What memory for a new q6600 build?

[ringtone]

Tigerdirect has a Q6600/XFX680i SLi for $499.99 is this a good board?

 

[Hatman]

Tigerdirect has a Q6600/XFX680i SLi for $499.99 is this a good board?

Yep pretty much. Its an extremly cheap deal. Im guessing they are trying to get rid of their q6600's before everyone else drops the price.

 

[jackluo923]

Said Tigerdirect

Socket
This motherboard features a Socket 775 design. The Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) style socket makes it easy to install and upgrade your processor.

LOL.. Do you trust this site? Its suppose to be LGA (land grid array not sure of the spelling) not zero Insertion Force like AMD's sockets.
Just kidding

 

[ringtone]

I'm only playing games, which CPU would you, buy?
E6850 / P35 or 680
Q6600 / P35 or 680
I have a 2900XT and 8800 GTS 640, thinking I'm going to keep my 8800 and return 2900XT

 

[jackluo923]

It depends on which games you play and for how long are you using this computer to play games. If you're playing oblivion, then Q6600 is great for you. But if you're playing games that doesn't use dual core than E6850 is the best. In the future, Q6600 will outperform E6850 once games utilize all 4 core of Q6600.

 

[cb62fcni]

I'd personally go for the Q6600 and P35, unless you plan on SLIing your rig. You'll probably get a longer lifespan out of that combo.

 

[nukemaster]

And I actually thought you were smart.. Higher detail only comes from the GPU and so do higher FPS. You know nothing of computers.
And AGAIN, just because it SUPPORTS more than 1 thread, does NOT mean it REQUIRES it.

What?
Want me to start benching games?
Just off the top of my head City of Heros gets OVER 2x the FPS with dual core(and P4-HT). Why? The games rendering engine(Just add -renderthread 1 to the game short cut ) has a big software component for rendering the world maps.

Valve is working on updates for all source games to take advantage to multi cores.

Wow that was long.....

Get corsair ram. I find its the good stuff. If ure not over clocking get some with NO heatspreaders.....my OCZ stuffs is falling)(peeling) off slowly. i RMA's one for it.... the second had a bad stick....the third looked nice but it started again.

 

[Zorg]

I'd personally go for the Q6600 and P35, unless you plan on SLIing your rig. You'll probably get a longer lifespan out of that combo.

The Q6600 and the P35 is the hot ticket by far, and many P35s are not too expensive.

 

[phassat]

Just bought Super Talent PC8000 with CAS 5 2GB kit for US$ 143 including delivery... I don't know if it's a good value or not, I haven't make any research on it. I just thought is a good value so I bought it.

Anybody know about this memory?

 

[systemlord]

I'd go with Crucial Ballistix cuz you know your getting micron chips. My 6400's OC'ed 300MHz from 800 = 1100MHz. No brainer

 

[Dahak]

Kingston makes a fairly good DDR2 800 memory module.Even have matched sets.You can also look at Corsair and Crucial as well as OCZ.With DDR2 prices as low as they are it really doesn't hurt to spen the extra money on better stuff.I personally like Crucial.I've had a lot of good luck with their hi-performance memory,and have been able to achieve higher overclocks with it.My memory is currently DDR2 800 from Kingston.A matched set for dual channel mode and improved performance.I'm also quite happy with it so far.Goodluck.

Dahak

AMD X2 5600+ @ 2.8ghz(stock)
M2N32-SLI DELUXE MB
2 GIGS DDR2 800 RAM
THERMALTAKE 850WATT PSU
7950GT KO(WAITING FOR MY OTHER TO COME BACK FROM RMA)
ACER 22IN. LCD
SMILIDON RAIDMAX GAMING CASE
80GIG/250gig SATA2 HD's
XP MCE

 

[systemlord]

Just remmeber where those memory chips come from, Micron Tech = Crucial.

 

[frankienyc123]

Ok Ive narrowed down my choices a bit. Heres my final three choices all can be had for around $100 some even cheaper with MIR. Any opinions on which of these three would be the best bet?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145034
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146565
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220144

 

[systemlord]

Ok Ive narrowed down my choices a bit. Heres my final three choices all can be had for around $100 some even cheaper with MIR. Any opinions on which of these three would be the best bet?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145034
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146565
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220144

I'd go for the Crucial's , because they are known as very good OC'ers with D9 micron's IC's.

 

[frankienyc123]

Ok I made up my mind, im ordering the Crucial Ballistix they are only $69.99 from Newegg with the MIR. At this price im gonna order 2 for a total of 4gigs Ill be all set when i finally descide to make the switch to Vista. Thanks for all the help and advice you guys/gals have offered me.

 

[joemccarron]

I ws thinking of gettign the exact same setup. Gigabytes qualified vendor list for memory is very limitted. Especially when it comes to 4 gig kits. None of the 4 gig kits are even ddr800. Does anyone think I'm signing up for a headache if I buy this ram:
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820231122

Anyone buy a 4 gig kit for this motherboard or one of the other gigabyte p35 boards?

 

[Zorg]

I ws thinking of gettign the exact same setup. Gigabytes qualified vendor list for memory is very limitted. Especially when it comes to 4 gig kits. None of the 4 gig kits are even ddr800. Does anyone think I'm signing up for a headache if I buy this ram:
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820231122

Anyone buy a 4 gig kit for this motherboard or one of the other gigabyte p35 boards?

