1st timer unNoobing myself

[Backwoods166]

So I have been researching all day and I think I am going to build a system around the "Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor". This seems to be a popular, well priced cpu. I was wondering if there is any reason not to go with this chip and if anyone could reccomend some basic parts that would go along well with this chip (mobo, psu, case, cooling etc. ). I am trying to find the right parts but with so many options I am kinda getting lost in the forrest.

Not worried about prices atm. I will start trying to save cost once I get a better idea of what I need.

thanks everyone, this forum rocks!

 

[CdnAudiophile]

Welcome to the forum man! I am new here myself and what I find great is that there is alot of helpful people here.

Well I am not sure what you will be using the computer for so it's hard to say what kind of performace you need, if you will be overclocking, gaming, what do you need in terms of storage? Sorry for all the questions but it will help get you the rights parts for the job.

Heres some parts that if you were going for a decent gaming rig as well as a all around performer. There the best bang for the buck parts going with the CPU you selected.
Motherboard:
http://www.ncixus.com/products/30299/P5Q-E/ASUS/
Because I chose that motherboard you have to chose a ati based videocard. You are able to use 2 of these cards together in whats called crossfire mode. You should just buy one to start and if you feel you need better graphics buy another:
http://www.ncixus.com/products/35012/AMD-ATI-RADEON-4870-1GB/NCIXPC/
For RAM:
http://www.ncixus.com/products/28269/996593/MUSHKIN/
For harddrives I would get 2 and go raid 0 but thats up to you:
http://www.ncixus.com/products/27943/WD5001ABYS/Western Digital WD/
For a Powersupply if you have no plans on buying a second video card:
http://www.ncixus.com/products/?sku=19831&vpn=CMPSU-620HX&manufacture=CORSAIR&promoid=1088
If might wanna buy another card down the road then get this instead:
http://www.ncixus.com/products/?sku=35156&vpn=CMPSU-850TX&manufacture=CORSAIR&promoid=1088
For a case it comes down to 2 things, aesthetics and air flow. Sometimes the really good looking cases have bad air flow and the cases with the best air flow look ugly. I think this case has the best of both worlds but it comes down to opinion:
http://www.ncixus.com/products/35774/NINE HUNDRED TWO/ANTEC/
And for the Cpu cooler it would go with this:
http://www.ncixus.com/products/23531/ULTRA-120-EXTREME/THERMALRIGHT/
With this fan on it:
http://www.ncixus.com/products/26743/DFS123812-2000/Scythe/

Again all the parts I have listed are for a best bang for dollar gaming computer. Hope this helps or atleasts gets you started in the right direction.

 

[2048Megabytes]

These aren't all the parts you need, but here are some of the parts that are compatible with the Q6600 Quad-Core processor:

GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128359

OCZ StealthXStream OCZ600SXS 600W ATX12V
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341010&Tpk=OCZ600SXS

Patriot Extreme Performance 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220314

ASUS V52 92 millimeter Sleeve Central Processing Unit Cooler - $27
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835101027&Tpk=ASUS V52

Seagate Barracuda Model ST3500320AS 500 gigabyte 7200 RPM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148288

You still need a case, an operating system and a DVD optical drive.

 

[Backwoods166]

Thank you all. I see a post right next to mine is someone posting up there own q6600 build. This site is so helpfull and no spam/flam! My only serious problem now is choosing which recommendations are the best, very hard thing to do for a noob . And at some point I have to figure out what SLi is and if I need it arhhggg

can't wait to put things together and try overclocking/frying my new cpu keke

 

[Backwoods166]

ahhh one more questions. I got an old dell 8200 with a cd/rw and dvd. Any reason why I wouldn't be able to use these?

 

[CdnAudiophile]

Sli is what Nvidia calls their multi graphic card solution. Ati calls theirs Crossfire. Basically it just gives you the ability to use 2 or more video cards together to produce the graphics on the screen. Only if you will be heavily gaming you need it.

 

[paratwa]

ahhh one more questions. I got an old dell 8200 with a cd/rw and dvd. Any reason why I wouldn't be able to use these?

If the new motherboard you buy supports IDE drives, then yeah you can use them. But with the low costs of those items you would probably be better off just buying new SATA drives. That way you might have less of a problem setting up both sata and ide drives on the same computer (less chance of a conflict) And the new drives might have faster burn and read times over your older drives.