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CPU/Mobo suggestion

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W.Feather

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ive got an older(2 year) gaming rig ive got laying around.....figured what the heck, lets see how much it would be to get a kinda cheap intel board/cpu(never owned one)....thinking a C2Q and board(DDR2 support).....dont need/want anything fancy other than a good OC board/Chip if possible.....not sure on a price limit, but nothing too expensive, this is just an idea that popped into my head(since i have 4 sticks of DDR2, a PSU, vid card, case, HDD, and DVD drive....)

any suggestions from the intel area?
 
W.Feather said:
ive got an older(2 year) gaming rig ive got laying around.....figured what the heck, lets see how much it would be to get a kinda cheap intel board/cpu(never owned one)....thinking a C2Q and board(DDR2 support).....dont need/want anything fancy other than a good OC board/Chip if possible.....not sure on a price limit, but nothing too expensive, this is just an idea that popped into my head(since i have 4 sticks of DDR2, a PSU, vid card, case, HDD, and DVD drive....)

any suggestions from the intel area?
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Do you live anywhere near a Micro Center store?

If not, then I would not spend a single penny on such an outgoing older platform at this time. This is because all of the mail-order resellers charge way more money for the C2Q parts than they're worth - well over $200 just for the CPU (and then another $80 or so for the motherboard, putting the total to more than $300). At those prices I would rather sell off those DDR2 sticks and save up for an i3/i5/i7 platform (motherboard and CPU) with DDR3 memory.
 
Or just go with AMD and a socket AM2+ mobo if you really want to reuse the DDR2 RAM. In addition, many AM2+ mobos will soon have support for AMD"s six-core CPUs.
 
Danny Bui said:
Or just go with AMD and a socket AM2+ mobo if you really want to reuse the DDR2 RAM. In addition, many AM2+ mobos will soon have support for AMD"s six-core CPUs.
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well

im curious on intel systems, i have an AM2 system for it now(an AMD Athlon 5000+ BE), currently run a Phenom II X2 550 BE on a Crosshair III(meaning the hexa core could go into my current one instead :p ) ..... i might have to see if my old board can support a low power Athlon II X4(only AM2 and not a very good one at that)....


and man i do wish i lived near a microcenter, unfortunatly im in FL, none of em that I know of

i do realize it is a "dying socket", but i have no issues buying used parts, so i guess a better question is, used what is the best combo of the two i can find?
 
Danny Bui said:
Or just go with AMD and a socket AM2+ mobo if you really want to reuse the DDR2 RAM. In addition, many AM2+ mobos will soon have support for AMD"s six-core CPUs.
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That would have been my alternative suggestion (besides the one in my original reply).
 
W.Feather said:
i do realize it is a "dying socket", but i have no issues buying used parts, so i guess a better question is, used what is the best combo of the two i can find?
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Find a Q6600 for $125 and a mobo based on the Intel P45 chipset for around $60. Wouldn't be a total waste of money at that point. Remember those are used prices.

@ E4g1e
Yup, thought something was missing from your reply :)
 
Dark Shroud said:
Or you could not handy cap yourself and get an AM3 board that uses DDR2 memory. And then you would have more upgrade head room like AMD's Hexa-core CPUs.
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or you can read the 2nd post i made, or look at my sig, and see that i already own an AM3 board, with DDR3, and already supports the hexa cores......meaning your post is useless

edit: Danny the 6600 was what I was thinking. Any specific stepping to look for? Also a P45 board will give me a good oc? And any suggestion on a good one to look for?
 
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W.Feather said:
edit: Danny the 6600 was what I was thinking. Any specific stepping to look for? Also a P45 board will give me a good oc? And any suggestion on a good one to look for?
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G0 stepping for the Q6600. P45 mobo wise, just find one by Asus, Abit or Gigabyte and you'll be fine. A P45 mobo will provide a good OC
 
I had a couple Asus P5Q Pro's and they were great boards. I could run the FSB at around 450mhz without making any extravagant changes to voltage or cooling.
 
K. I'll take a look. The roughly $200 sounds nice. Maybe I'll see if I can find a good gigabyte(only used Asus since I'm swapping one thing why not swap another)
 
which of these would be best?(i see some good, well decent, prices on some or atleast i think so)

-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128372
-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131347
-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131393R
-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131347R
-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136053R
 
Go with the Gigabyte. However, the price is a bit high.
 
kk, i wont be buying it now, just looking for ideas of what to do with my excess equiptment....since none of it was selling on the FS/FT area.
 
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