Quad Core

[DawnOfDoom]

okay i feel kinda dumb asking this but would

Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail

work in this mobo i mean it does support 64 bit proccessing and the proc does too same socket but does the chipset matter?

ECS nForce 570 SLIT-A v5.1 NVIDIA Socket 775 ATX Motherboard Audio PCI Express SPDIF SLI Ready Gigabit LAN USB 2.0 Serial ATA RAID at TigerDirect.com

theres the mobo

 

[King X13]

that mobo does not support a quad core.

 

[b1gapl]

Don't get ECS motherboards. They're not that good. As King X13 said, it does not support quad core processors. I would suggest this motherboard, if you're looking to get a Q6600:
Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
....since that seems to be your price range.

 

[veg1992]

no quad-core support.... listen to b1gapl, he recommended the p35-s3l, which is highly recommended board for the sub-100 range

 

[DawnOfDoom]

Alright I'll go with that

Will I be able to use my same harddrive that has my OS on it?

It's IDE and it has other files along with my OS

I still have my OS disk, will I be able to use that or do I need to get another one?

 

[b1gapl]

You will have to reinstall the OS, whenever you change the motherboard. Yes...you can still use your OS disc.

 

[psp_crazy1]

dam too many p35 DS3s. only one ds3 965, i love mine, and its getting outdated quickly. DS3R is needed soon :|

Don't go with that old of motherboard. I think he should spend a tad more, since he is getting a nice quaddy, but not my desicion.

 

[veedubfreak]

Nah, you can most likely just pop your old hard drive back in and have it work, but you will have problems with installed programs. I went through 4 boards on the same os install, the only reason i had to reinstall was because a few of my games wouldnt play due to the hardware setup when i installed them.

 

[psp_crazy1]

i thought, when you got a new mobo, you need a new edition of XP, since you could go and copy all your OS files to every computer in your house on one copy of windows... but theres a registry hack to change that, but i forget it :|

 

[b1gapl]

Nah, you can most likely just pop your old hard drive back in and have it work, but you will have problems with installed programs. I went through 4 boards on the same os install, the only reason i had to reinstall was because a few of my games wouldnt play due to the hardware setup when i installed them.

You may be able to get away with that, but it's always recommended, you do a fresh install, every time you change the motherboard.