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Which Intel is for me? Been AMD previously

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Well I am looking at switching from my AMD 3800x2 to a new intel core 2 duo or the 6600 quad core. The main question is, is it worth spending the little bit extra on the Q6600 or will I not get anymore out of it then a E6850? Will the Q6600 give more performance without overclocking then the E6850 not overclocked?

I would also like recommendations on motherboards as well, im planning on getting the BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC2 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-042-BG&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=877)

The current memory I have is Corsair 2048MB TwinX XMS 3200 C2 Memory Kit which im sure may bottleneck it, but I doubt I will have the money to change this as well, after all I am looking to get my first car as well :D

Any help in picking CPU/Mobo would be great, got about £700ish to spend really and will probably want a new case to put it all in, so £650-700 is about what I have for that card,mobo,cpu and maybe new ram.
 
You'll need new RAM as well, as DDR won't work on new intel motherboards (most of them anyway).

Luckily, RAM is cheap. I would also go quad to see a reasonable difference from where you are currently.

OcUK GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - OEM
(£311.36)

Asus P5K Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£79.89)

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
(£187.99)

OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit
(£70.49)

Total : £660.24

Enough left for a decent cooler for that quad (I would have specced a thermalright 120 ultra extreme, but they are out of stock).
 
Come to think of it I actually have n XFX 256mb 7800 GTX card, although im pretty sure its not performing where it should be, for example BF2 doesn't run too well at higher settings. Still trying to decide whether its worth keeping it or just taking the plunge. Is the GTS worth buying over the GTX or is there a large difference?

I also saw the XFX fatility 8600, not sure if thats worth waiting for.

Its all so annoying to choose, and I want it to arrive tommorow as my current PC died :(

edit: i'll post on the general forums as its sort of going slightly away from just CPU ^^
 
That's a good spec but I'd probably get some good DDR2-6400 (800MHz) ram to save money and go for a dual core E6850 over a quad as this will give you a bigger benefit when gaming at the moment
 
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