will this combination be good??

[Napalm=)]

yeah its the ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 LGA 775 VIA PT880 Pro/PT880

and the E4500 Intel C2D

will this motherboard and processor be good to go along with my system? i just bought a new 500W Antec earthwatt so dont go by the power supply in my sig. i love the motherboard because it has an AGP slot for my new X1950 Pro and when i feel ready i can upgrade to PCI Express at any time!!

 

[crashthenet44]

I loved your choice of the empty shopping cart.

Maybe you can take 2 minutes and type out what you're planning on buying, since these links to shopping carts or wishlists never work.

 

[Napalm=)]

sorry about that. ive never done that before so...

yeah its the ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 LGA 775 VIA PT880 Pro/PT880

and the Intel Core 2 Duo E4500

 

[Dangman]

It'll work. Though Enginurd has done some research on that mobo so wait for him to reply to you.

 

[engiNURD]

ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 LGA 775 VIA PT880 Pro/PT880
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz

I don't think you can use the newer Core2 CPUs (1333FSB) on that board. The board has problems reaching past 300Mhz FSB SDR, so I doubt it can handle a 1333Mhz FSB QDR chip (333Mhz FSB SDR).

You'll have to drop down to the E4500/E4600 instead, or an E6420. My vote is for the E4500 or E4600.

My research on the board is a bit dated (earlier this year), but it still holds true, I believe....

AT did some reviews on that board (or its now older brother):
http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=3024

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2810
http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=2813
http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=2814

Summary: The board is a good, budget stopgap solution for people who want to get more life out of their DDR and AGP stuff. DDR400 is still fine for today's applications, and only high end NVIDIA graphics cards will be affected by the 4x speed of the 16x sized pci-e slot, but not by much (PCI-E Scaling Review).

 

[OpTioN]

get a differnt mobo... something like the Asus Maximus Formula, Abit IP35 Pro, Asus P5K Deluxe

 

[engiNURD]

get a differnt mobo... something like the Asus Maximus Formula, Abit IP35 Pro, Asus P5K Deluxe

None of those have an AGP slot. In case you missed it, he mentions why he chose the AsRock board here...

i love the motherboard because it has an AGP slot for my new X1950 Pro and when i feel ready i can upgrade to PCI Express at any time!!

 

[Napalm=)]

yeah i was thinking about a 4500. and if im feeling lucky, with better cooling, could i overclock just a little on this motherboard?? or is it out of the question?

 

[Dangman]

It's possible. Since the stock FSB of the E4500 is only 200Mhz, you can still OC the E4500 up to the 300Mhz FSB wall that the Asrock board has. However dunno if theres an option to keep the FSB and RAM speeds at a 1:1 ratio.