Umm i am not a noob, its just i've been dissipating my "must-upgrade-computer" urges for the last 2 years and now I've got enough money to buy my own PC and i would like to upgrade to the Intel Core 2 Duo CPUs in the future so i wanted to know why some Motherboard say socket 775 and some say LGA 775, i read somewhere that these two are EXACTLY the same...is this true? i plan on getting a comp with a Socket 775 Motherboard (ASUS P5VD2-MX SE Motherboard) and wanted to know if the upgrade was possible w/o a Motherboard-upgrade... just incase this was an easy to solve could anyone tell me if this computer is a good choice? I want to be able to upgrade to future LGA 775 CPUs and PCIe gfx cards...and i guess maybe a 500gb HDD in the future w/o having to touch the Motherboard... heres the specs. no worries i plan on installing my 8500gt card when this comp arrives. ( i wish i went 8600gt )

CPU ---------- Intel Celeron CPU 3.46 GHz Socket 775 360
Memory -------------- 1024MB DDR II 533 Memory 240 Pin (Kingston) 　
Motherboard --------------ASUS P5VD2-MX SE Motherboard
Hard Drive -----------Western Digital 160GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA
Optical Drive -----------LG 18X DVD RW + Dual Layer
Video ----------Integrated Intel® Extreme Graphics 2
Audio -----------AUDIO ADI AD1888 6-channel audio CODEC
Network Card -------------Onboard 10/100 Network Card
Case --------------1285 Deluxe Black Tower Case
Power Supply --------------450 Watt Power Supply


*copy+paste job, by me

Hello HyeVltg3,

Hopefully the following (compliments of Wikipedia) will help answer some of your questions.

The LGA is used as a physical interface for microprocessors of the Intel Pentium 4 and AMD Opteron families. Unlike the pin grid array (PGA) interface found on most AMD and Intel processors, there are no pins on the chip; in place of the pins are pads of bare gold-plated copper that touch pins on the motherboard.
LGA processor sockets include Socket F (also called Socket 1207) from AMD[1] and the Prescott core Pentium 4 and Xeon chip systems with the new model number system from Intel.
The Intel desktop LGA socket is dubbed Socket 775 or Socket T while the server variant is dubbed Socket J or Socket 771. Intel supposedly decided to switch to an LGA socket because it provides a larger contact point, allowing, for example, higher clock frequencies. The LGA setup provides higher pin densities, allowing more power contacts and thus a more stable power supply to the chip. Motherboard vendors have complained that LGA packaging was introduced solely to move the burden of bent pin problems from Intel to the electronics vendors.[citation needed]
Similar to Intel, AMD decided to use an LGA socket because it allows higher pin densities. The required size of a 1207-pin PGA would simply be too large and would consume too much space on motherboards.
Intel released its new LGA format processors in June 2004 and recently displayed plans to transition its Xeon processors to LGAs. AMD released its Socket F LGA Opteron in 2nd quarter 2006.

Good Luck

LC

Ok, lol I've already read that when i searched up LGA 775 on google lol, i jsut dont understand... " The Intel desktop LGA socket is dubbed Socket 775 or Socket T" does that mean that LGA, Socket 775 and T are ALL EXACTLY THE SAME???....if i read it over it kinda points to "yes they are" but then "Intel supposedly decided to switch to an LGA socket because it provides a larger contact point, allowing, for example, higher clock frequencies. The LGA setup provides higher pin densities, allowing more power contacts and thus a more stable power supply to the chip. Motherboard vendors have complained that LGA packaging was introduced solely to move the burden of bent pin problems from Intel to the electronics vendors." ALLL i see is LGA! LGA!! LGA!!! im not seeing socket 775 or socket T...the first time i read it, it sounded as if LGA was like a Level 2 of Socket 775, I was jsut in a state of confusion teh first time i read it, because right now im about to buy my first computer for myself and i would love it if someone could just sit me done and just say "" Yes..Yes Vltg3, Socket 775 and LGA 775 are exactly the, its just that some motherboards state "Socket 775" and some state "LGA 775" but no matter what they will both be able to run Core 2 duo/quad CPUs flawlessly"" this would be most helpfull!!!

In simple terms and please forgive me for not just saying it in the first place. MBs have three types of pin types LGA, PGA and PIN. Most if not all newer MBs are LGA. The reason you will see the LGA tag on some MBs and not others is to confuse us Vltg3 the real reason is because the statement of the Socket 775 being LGA is supposed to be taken as a given.

Looking at the MB you specify you will be able to use upto the E6600 Intel processor and don't worry. By the looks of the specs you have you'll have a great PC...

LC