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

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?

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

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

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