Looking at purchasing a new motherboard and CPU for gaming purposes. My current setup is listed below - as you can see my CPU is the big holdup. It looks to me like the Q6600 is the best bang for the buck currently. Any motherboard recommendations to go along with it? I currently only have 2 gigs of memory which is DDR400 PC3200 - should I pickup more? do I need the same brand? Will what I have work with the new motherboard? I'd appreciate everyones help - sick of seeing frame lag with all settings turned down.
AMD Athlon 4000+ San Diego - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103529
Asus A8N-E Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131530
ATI Radeon 4870 X2 - http://shop1.frys.com/product/5691641?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
2GB Mushkin memory - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146425
Two 10k 74GB Western Digital Raptors (striped)
Windows XP
AMD Athlon 4000+ San Diego - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103529
Asus A8N-E Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131530
ATI Radeon 4870 X2 - http://shop1.frys.com/product/5691641?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
2GB Mushkin memory - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146425
Two 10k 74GB Western Digital Raptors (striped)
Windows XP