So what's the catch? Well, there's always one, isn't? If you want to use Intel's latest and greatest processor, you'll have to shelf out the bucks for a new motherboard which supports these processors - that would be Intel's Generation 3 series of chipsets - the G31/33, P35 and X38 chipsets. Does that mean you need to get DDR3 memory too? Thankfully, no - you can still use your older DDR2 memory, as long as your memory is the same or faster than the new 1333 MHz FSB. Even if you do need to get new memory modules, DDR2 667 and 800 modules are at an all time low that you likely want to buy new ones - maybe upgrade to 2 GB or even 4 GB.

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