Desire for new processor > My Cheapness

[Underage_Thinker]

I finally decided to upgrade my aging p4, here's what im currently looking at:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037)
GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3L LGA 775 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128337)
Thermaltake CL-P0114 120mm CPU Cooler (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106061)
SILVERSTONE FM121 120mm Case Fan (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999344)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007)
Thats it for now though i am probably gonna downgrade on the processor just because i don't really want to spend that much.
Ill updated this post as i progress.

[0=]

Link to the product page, not something only accessible with your account. Anyways, if you want the best performance go for the C2D e8400, it's hands down the best unless you do some serious video encoding, then you want a quad core.

[Aηdy]

I've got the E8400, bloody brilliant performance.

[Rutherford The Brave]

I have the same thing, runs like a beaut.

[Underage_Thinker]

My bad i thought my wish list was viewable to everybody, first post updated to link to the product pages.

[Aηdy]

I would maybe spend a little more on the motherboard if you can. This is my spec:

Intel Core2duo E8400 3.00Ghz
2GB Corsair RAM
2x 80GB Maxtor SATA Hard Drives
1x Acer DVD-RW LightScribe SATA
MSI P5 Platinum Motherboard
Coolermaster Black Aluminium Case
Corsair 450w Power Supply
Zalman CPU Cooler
XFX Alfa Dog nVidia 512mb 8800GT

[0=]

If you don't plan on overclocking Intel makes good boards. That processor cooler is overkill. The e8400 only actually uses 30 watts because of the process shrink. I've got this (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186009&Tpk=alpine%2b7) and it's absolutely silent, never has to go above about 300RPM, and it's cheaper. Good choice of case fan; I have one and it really pushes a lot of air. You will be using the fan controller, though; it makes a bit of noise. I've got a few loud fans so I have a Vantec controller.

Power consumption and heat dissipation linkage http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/intel-wolfdale_11.html (the e8500 is essentially the same thing, just clocked 160MHz faster)

[Underage_Thinker]

Im planning on overclocking, which is why i am getting the heatsink that i am. Still need to make sure i can afford all of this though otherwise i may downgrade to that one.

[0=]

Not sure the heatsink is even a downgrade, really. You might be voltage limited. The Alpine 7 dissipates up to 90 watts. http://www.anandtech.com/casecoolingpsus/showdoc.aspx?i=3210&p=8