Cheap mobo for Q6600 for video editing?

You may be able to use the same power supply, depends what power it is and what quality it is. List what it is.
Q6600 -You really can't do better for a budget quadcore.
Look at the G31/33/35 or G43/45 motherboards if you want integrated graphics P43/45 without integrated graphics.
G31 budget at $50 Biostar with graphics
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227124
G43 Asus P5QL $105 with graphics
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131332
P45 Gigabyte DS3L $80 after rebate without graphics
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128345
RAM 2x2 GD DDR2 800 1.8v Mushkin $67 after rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820146731

Thanks for the replies. The machine I have now is a Dell Dimension 8300. I read online that it has a 305 watt power supply:

The Dell 8300, at least as of 5/15/04, comes with a 305-watt power supply. That's pretty much the whole point of this review - to refute the claim that it's only 250W, as stated in other reviews. That's why you'll find this information here, in the ...

So will I have to buy the 500w model?

I also read this:

http://www.devhardware.com/forums/ [...] 24007.html

that suggests some of the PSUs won't fit into Dell cases. Any thoughts?

I'd be more concerned about getting a good fit on the motherboard. If you can get a standard atx or micro atx board to fit without any case mods, then the power supply should be easy. I would remove the dell board and compare it to standard atx boards. Some older dells have the backplate atatched to the board. And you might also have to splice some of the case wiring to fit a non dell board. Cases are fairly cheap; I would list your dell system intact on some of the hardware forums and see if you get any decent offers for it.

I think I've narrowed down my search.

CPU & PSU combo deal: $235

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115018

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817371001

mobo: $60

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813138121

So now all it looks like I'll need is some RAM and a fan since the mobo has onboard video...unless I need to buy a cheap case too. How do I know which RAM is compatible with this mobo?

These two look good for the price with a rebate, but I'm not sure what timing I need, and a review said the board has limited RAM timings:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820104060

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820145215

I hear certain brands won't work with certain mobos. I also didn't see this model on the Biostar website. And is there a fan that's good since this is an OEM chip?

Thanks!

Hey gators1223,

Thanks for the tip. Someone I talked to said this, what do you think?

"The PC6400 RAM will work but it will throttle back the data going into the CPU. It may be worth it to spend a littel extra and get the PC8500. I just got some Corsair at Fry's for $70 (2x2GB). If you are going to OC the CPU I'd say definately get the faster RAM. One of the things about anything less than the Q9450's is that they don't have as much L2 Cache. Some people will argue about the significants of larger cache on the CPU but I've got a lot of friends in the hardware development side (a great advantage of being this close to Silicon Valley) and they have shown me some test results that lead me to believe it does make a measureable diffence for NLE."

I'm planning to get the Freezer 7 Pro: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835186134

and the RAM I was going to get according to the quote above is the Kingston HyperX 8500: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820104060 No reviews on newegg, but I ran a search and it seems the HyperX line is pretty solid.

Thanks gators, I think I'll do that and save some cash flow.