Can motherboard bottleneck processor?

Hi all My rig is

Core2Due E7300 2.66GHz 3MB
GA-P31-ES3G
3GB
xfx 9500GT 1gb
350W

so i want to upgrade and according to budget i can get

Core2Due 3.0Ghz 6MB
GA-P31-ES3G
4GB
Gigabyte GTX260 SOC
500w

so some people said that your board won't handle the Proc. so what do u think guys?

P.S : I don't and won't overclock proc ever :D

idunno, imo motherboards are built to last.

if you have a quality mobo, it should easily last you 3+ years. Granted, if youre a technophile, youre going to want the latest and greatest, but it is the other components I would be most concerned about

as of right now, I think you need to swap out that video card. 9500 is "meh"

The processor speed bump isn't going to amount to much. Keep the proc you have or go quad-core.

I don't think they can, it doesn't seem like it's logical. The motherboard pretty much houses the components, it's not really competing with other parts..so I don't think it can bottleneck a CPU.gamer082009

[QUOTE="gamer082009"]I don't think they can, it doesn't seem like it's logical. The motherboard pretty much houses the components, it's not really competing with other parts..so I don't think it can bottleneck a CPU.superclocked

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i think i will change only the GPU :Dmacronia

[QUOTE="superclocked"][QUOTE="gamer082009"]I don't think they can, it doesn't seem like it's logical. The motherboard pretty much houses the components, it's not really competing with other parts..so I don't think it can bottleneck a CPU.ender2009

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