Advice on new rig

[Asylum1]

Ok...I got my hands on this board for a good price and im going to set up a new gaming rig!! I will be installing this ram that i also got at a good price!!
My question is should i use my E8600 or go with a Q9650...The reason i ask is ive heard these boards are bad about not being able to do high speeds on your ram with the quad cores...Have they fixed this with a bios update?
Should i even bother going quad since this is mainly a gaming rig?
Ill be useing my GTX 285 and maybe another one in SLI later!!
Any body have a setup like this that can give me some tips i would be most grateful!!
And all comments are welcome!!

 

[lowteckh]

Google the hundreds of other dual vs quad threads.

There's probably a good half a hundred or so threads here on the forum as well.

 

[Dangman]

Google the hundreds of other dual vs quad threads.

There's probably a good half a hundred or so threads here on the forum as well.

+ 1o this. No need to rehash what has been said hundreds upon hundreds of times here on the forums.

Just go into the Intel Processor subforum and search for the following:
E8400 VS Q6600
E8400 OR Q6600
E8400 VS Q9550
E8400 OR Q9550
Dual VS Quad
Dual OR Quad
Dual Core VS Quad Core
Dual Core OR Quad Core

You're guaranteed to find dozens of links covering the same info over and over again.

 

[engiNURD]

You got that board for a good price? I hope it was nearly free.

You do know that the same RAM you linked to, OCZ3P20004GK, at buy.com for $269 is only $88 at newegg, right? You also know that you don't need RAM rated at such high speeds, right? Just making sure.

 

[Asylum1]

You got that board for a good price? I hope it was nearly free.

You do know that the same RAM you linked to, OCZ3P20004GK, at buy.com for $269 is only $88 at newegg, right? You also know that you don't need RAM rated at such high speeds, right? Just making sure.

I got it for $75.

 

[Asylum1]

I got the mobo installed and put my E8600 in it to test and it clocks quite well..Have it set at 4.5Ghz FSB@1800 and memory linked @ 1800 . Memtest86 over night with no errors and prime95 stable for an hour today. I have a buyer for my E8600 and want to go with a Q9650 but im scared the quad will limit my ram speed!!
Any other thoughts guys?

 

[Dangman]

I got the mobo installed and put my E8600 in it to test and it clocks quite well..Have it set at 4.5Ghz FSB@1800 and memory linked @ 1800 . Memtest86 over night with no errors and prime95 stable for an hour today. I have a buyer for my E8600 and want to go with a Q9650 but im scared the quad will limit my ram speed!!
Any other thoughts guys?

You wouldn't notice the difference between 1333Mhz and 2000Mhz RAM speed.