Spec me some intel, i'm a noob

[V4NT0M]

Hey guys, wanting to set up a Q6600 system but I've been an AMD fan for a while so no idea what chipsets are going to be best for me or whats the best memory [4GB needed] for a Q6600, any ideas on a cooler would be great too. Obviously its going to be a gaming rig.

 

[jak731]

budget?

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus Maximus Formula Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £27.99
(£32.89) £27.99
(£32.89)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £127.99
(£150.39) £127.99
(£150.39)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £244.99
(£287.86) £244.99
(£287.86)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST3500320AS) £62.99
(£74.01) £62.99
(£74.01)
Pioneer DVR-215BK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£21.14) £17.99
(£21.14)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Sub Total : £736.92
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £130.70
Total : £877.57
needs a case and maybe refining to fit your budget

 

[steve258]

Q6600 G0 SLACR
2x OCZ 2Gb PC6400
P5K(C/-E/-Pro/-Deluxe) / P35(C/R)-DS3(L/R/P) depends how much you want to spend
Tuniq Tower / Thermalright Ultra 120
9600GT / 8800GT/GTS again depends how much you want to spend
Corsair 520W
Akaza Zen / Lian-Li PC7 / Antec 900/P182

 

[V4NT0M]

Thanks for the info guys, just what i needed