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Limp Gawd
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upcoming build. haven't done this in about 3 years. Some of the stuff I already have. Thanks

Case: CM 590 - waiting for this to go under 50 AR. I have a backup Ultra Wizard that I got for free that I'll use in the meantime
PSU: Corsair 620W modular
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L - Cheap and OCs well from what I read.
CPU: e8400 or Q6600. I'm not sure what to get, they're the same price right now.
HD: 750GB WD SATA - WD7500AAKS - I already own this. I might get a 320GB HD also. Not sure.
GFX: EVGA 512mb 8800GT Superclocked
RAM: 4x1 GB OCZ PC2-8500 DDR2. - I already have 2GBs of it that I won.
HSU: XIGMATEK S1283 Rifle
DVD Burner: Samsung SH-S203B SATA
OS: Vista 64 Business - I got it for free over the summer and paid the $10 for the x64 disc
MISC: I have some 120 YLs and a sunbeam rheobus hanging around somewhere

I do some gaming, not tons. Probably 40% of my cpu time is gaming. I play games like COD4. I also do a bit of video & photo editing. I'm unsure whether to get the 6600 or the 8400. Looking at around ~$840 with the rebates accounted for for it all and some misc stuff I'll need.
 
Unless your applications are optimized for 4 cores, I would go with the E8400. It is a great CPU and is overclockable to around 4 GHz without much trouble. Everything else looks good.
 
The 4 sticks of RAM may hinder your OC, since it stresses out the MCH more. However, you don't have much of a choice, since you already own 2 sticks. You could sell those 2 and just get a 2x2GB kit instead, but eh, not really worth it.

The quadcore would definately fly when encoding video and crazy multitasking.
 
If you overclock either chip, and unless you're playing at a low resolution, you'll notice little to no difference in gaming performance between the E8400 and Q6600, as most modern games are GPU bound. For photo editing and video encoding, the Q6600 is a better buy (just make sure that the programs you use can utilize four cores.)
 
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