hello i'm planning to build a new gaming pc.Trying to stay under 900$, but any suggestions are welcome. Case- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16811146047 PSU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817139006 Mobo- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128347&Tpk=GA-Ep43-DS3L CPU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115018 Heatsink- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835154001 Ram- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820231145 Video Card- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131120 or this- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500069 HDD- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152052 DVDRW Drive- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16827136153
Everything's fine with that build, but to be on the safe side, I'd use a better video card brand. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161247
They perform very similarly. The only difference between them is that you typically find more overclocked GTX260 216 cores, than you do overclocked HD4870s, and it is this that gives them their seeming 'performance advantage' I tend to avoid pre-overclocked cards though, because they can be problematic later down the line.
Yes, the motherboard is compatible with either. You should be able to overclock the CPU to at least 3.2Ghz, perhaps 3.4-3.6 if you're lucky, as you have a good cooler. The OEM Q6600 is out of stock at present though, so you will either have to wait, or just buy the retail version and ignore the cooler it comes with.
ok one more question. I heard that the q6600 is being phased out, is this true? When do you think it will be phased out?
I'm not sure. It's probable successor will be the Q8200, as it is a more energy efficient, lower clocked CPU, but since the 45nm Quads are 10% faster per-clock than the 65nm ones, its performance shouldn't be any worse.
The Q8200 runs cooler and uses less electricity. The Q6600 is the better overclocker so it depends on your intentions. The 7x multiplier of the 8200 vs the 9x multiplier of the 6600 can lead to FSB speed problems as well as the 6600 is rated at a max vcore of 1.5 vs 1.237 of the 45nm 8200. Performance wise they run side by side. Benchmarks that utilize the larger L2 cache of the 6600 will be a little bit higher for the older chip, where ones that don't will be a little higher for the 8200 with the 45nm benefit. Can't seem to find one specific site that was running benches against each other, but that was the gist of it. Price/performance: Q6600 Noise/efficiency: Q8200 Edit: Here's that URL
The highest overclock you can expect normally from the Q6600 is 3.4-3.6Ghz. The highest you will probably get from the Q8200 will be about 3.2Ghz, perhaps as high as high as 3.4-3.5Ghz on a good P45 board.
I decided to dig up this topic instead of making a new one and I need help deciding on two more things. Ram- This- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231226 or this- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820231145 The last thing is the mobo. The one earlier seems fine but i would the most reliable mobo possible under $120 so if anyone could recommend one that would be awesome. Thanks.
It doesn't really matter, they both do the same job. Lower latencies will work out better for you, I'd buy the blue stuff. The EP43-DS3L is perfectly reliable enough, but if you want more grunt: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128359
