Hardware Advice: Quad Q6600 System

Acidburns · Post by **Acidburns** » 2007-07-26 04:15pm

I asked for advice for a computer upgrade here a while ago, and it was suggested I wait for the summer price drop. I have followed this sage advice, and would once again ask for some suggested hardware parts.

I've got a 7800GTX card, case, dvd-rw drive and powersupply I would like to re-use. I have £300-£700 ($600 to $1400?) to spend on the remaining crunchy bits that go inside the case. What would you folks recommend?

Fingolfin_Noldor · Post by **Fingolfin_Noldor** » 2007-07-26 04:30pm

What is your current processor? Your graphic card could do with an upgrade to say a 8800GTS.

Acidburns · Post by **Acidburns** » 2007-07-26 04:58pm

I was hoping to hang on to my 7800GTX and skip the 8 series.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2007-07-26 05:01pm

Q6600, obviously ($340)
I like my Asus P965 board. You might want to go with the P35 one though. P5K Deluxe(or Premium)/Wifi-AP. I'm not sure what the difference between the two boards is. ($240)
2GB/4GB of DDR2-1066 RAM. Which you get depends on what OS you'll be running. Don't get 4GB unless you have a 64-bit OS. ($160+/2GB)
500GB HDD. it's pretty close to the sweet spot in GB/$ ($120)
Vid card should be fine for a little while. Unless you want a new one, in which case I'd go for the 8800GTS. It's likely that you'd want to get the 640MB version. ($380)

Total: $860 - 1400.

Don't think I've left anything out.

InnocentBystander · Post by **InnocentBystander** » 2007-07-26 07:19pm

was the Q6600 supposed to be $266 by now?

Fingolfin_Noldor · Post by **Fingolfin_Noldor** » 2007-07-26 08:06pm

InnocentBystander wrote:was the Q6600 supposed to be $266 by now?

The price at Newegg last I checked was USD325.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2007-07-26 09:15pm

InnocentBystander wrote:was the Q6600 supposed to be $266 by now?

That's price in lots of 1000. I don't think he wants 1000 of the chips.