upgrade advice (considering overclocking)

[elcamino74ss]

Current setup

Gigabyte AM2 Nforce4 SLI board
AMD x2 3600 overclocked to 2.6ghz
2gb ram
EVGA 8800gt

I've been looking at swapping to intel and passing the amd stuff to the kids with my old 7900gs.

I've been looking at the Gigabye GA-P35-DS3L and hoping for cpu advice.

Current use includes games like cod4, crysis, and soon Age of Conan.

Also I use a 19" WS LCD now but looking to upgrade to a 22-24" LCD

the e8400 seems to be a sweet cpu but availability and pricing seems to be rising. Is an e6750 worth looking at or is the e2xxx a better option or hold off and wait for the e8400s to be more available?

 

[v8envy]

You already have an AM2 board. Just drop in a 5000x2 BE and call it a day.

That said, I love my DS3L x 2, and my E2180 and X3210 CPUs. They're tweak-o-riffic! I gave up waiting for the E8400 or Q94XX.

Edit: oop missed the requirement to pass hardware down. In this case, E2180 at 3 ghz will play anything out right now. It's $50 AR at tigerdirect. $67 AR for a P35-E abit and you're done!

 

[elcamino74ss]

passing down isnt a requirement but I've got 3 sons who share two pcs. One is an old 3100 sempron ECS combo and another is a P4 2.66 on an asus board