PSU/Quad core/Overclock potential

[Plazek]

Hi it was my birthday so I am upgrading my PC I am hoping to get a motherboard, ram and processor. What I was thinking of is..

ASUS P5B Deluxe mobo
Crucial Ballistix DDR2 PC2-8500
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600

Firstly what are peoples opinions on those parts. A good buy? Is it worth going quad core yet? I should just be able to afford all that, though an E6600 would be much more affordable I probably wont be able to upgrade again for a while so am trying to get something that will last. Also I have heard the lower speed Ballistix ram is a very good deal at the moment and overclocks well. But is it actually as good, at some point I want to try overclocking the processor, would the better quality ram help much? Also is it a good choice mobo for that?

Lastly slightly worried about my PSU. It is 450W will it handle that processor with an X1800XT GPU?

Btw I do not plan to overclock straight away I do not think I will need to, but I want to be able to when I need to. Anyone know how far the q6600 can go. Would it reach 3ghz per core you think? 12 combined ghz would be nice round number.

Thanks for reading all this and thanks for any help.

 

[matthew2456]

All good stuff, have a look at the xeon quad cores

 

[Plazek]

They look pretty much the same to me...slightly lower price on one but it is slower. Any real differences?

Also how noticeable do people think it will be moving up from an athlon64-4000, should be pretty nippy right?

 

[PC-M Vip3r]

Yeah will be an awesome upgrade

Go with the Xeons they will overclock like beasts *we hope* and they tend to draw less power and do not produce as much heat. If you system is on a lot of the time underload i would go with the Xeon as that is what they are designed for. the extra £12 for the X3220 2.40GHz will be worth it. If they do overclock as we want them to (better than C2D) then you will get away with the x3210.

 

[Plazek]

Would it work with the same motherboard and ram?

I just read the thread on them and they do sound pretty good, especially if they do overclock as people hope they will. They sold quick though.

 

[RaiderX]

the xeons work with any mobo that supports quad core Core 2