I plan to upgrade a few very important components of my PC sometime next month, and I want to make sure I will have enough power for everything to run properly (or run at all, I suppose). Right now I'm using a 430w Thermaltake PSU with an Athlon X2 3800+ processor on 939, 2GB of DDR 333 RAM, and a GeForce 8800GT 512MB graphics card. I plan to get an ASUS LGA 775 motherboard, an intel core 2 e8400 wolfsdale 3.0ghz, and 4GB of DDR2 1000 ram, while using the same graphics card that I have now. Will that be overkill for my PSU?
I also have a couple of other questions. Should I bother with DDR2 RAM? It seems that DDR3 RAM is becoming more standard, but it also seems to have slower speeds. Should I get the e8400 processor or should I get a Q6000 quad core? I hear the slower speed on the quad core, as well as a lack of need or support for four cores right now, make the q6600 not worth it, especially for the increased price. I plan to use my computer primarily for gaming.
Thank you!
I also have a couple of other questions. Should I bother with DDR2 RAM? It seems that DDR3 RAM is becoming more standard, but it also seems to have slower speeds. Should I get the e8400 processor or should I get a Q6000 quad core? I hear the slower speed on the quad core, as well as a lack of need or support for four cores right now, make the q6600 not worth it, especially for the increased price. I plan to use my computer primarily for gaming.
Thank you!