Your opinion on this processor?

Popped over at newegg and discovered this beauty in there holiday sales section, i have an E4400 right now LINK

Is it compatible with this mother board LINK, and are there any special procedures or installations i should follow?

I have a X1950XT 256mb for a GPU, should I be worrying about power with a 500w power source?

Also, a link to a new CPU fan would be great.

Errr, that's an AMD chip. You have an Intel motherboard there. Try something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037 It'll have similar, if not better performance, and you won't have to upgrade anything else. It also has a 65w power draw, so you won't have to worry so much about your PSU not being able to power everything.

-Betta

Errr, that's an AMD chip. You have an Intel motherboard there. Try something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037 It'll have similar, if not better performance, and you won't have to upgrade anything else. It also has a 65w power draw, so you won't have to worry so much about your PSU not being able to power everything.

-Betta

Thebettafish

That's all very well, and that's a very nice chip, but he would still be far better off upgrading his graphics card. A well overclocked 4400 is still plenty if you have a decent GPU. There will be very little noticeable difference between a C2D at 3.2Ghz and one at 4Ghz.

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Errr, that's an AMD chip. You have an Intel motherboard there. Try something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037 It'll have similar, if not better performance, and you won't have to upgrade anything else. It also has a 65w power draw, so you won't have to worry so much about your PSU not being able to power everything.

-Betta

manic111

That's all very well, and that's a very nice chip, but he would still be far better off upgrading his graphics card. A well overclocked 4400 is still plenty if you have a decent GPU. There will be very little noticeable difference between a C2D at 3.2Ghz and one at 4Ghz.

Its not just for gaming, I do a bit of 3D moddeling too. And I'd like to future proof myself a bit. But would it really matter if it was an AMD chip? Are the boards not compatible? Guiltfeeder566

I guess that would make sense, though it doesn't seem very fair. How about one of these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115055

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017