I'm haveing a rig built and need some advise for these two CPU's and GPU'S. I need to cut corners when possible but I don't wish to compromise to much as well. I'm considering the e8400 and  e6750. The two GPU'S are the 8800 GT and the 9600 GT.
 
Thank's in advance,
Lar49

the e8400 if compatible is faster 3.8-4ghz vs 3.4-3.6 at the same voltage
 
tough call on the cards - G92 is better

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An E8400 can hardly be considered a 'compromise' since its pretty much the fastest CPU for gaming short of a QX9650.
 
If you can afford it, get the E8400. It shouldn't be much more than the E6750 anyway.

Yes, the E8400 should be your top choice. Either the 8800GT or the 9600GT will serve you well. If you can get the 8800GT for only a little more than the 9600GT, go for it.

if your going for OC'ing go for the 8800 gts 512 should be a little bit more than the 8800gt and will OC better and have a better cooler too
 
 
PS : go for e8400

Thanks for the response guy's!

 
I would suggest not buying a high cost dual core.  For that much get a quad core or at least save some cash and get a cheap dual core.  Getting one of those dual cores is the same as buying a FX57 around the time the FX60 had been out for a year.  Sure its a tiny bit faster but your only getting half the pure power programs could use in the future.  In a way its worse as none of the X2 could compete against the FX60 with OCing but any quad can beat the highest clock quad core intel sales with OCing.
 
I would suggest getting a cheap dual core like the E2200 with an uber GPU like the 9800GTX.  This in gaming is better because in gaming the GPU is the king.  If your not much into gaming then get a quad with a cheap GPU like the 9600GT.  You can get a good quad for the cost of that E8400, ripe off celeron cough, pricing of the high end dual cores.

The E2xxx chips aren't the best for gaming, many games take a significant performance hit from the smaller cache.  
 
GPU speed is indeed important but on a 9800GTX level card you'd want a better CPU than an E2xxx.

The E2xxx chips aren't the best for gaming, many games take a significant performance hit from the smaller cache.  
 
GPU speed is indeed important but on a 9800GTX level card you'd want a better CPU than an E2xxx.  
 
What do you mean, E2xxx ? I was refering to a e8400 or e6750. Do you mean an "e" anything?
 
Lar49

I was replying to elbert, he was suggesting an E2xxx chip (such as an E2160/E2180/E2200) with a faster GPU such as a 9800GTX.
 
Its another option to consider, but you'd be somewhat CPU bottlenecked in certain games.

gotcha

E8400 and 8800GT

If you can wait until after the 20th you might be able to save some money. Intel are expected to drop prices on some of there CPU's. I'm not sure which once. But if I had to guess I would say it's going to be the E6000 series, including the Q6600 and Q6700. I have heard rumours that the Q6700 is going to have a big price drop. My graphics card of choose would be the 8800

Hi there
 
I've just upgraded.  to the E8400 with a Nvid 8600GT (Needed HD space so had to compromise).
 
works like a dream.  even running F@H on one core you cannot see any difference in HL2, or photo editing 160 RAW files to JPEG 45Mins in Finepix software raw file converter.
 
one word of warning the E8400 appear to have a problem with the thermal sensor.  do a google search.  according to mine i am running at 103 degrees!