The P35 is still new, the list will probably get longer over time. I don't know about that specific ram, but just because it isn't on the list doesn't mean it won't work.

 

[phassat]

I ws thinking of gettign the exact same setup. Gigabytes qualified vendor list for memory is very limitted. Especially when it comes to 4 gig kits. None of the 4 gig kits are even ddr800. Does anyone think I'm signing up for a headache if I buy this ram:
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820231122

Anyone buy a 4 gig kit for this motherboard or one of the other gigabyte p35 boards?

Where can I get the list of parts that qualified by Gigabyte?

 

[Spikke]

Where can I get the list of parts that qualified by Gigabyte?

Qualified memory for the P35 DS3R
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/MemorySupport/motherboard_memory_ga-p35-ds3r.pdf
You can find this on their website under product info for the motherboard.

 

[phassat]

Where can I get the list of parts that qualified by Gigabyte?

Qualified memory for the P35 DS3R
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/MemorySupport/motherboard_memory_ga-p35-ds3r.pdf
You can find this on their website under product info for the motherboard.

I just bought Super Talent 2GB Kit PC8000... What happened if it's not in the list? Well.. it's not in the list

 

[Spikke]

Pop it in and see how it works. The list is by no means a complete list of all memory that will work, not even close.

 

[bigwater]

 

[bigwater]

 

[ches111]

"your argument reminds me much more of a teenager typing away in his mother's basement."

"Before you continue to spew your crap on there here forum-goers, why don't you chew on this?"

"Why you're so obtuse about it is beyond me"

"Your sweeping, profoundly retarded pronouncements"

"You need to grow up, shut up, or possibly a combination of both."

"And beware "computer experts" like Track, who has truly shown his true colors today."

Alright, first I wanted to point out the insults, because thats what u did to me.

First, Supreme Commander.
Multiple, independent reviews have clearly shown its use of at least 4 threads with an increase in performance

Among the propogandas HardOCP review(s), there are a few that tell u the truth.
Here is one of them.
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2107342,00.asp

N ow, explain how exactly HardOCP is lying? That's hardly a convincing argument, it is very difficult to tell a lie to this community without it being revealed quite quickly.

Apparently u haven't been following the Bush administration. They can lie to ur face and get away with it.

And HardOCP does get away with it. Did u know that they are the only site that claims that the 8800 GTS 320 is more powerful than the 2900XT?

How do they get away with it? Well, ppl tend to agree with review sites. They are like the scientists of the hardware industry. People dont often challenge what they say and there arent many ppl who have Quad-Cores to challenge that anyway.
Most people just go to another site and see if what the first site claims, is also claimed by another site. In the case of HardOCP, thats not the case.
You'd be a fool to trust only a single review site, but again, its not because we think that they are lying to us, because we respect them. We check other sites because we want to be sure that they arent wrong.

As for future multi-threading, it is abundantly clear that this is the direction the developer community is taking.

Yes, but ONLY for programs such as 3D modeling and Video Editing. Almost all programs use only a single thread, and so its better to have a Dual-Core at 3.8Ghz, rather than a Quad-Core at 3.2Ghz.
And as I've said, the only programs to actually NEED performance are games. It could be nice to have ur video encoded in 10 minutes instead of 20 minutes, but its not a neccesity. A game has to get above 30 FPS.. u cant get 10 FPS and still play it.

As for your claims about overclocking, they may be true for many people who have insufficient air cooling. But plenty are willing to spend up to 50 bucks or more on a cooling solution

No, thats what I've been saying.
With a 50-100$ high-end air cooler, u will only be able to hit 3.0-3.2Ghz. While with said cooling, u would be able to overclock a Dual-Core CPU to 3.8Ghz.
If u want to get to high clock speeds with a Quad-Core, u need high-end watercooling, which costs more than the CPU itself!

Then, heat is no longer the problem, but rather a bottleneck that many 680 and P965 boards seem to have when overclocking quads. Luckily, this is straightened out with the new P35 chipset, as you can see:

A bottleneck? Of what?
Quad-Core CPUs cannot overclock as high because of the heat they produce, its got nothing to do with the northbridge chipset.
But please, go on.

Of course, future games likely won't need more than a single core, they sure as hell will benefit from multiples.

How exactly will they benefit from multiple cores? If u say that games wont need more than a single core, u arent leaving urself much room to argue.
If it doesnt need more thana single core, then that means that the geometry can be easily done on a single core, as well as passing on the information to the GPU.
So whats left? Physics? The single core can obviously render physics as well, otherwise the game wouldnt work. Maybe we're talking about more realistic physics, but thats where the extra GPU comes in and does a much better job.

Anyone who is buying a PC in the next few months and has an expectation that it will last for a few years and game well should absolutely, positively, undeniably purchase a 266 dollar quad core.

If it wasnt for the lower overclock and somewhat higher price compared to the E6420 which gives the exact same performance in games, I would agree.
But emulators such as PCXS2 only support 2 threads and they need those to be as powerful as they can be.

Track,

How about I give you the benefit of the doubt. Provide ANY professional/reputable source/media that will even remotely support your claims. Any of your claims!

ANYTHING from any reputable source?

We await your wonderful and obviously well thought out responses. :roll

PS... Your above comments have been reported.. As it seems that your overwhelming intellect is not intelligent enough to respond in a manner that is not derogatory and degrading. It seems that mainly your support for your information is formed "ONLY" by your own mind.

Please do provide links...