Help building a computer around Q6600

[bl4ckman]

Hello guys and gals

I would very much appreciate your assistance on being able to build a computer around the Q6600. The computer i will be using mainly for web developing and general use.

Basically being able to use more than two programmes without the computer being slowed down, which is what i am working on at the moment, as if more than one application is open then I could got watch a full movie before it loads, lol.

I just want to be able to have a very fast computers and being able to have macromedia, photoshop, multimedia without slowness in performance of the PC.

Thank you very much in advance for reading and for assistance.

 

[Maziar]

Hello and welcome to the forums mate

Well, u didnt tell your budget, plz tell us how much u can pay

 

[itotallybelieveyou]

Well no matter what kind of computer have you'll have slow performance. What's your budget

 

[bl4ckman]

About 800 british pounds.

 

[m1ddy]

is that including monitor, mouse, keyboard etc etc or just the cpu, mobo, ram, gpu etc etc

 

[Maziar]

Q6600
ASUS P5K
8800GT
2GB DDR2 800 RAM
500GB HDD with 16MB Cache

 

[bl4ckman]

what is best Q6600 Oem or retail

 

[Andrius]

Q6600
RETAIL = 3 year waranty, you get the stock cooler
OEM = 1 year waranty, you don't get a cooler

Maziar's advice is good.
Corsair 450 VX a good quality PSU
Cooler Master 690 case with good airflow
EDIT: fixed some typos

 

[mtyermom]

Unless there is a huge difference in price between the retail and OEM versions, I would recommend the retail version just for the longer manufacturer warranty.

 

[aevm]

Get two hard disks. On my PC that's the bottleneck - when I watch a movie from a disk and some application uses the same disk there is interference.

 

[aevm]

Unless there is a huge difference in price between the retail and OEM versions, I would recommend the retail version just for the longer manufacturer warranty.

If you get OEM you need to buy an aftermarket cooler ($20 Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro, $70 Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme, lots of other options in between). If you're not into overclocking get the retail and use the stock cooler.

 

[bl4ckman]

which one of the asus p5k is best.

 

[Maziar]

Well ASUS P5K-E WIFI is the BEST PRICE/PERFORMANCE of them , it has better cooling compared to P5K or P5K-E (no wifi ) and has the same features of P5K DELUXe (Except for 1 less gigabit lan and also 1 less copper)

 

[bl4ckman]

which is better ASUS P5K AiLifestyle Series iP35 Socket 775 eSATA 8channel Audio ATX Motherboard or ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP AiLifestyle Series P35 Socket 775 Socket eSATA 8 channel Audio ATX Motherboard

 

[Maziar]

ASUS P5K-E WIFI-AP has a better cooling compared to P5K and P5K-E (no WIFI)

 

[bl4ckman]

what memory is best ocz or crucial or kingston

 

[aevm]

They are all good brands. Crucial is very popular with people who know a lot about hardware and play with overclocking. If you're not interested in that, get whatever has the best price.

 

[bl4ckman]

Is this graphics card good Sapphire RADEON® HD 2900XT, (512 MB)

 

[Maziar]

Yes 2900XT is a good card but i recommend 8800GT instead

 

[drumr1829]

800 british pounds = around $1600 US dollars

"macromedia, photoshop, multimedia" sounds like RAM intensive and if you want very fast performance, i'd take a look at a 64 bit OS that supports more than 3 gig's. DDR2 RAM at the moment is VERY cheap and I'd take advantage of that while the prices keep going down. I got my 4 gigs of PC6400 patriot ram for $130. photoshop, dreamweaver and premiere are almost instantaneous in opening.

I got the evga 680i SLI mobo...4 DIMMs with total of 8 gig's of RAM. may as well just get the 4 gig kit (2x2) so you still have 2 slots open if you want more in the future...

Also, are you doing any gaming? that would determine the type of vid card you'd get...with gaming PC's that's usually the most expensive part

 

[forbdwiz]

I wonder if the Corsair 450VX is enough to power a Q6600 and a 8800GT as well as the rest

 

[bl4ckman]

just got the q6600 and p5k come, looks lovely now need to decide on ram and graphics card.

 

[pogsnet]

Kingston for more stability... I can attest to that though I havent tested OCZ or crucial but I have tested other RAMs and I found Kingston is more stable, most mobo companies put kingston in the list of recommended RAMs

 

[aevm]

I'd wait a bit for the graphics card. The new 8800 GTS G92 512Mb is supposed to be out on Dec 11. It will be faster/cooler/quieter than the 8800GT.

The 450VX should be enough, with 33A on the 12V rail, but of course something more powerful would be more future-proof.
This one for example has 49A and it's top quality:
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703005
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-002-PP

 

[Maziar]

agreed ^^^
OCZ STEALTHXSTREAM 600W is a good PSU too