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[bluebox1]

I jusr finished building a system. I was at a computer store (Fry's) getting software and noticed that the Intel Q6600's are being sold at $189!! The sale ends at the store closing 4/1/08. Should I jump on this? I've never seen a quad core that cheap before.

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: bluebox1
I jusr finished building a system. I was at a computer store (Fry's) getting software and noticed that the Intel Q6600's are being sold at $189!! The sale ends at the store closing 4/1/08. Should I jump on this? I've never seen a quad core that cheap before.

It was $179.99 + shipping for a few hours last week at Frys.com. With the scheduled mid April cuts, I think you're going to see some pretty good sales. All in my opinion of course!

 

[bluebox1]

Thanks, I should shop more often just to keep up with sales, changes, and deals. By the way, what would be a good mobo for the Q6600? Just in case I get one.

 

[bryanW1995]

that depends on if you want a budget board or a "good" board. for budgets I would normally recommend the p35 ds3L, but right now it's about $30 more than the ip35-e at newegg (96 no reb vs 97 with $30 mir). that is such a huge premium at that price point that it's hard to recommend anything but the ip35-e. midrange you can get a p35 ds3r for about $120 or an ip35 pro for $135 AR at the egg. On the high end I'll defer to somebody who actually buys mobos in that price range...

 

[ethebubbeth]

If you are going high end, I'd recommend the Gigabyte ex38-ds4. It was the cheapest x38 board at newegg a couple weeks ago when I purchased my e3110. The performance and overclocking doesn't really improve over the p35, but I like some of the extra features.

 

[SickBeast]

I actually really like that ASRock 650i board w/ SLI. NV just seems to have a bunch of really interesting SLI options right now. I can think of 5 cards that I would be interested in SLIing at some point.

I'm quite curious about how two 8800GS cards would perform. I have a feeling they would hold a candle to the new 9800GTX, for $220 instead of $350. :Q

 

[bryanW1995]

that would be a very interesting thread over in video, though isn't the 650i at 8x/8x?

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: bryanW1995
that would be a very interesting thread over in video, though isn't the 650i at 8x/8x?

Maybe, although I don't think that's much of a limitation at all (maybe 5% in some situations).

I'm thinking that the Q6600, the 650i, and 2 8800GS's are the ultimate in value right now for gaming (or else 2 9600GTs if you can get them for $120 each).

 

[bluebox1]

Once again thanks for the info, I think I'm going to spend the extra bucks because I can get the CPU so cheap. I'm looking at the Abit IP-35 Pro due to the good reviews from others.

 

[spdfreak]

Originally posted by: SickBeast

Originally posted by: bryanW1995
that would be a very interesting thread over in video, though isn't the 650i at 8x/8x?

Maybe, although I don't think that's much of a limitation at all (maybe 5% in some situations).

I'm thinking that the Q6600, the 650i, and 2 8800GS's are the ultimate in value right now for gaming (or else 2 9600GTs if you can get them for $120 each).

Yep, I agree... A Q6600 on the ASRock 650i board with either the 8800GS or 9600GT SLI'ed would be a real bang for the buck system. That would be the best system to keep you out of the "diminishing returns" zone. I need to replace my beloved but aging 939 X2 AGP system and I think this is what I'm going to get.

 

[bryanW1995]

Originally posted by: bluebox1
Once again thanks for the info, I think I'm going to spend the extra bucks because I can get the CPU so cheap. I'm looking at the Abit IP-35 Pro due to the good reviews from others.

I've been very happy with my ip35 pro other than when I flashed to a beta bios...don't do that unless you end up putting a 45nm quad into it btw. I don't know how much they are elsewhere, but they were $143AR shipped at newegg yesterday.