AMDaphile going INTEL!

Today I managed to have 2 different capacitors smoke up my trustworthy asus/amd combo. I would normally get all bummed out, but I've heard some nice things about intels new chips.

I'm thinking i3-530 on an ASUS P7P55D-E LX

I've been out of the loop for some time now; anything I should be concerned about? Would I encounter any issues using my old pc2-6400 2x1 sticks until I could afford some ddr3?

I know I can count on some legit OCforum geeks. <3

Welcome to bright and blue side of the OCing planet

Sadly you will need to get some DDR3 as your old DDR2 sticks will not work on that board

Please reade this guide to prepare you for your colorful journey
http://www.overclockers.com/3-step-guide-overclock-core-i3-i5-i7/

simba1621 said:

I've been out of the loop for some time now; anything I should be concerned about? Would I encounter any issues using my old pc2-6400 2x1 sticks until I could afford some ddr3?

I know I can count on some legit OCforum geeks. <3

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The i3 530 is a good chip, it puts the hurt on the Phenom II x2. You're going to have to spring for some DDR3 sticks, the 1156 platform is based on DDR3 memory.

i3's are pretty easy to OC and run quite cool...
Here are my trials and tribulations with an i3 540 ....

Looks good to me. You need to get DDR3 RAM as DDR2 won't fit the slot on DDR3 boards.