supposed to run at 333MHz. What speed would DDR2 800 RAM run at; I think dual channel would be worth it, but should I get 533, 667 or 800 RAM? See the CPU-Z screenshot below for more details:


So, with this said, is a 2x1GB/2x2GB Crucial Ballistix PC2 6400 RAM set a good option? Will it run at 400MHz, 333MHz, 266MHz or 200MHz?