Socket 775 quad core help

[buzzlightweight]

Hiya, I'm looking for a quad core socket 775 CPU, what recommendations can you guys make.

Many thanks for your help

 

[buzzlightweight]

Q6600 it is then thank you

 

[buzzlightweight]

this will not be overclocked at all, it will be running at stock speeds. my friend is only interested in 4 cores, 64bit, higher freq to help him speed up his system and photoshop.

ty for all your replys i will source him a q6600

 

[buzzlightweight]

Uh Oh!
If you're running at stock speeds I'd steer well clear of the Q6600 @ 2.4Ghz.

All depends whether there is money to spend and whether the mobo will take a decent q9xxx.

its ok we have decided rather than spend out on old tech to go for

 

[buzzlightweight]

gpu is only a ATI Radeon HD 5450 SILENT 512MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card so i think the orignal psu in the basket will do

 

[buzzlightweight]

this rig is not for gaming....... at all! its purely photshop, films and surfing.

as for future proof, by the time my frind has the cash to buy his own components to build a pc he will start from stratch and to the spec he wants.

the basket shown will do until CS8 (4 years, CS6 is on its way) at least

 

[buzzlightweight]

very true, which is what i wanted to stay away from. my mate is far from an overclocker! stock volts and clocks for him!