1x Mage prepping for Cata

[alcattle]

using DDR2 will limit your CPU choices. Of those you listed only a core2quad would be an upgrade. every video card is over kill for a 4 gig MB as the GPU will need some of the RAM as a buffer.

[Targ]

Any MOBO that is supporting DDR2 is going to be more then 2-3 teirs away from a top model.

Triple Channel DDR3 is current state of the art.
Dual Channel DDR3 is a step back.

I don't think there is any MOBO that supports an I5 and DDR2.

And good luck finding a a 6-core i3 / i5 processor they don't exist. to get to 6 cores your going AMD or i7.

Besides I would say any i3 is more than 3 teirs from a top model.
Top teir being "6 core i7" followed by "4 core i7" followed by "4 core i5"

What is Boxing 1x ???