Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600

xirokx · 24 Jun 2007 at 13:16

Hey Guys,

Im gonna be getting the following processor:

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail

Please can you suggest:

a) best motherboard
b) best RAM
c) best GPU

for this processor...

I'd also like to overclock...

Ive been out of the scene lately so am unaware of whats compatible etc etc

I'd need the pc for gaming, video editing, and photoshopping

Thanks in advance

Cheers

stickroad · 24 Jun 2007 at 13:16

Whats your Budget and what size screen have you got?

xirokx · 24 Jun 2007 at 13:36

screen size 1280 x 1024

budget, well its all about bang for buck right?/

see what you can do?

stickroad · 24 Jun 2007 at 13:41

Well for Under £500, you can get this:

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-6400C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit
Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)

Total : £498.09

If you wanted 4GB thats what it would come to, though you would need a 64bit 0/S.

If not then just get 2GB Of Memory, either this stuff:

CellShock 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit

Total : £424.07

Or go for the Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit:

Total : £398.22

agnes · 24 Jun 2007 at 13:41

of the top of my head, look into a P5N32 board, 2gig of some ocz of gskill 800mhz and a 640mb 8800 GTS

ags

xirokx · 24 Jun 2007 at 15:51

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional 7.1 Soundcard - Retail £75.99
(£89.29) £75.99
(£89.29)
Asus DRW-1814BL 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - Retail £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £32.99
(£38.76) £32.99
(£38.76)
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 NCQ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £62.99
(£74.01) £62.99
(£74.01)
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX KO ACS3 SILENT 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (768-P2-E837-AR) £369.99
(£434.74) £369.99
(£434.74)
Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £55.99
(£65.79) £55.99
(£65.79)
DFI Infinity 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £294.99
(£346.61) £294.99
(£346.61)
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-6400C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ)

what would you say about that spec?? could you better it for overclocking? cheaper??

what do the quad 6600 overclock too?

is the dfi a good overclocker with the quad 6600?

how about the RAM is that compatible and will it help with overclocking?

how about the HSF?? what are the best ones these days?

thanks guys

stickroad · 24 Jun 2007 at 15:57

xirokx said:
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional 7.1 Soundcard - Retail £75.99
(£89.29) £75.99
(£89.29)
Asus DRW-1814BL 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - Retail £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £32.99
(£38.76) £32.99
(£38.76)
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 NCQ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £62.99
(£74.01) £62.99
(£74.01)
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX KO ACS3 SILENT 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (768-P2-E837-AR) £369.99
(£434.74) £369.99
(£434.74)
Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £55.99
(£65.79) £55.99
(£65.79)
DFI Infinity 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £294.99
(£346.61) £294.99
(£346.61)
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-6400C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ)

what would you say about that spec?? could you better it for overclocking? cheaper??

what do the quad 6600 overclock too?

is the dfi a good overclocker with the quad 6600?

how about the RAM is that compatible and will it help with overclocking?

how about the HSF?? what are the best ones these days?

thanks guys

How much is all that coming too?

The Antect Case, personally i wouldn't go for it. a lot of money for what it is.

Something like this would offer slightly better cooling and build quality is so much better than the Antec case.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-054-LL&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=187

The Soundcard, Dvd drive, and CPU Cooler will be fine.

Any reason you went for 2 different hard Drives? I would recommend this one:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-120-WD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=768

The GTX is proablly a bit of a overkill at the res that you are playing at to be honest, you could drop it down to a GTS.

I would defiantly get one of the newer chipset boards the P35 series, they are fantastic boards and you really cant fault them:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-086-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=913

And the Memory is fine.

truebluecfc · 24 Jun 2007 at 16:18

Antec-900 for me is the best at cooling for its price range, the Lian-Li PC7 is just of better build quality as its made out of Aluminium rather than thick plastic.

d34d_m34t · 24 Jun 2007 at 16:34

I agree with trueblue about the antec 900, I have one and the airflow through the case is excellent, due to the 2 x 12cm intakes and the huge 20 cm and 12 cm exhaust fans. I am also a fan of shiny blue LEDs :cool:

It is a bit noisy though I admit so that might put you off if you are looking for it to be as quiet as possible.

truebluecfc · 24 Jun 2007 at 16:55

d34d_m34t said:
I agree with trueblue about the antec 900, I have one and the airflow through the case is excellent, due to the 2 x 12cm intakes and the huge 20 cm and 12 cm exhaust fans. I am also a fan of shiny blue LEDs It is a bit noisy though I admit so that might put you off if you are looking for it to be as quiet as possible.

Mines actually fairly quiet tbh, but is it me or does it collect loadsssssssssssss of dust.

xirokx · 27 Jun 2007 at 16:30

what psu would u guys recommend with that spec?

is the noctua hsf better then the tuniq? is it quiet?

also re: the recommended mobo :-

gigabyte P35 series

will that help with overclocking?

thanks guys

stickroad · 27 Jun 2007 at 16:37

xirokx said:
what psu would u guys recommend with that spec?

is the noctua hsf better then the tuniq? is it quiet?

also re: the recommended mobo :-

gigabyte P35 series

will that help with overclocking?

thanks guys

Which spec my friend?

I would personally go for the Noctua HSF, have heard a number of reviews about it and they have all been good.

xirokx · 27 Jun 2007 at 16:38

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional 7.1 Soundcard - Retail £75.99
(£89.29) £75.99
(£89.29)
Asus DRW-1814BL 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - Retail £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £32.99
(£38.76) £32.99
(£38.76)
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 NCQ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £62.99
(£74.01) £62.99
(£74.01)
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX KO ACS3 SILENT 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (768-P2-E837-AR) £369.99
(£434.74) £369.99
(£434.74)
Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £55.99
(£65.79) £55.99
(£65.79)
DFI Infinity 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £294.99
(£346.61) £294.99
(£346.61)
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-6400C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ)

that one

stickroad · 27 Jun 2007 at 16:41

xirokx said:
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional 7.1 Soundcard - Retail £75.99
(£89.29) £75.99
(£89.29)
Asus DRW-1814BL 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - Retail £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £32.99
(£38.76) £32.99
(£38.76)
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 NCQ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £62.99
(£74.01) £62.99
(£74.01)
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX KO ACS3 SILENT 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (768-P2-E837-AR) £369.99
(£434.74) £369.99
(£434.74)
Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £55.99
(£65.79) £55.99
(£65.79)
DFI Infinity 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £294.99
(£346.61) £294.99
(£346.61)
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-6400C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ)

that one

I would change the DVD Drive to a SATA version. I would also change the board to one of the newer P35 Chipsets:

Something Like This

And go for this PSU:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-005-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=823

Other than that, looks good.