Ok Guys thanks for the replies I think I'm getting there.
For the GPU I'll probably blow some money on an XFX 6800GT. That at least will buy me another 3.5 weeks of 'future proofing'.
But I'm getting quite into the CPU,FSB,memory thing....no, really I am.
Whilst researching I came across this utility
CPU-Z . As I understand it Barton 3000+ chips came in 333Mhz and 400Mhz flavours.
Cpuid shows the CPU bus speed of 400Mhz
FSB 200.5Mhz X10.5 = Core speed 2105.1
Memory shows Max bandwidth PC2700 (166Mhz)
Memory timings :- Freq. 200.5Mhz
FSB-DRAM = 1:1
Timings 2.5/3/3/7
So, and I'll cut to the chase now, am I effectivly underclocking my 400 Mhz CPU by using DDR333 memory?
Edited to say, I've been fiddling in the BIOS and the above is with 'Agressive' Set in system performance. If I then change this to 'Optimal' all that changes is the mem. freq. becomes 166Mhz and the FSB-DRAM becomes 6:5.
If the mem. max bandwidth is 166Mhz anyway what exactly does 'Agressive' achieve?
Explanations hugely appreciated.