I've been looking for a new system for a while now and I came up with the following. I plan to overclock it and use it as a gaming PC. Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz 8Mb G0 Stepping €176,95 Antec Gamersgear Nine Hundred €92,00 Lite-On LH-20A1S-15C 20x Zwart €32,95 Samsung 750GB HD753LJ SATA II 32MB €92,50 2 x MSI 512Mb 8800GT OC PCI-E SLI €317,00 Corsair 750W ATX €92,50 Asus Striker II Formula €206,00 Coolermaster Hyper TX 2 €15,95 Corsair 4096Mb DDR2 PC6400 Matched pair CL4 €86,75 I would appreciate any tips. Thx Bas
Looks like a strong build to me.
What price differences do you see between the Q6600 and Q9300 CPUs?Dabs has the Q9300 2.5Ghz £178.43 inc vat Q6600 £146.66 inc vat
I have read the overclocking capabilities of the Q6600 are better because they have a higher multiplicator (Q9300 = 7.5x fsb and Q6600 is 9x fsb) This means you can reach a higher speed at lower fsb. There is an article about it here: http://xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/d [...] q9300.html I think the extra % (not overclocked) is not worth the extra money.