Intel Quad core Motherboard

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

Need input from anyone using the Q6600 on here. I have not been following up on chipsets lately so I need to know a solid board. Only minor OC planned but I would like RAID built in as well as GB-NIC.

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[PollyCranopolis 10+ year member]

I'd wait till the Quad Cores drop in price a lil.

 

[skmfkr 5,000+ posts]

are you talking about the e6600 or a motherboard that supports quad cores?

 

[BASS_WARRIOR 10+ year member]

the q6600 is NOT to high price imo. Have you thought about the AMD Phenoms tho? Frys has a deal for the 9500 and an Asus M2A-VM for only 299. Im not a huge fan of frys but thats an awesome deal...

 

[PollyCranopolis 10+ year member]

Are you cereal?
The 6600 is going for a ridiculously good price right now.

Who pays $300 for a mobo for a PC thats going to be obsolete in a year. You wanna game, buy a 360/w a 1080iLCD.

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

Who pays $300 for a mobo for a PC thats going to be obsolete in a year. You wanna game, buy a 360/w a 1080iLCD.

wow...sad

 

[PollyCranopolis 10+ year member]

Not saying I wouldnt like to have one

 

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

Sorry I didn't get back to this for awhile (end-of-month here and busy). Price to performance nothing can touch the quad core Q6600 right now. I build from the ground up everytime so getting a chip that won't work with anything else in a year or two won't bother me. This is actually going to be my girls pc. I'm not a fan of Asus, but anything other than that, let me know what models are working best for ya.

 

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

the q6600 is NOT to high price imo. Have you thought about the AMD Phenoms tho? Frys has a deal for the 9500 and an Asus M2A-VM for only 299. Im not a huge fan of frys but thats an awesome deal...

Phenoms are pretty nice and also a bit cheaper. They are also a bit slower (almost exactly to the price). I can get the Q6600 for 279 shipped. Thinking back on my X4400, I paid around 400 for that thing and this quad is much faster than that.

 

[PollyCranopolis 10+ year member]

Found this Q6600 pre built on new egg.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883102034

Daddy like. How much you guys think it would cost to build this?

 

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883102034
Daddy like. How much you guys think it would cost to build one like this?

Much less than that. The 8800GTX is pointless, IMO, as the 8800GT is decently close in performance and about half the price.

 

[thehardknoxlife 10+ year member]

Found this Q6600 pre built on new egg.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883102034

Daddy like. How much you guys think it would cost to build this?

Q6600 $289

MSI P6N Diamond $224

8800gtx $449

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme HD Audio $69

ABS Tagan ITZ1100 1100W Power Supply $269

ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink $44

Windows Vista Home Premium $299

18X DVD±R DVD Burner $29-$99

2gb ddr 1066 (doesn't say what brand) $100-$200

500GB SATA 7200RPM (again no brand specified) $100-$200

So that's 1872 before taxes and shipping. (Using the least priced RAM,Optical,and HDD I could find on newegg)

O.P.http://www.overclock.net/intel-motherboards/

 

[osiris999 10+ year member]

1100 watt psu is way over kill in that system. if you want vista just buy the update and save money there also. dvd burner all you really need is a 16x for 30$.