Gaming rig, your opinion?

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Making this thread for another dude, i helped him pick parts though, need your guys expert opinion on it.

Motherboard:
Asus P5Q PRO P45 Socket 775 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard

CPU:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66GHz Socket 775 1066MHz 8MB (2x4MB(4MB per core pair)) L2 Cache OEM Processor

Cooler:
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 PRO (Socket LGA775)

RAM:
Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 1066MHz/PC2-8500 HyperX Memory CL5 2.2V

Graphics Card:
XFX GTX 260 896MB DDR3 216Core Dual DVI HDCP HDTV out PhysX and Cuda ready PCI-E Graphics Card

HDD:
Western Digital 500GB Hard Drive SATA300 7200rpm 32MB Cache Caviar Black - OEM
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DVD Drive:
Sony DRU-860S 22X DVD±RW DL & DVD-RAM Serial ATA Black Drive - Retail With Nero

PSU:
Corsair 650W TX Series PSU - 120mm Fan, 80+% Efficiency, Single +12V Rail



On the question of the processor which is better http://www.ebuyer.com/product/158333 or the Q6700
 
Looks lik ea nice rig, what case are you going to use?
 
No point in buying a crossfire board, if you are not going to use it. P43 chipset board will give you same overclock as P45 would.

WD 640 GB Black is much fast than the older 500 GB Black.
 
What's his budget?

The Q8200 is 45nm whereas the Q6700 is 65nm, so the latter will run hotter and use more power.

Also, I'd suggest going with this 4GB RAM kit.
 
The budget is £680, i thought these processors needed 1066?

I forgot to mention he is from UK so egg is a no go
 
is he going to overclock? if not buy a cheap boar, cheap ram, and buy a retail chip to use the stock cooler. The difference will be miniscule at stock and the money saved will be better spent elsewhere.
 
He will probably overclock at some stage, its better to open them possibilites up then just to cheap out on the memory etc, 40 quid for 4 gigs of decent ram is cheap anyway, and the stock intel Coolers are a joke.
 
Please answer the questions in the sticky titled "ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS FIRST" so that we can help you better. You've answered a few of them already but please answer them again for completeness sake.

Oh and please list the prices of those parts.
 
Wow... its been so long since I've had to post this...

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Formulas for Intel platform @ 1:1 settings:
c × [Base FSB speed] = CPU Clock speed (c = CPU Multiplier)
2 × [Base FSB speed] = RAM speed
4 × [Base FSB speed] = Effective FSB speed

On Intel platforms, running the RAM higher than a 1:1 ratio with the CPU is, for the most part, useless, so don't bother trying to do so. If the BIOS does it for you, just let it. All you need is a 1:1 config, though. Here's some possible clock speeds (as always with OC'ing, your results will vary):

Q6600: 9 × 266 = 2.4Ghz, DDR2-533 << STOCK speeds
Q6600: 9 × 333 = 3.0Ghz, DDR2-667 << Nice OC
Q6600: 9 × 378 = 3.4Ghz, DDR2-756 << Good OC, near max for B3 stepping w/ good air cooling
Q6600: 9 × 400 = 3.6Ghz, DDR2-800 << Great OC, near max for G0 stepping w/ good air cooling

Q6700: 10 × 266 = 2.6Ghz, DDR2-533 << STOCK speeds
Q6700: 10 × 333 = 3.3Ghz, DDR2-667 << Nice OC
Q6700: 09 × 400 = 3.6Ghz, DDR2-800 << Great OC, near max w/ good air cooling

Q8200: 7 × 333 = 2.3Ghz, DDR2-667 << STOCK speeds
Q8200: 7 × 400 = 2.8Ghz, DDR2-800 << Easy OC
Q8200: 7 × 466 = 3.2Ghz, DDR2-933 << Good OC
Q8200: 7 × 500 = 3.5Ghz, DDR2-1000 << Great OC, improbable?

You won't notice a difference between CL4 and CL5, unless you're running benchmarks (and even then, the difference is negligible), so don't pay a huge price premium for lower latency.
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The Q8200 performs on par with Q6700. The newer architecture (w/ SSE4 + other enhancements) and die shrink let it keep up with the Q6700 despite a lower clock speed. The Q6000 series are easier to OC, though, since they have higher multipliers. The Q6700 OC's the same as the Q6600, so I would not pay a price premium for the Q6700 over the Q6600 if possible.
 
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Thanks for the heads up, Looks like he will be getting the 8200 then. :D
 
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