From AMD to INTEL £500/600

[ninefoureight]

Currently have
AMD x2 4200+
2Gb Ram
ATI 1950XT 256MB
A-Live GLAN2 Mobo
Antec Sonata III 550W PSU

Speccd' to move to from overclockers

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.83GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - OEM £229.99
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (21133-04-20) £164.99
DFI Blood Iron P45-T2RS Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £98.89
2x OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500 Gold Edition 4GB Dual Channel (OCZ2G10664GK) £89.68
Sunbeam Core Contact Freezer CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM3/LGA775) £28.74

Total : £623.78


Does the spec ive pushed together make A) sense and b) is is good bang for the bucks?

Any feedback or alternatives appreciated, i must admit the mobo is a complete shot in the dark as is the q9550 over say a q6600?

cheers

 

[carrot1401]

Could save yaself £45 and just have 4gb ram. Is what I have and 8gb seems overkill for games (assuming its for gaming)

 

[ninefoureight]

i will be gaming but will also be using it for virtual machines testing new OS ie Windows 7 and running a Windows server 2008 test bed

Dont know if that makes any odds?

 

[OzZie]

I myself moved from an athlon x2 3800+,2gb ram DDR, x1950 pro 512mb to a Q6600 (sunbeam cooler), 4gb DDR2, P5Q Pro and 4870 1GB.

Massive difference in games and overall usage. The Q9550 is newer and runs cooler and slightly faster clock for clock, but on the whole, but an overclocked Q6600 is still going to be nigh on as fast as anything out there at the moment. For me, i couldnt justify the extra cost when i could get other parts to make it a better system.

 

[siumatfung]

if you gonna spend 200£+ on a cpu y not buy an i7??????

actually wait for the price drop for the GTX260 to fall in price everywhere they are goin for about 134.99£ which takes the price to a similar 620ish £