Recommendations on an E6600 build?

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zzaa604

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I'm looking to build a general purpose PC with an E6600 processor I have laying around from a previous build. I'm leaning towards either an Asus or Gigabyte motherboard unless there's something else worth considering...? To be honest I'm not sure what exact model would suffice for my processor so if anyone with this chip could weigh in I would really like the added input. I would like a mobo with sufficient OC capabilities.

Also, if someone could throw out some specs i.e ram/ps/hd/heatsink/case ATX/Mini ATX etc..

Thanks in advance :)
 
Please answer these questions:
Danny Bui said:
If you're gonna ask us to build/list a PC for you or seek advice about a build, please answer all of the following questions:

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
3) Where do you live?
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
6) Will you be overclocking?
7) What size monitor do you have or plan to have?
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?

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Using the PC for a little bit of everything.
I'm not actually looking for a whole build but it would be nice if someone just gave me a good practical build.
I should have been clearer in my original post. Aside from the mobo I can choose the other parts but I'm not sure what a suitable mobo for an e6600.
 
zzaa604 said:
I'm not actually looking for a whole build but it would be nice if someone just gave me a good practical build.
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It also be nice if you answered the questions since they will help us help you.
 
if one asks a general question they get a general answer;

mobo: ASUS P5QL PRO LGA 775 Intel P43 $84.99

case + psu combo deal: Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid + Antec NeoPower 550 550W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready $84.94

ram: A-DATA 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 $29.99

gpu: MSI N9800GT 512M OC GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 $119.99 - $15 mir

hd: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s $54.99

dvd burner: LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA $24.99

Total: $399.89 - $15 mir + shipping.

Pretty solid depending on the monitor size and res, as well as what games you want.

More info provided = better suggestions! :D
 
Ixnay ethay oardbay... the P5QL Pro has the main ATX connector in the middle of the board. That creates problems with cable management and (possibly) cooling. Go with the Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3L if you want an inexpensive board that allows you to overclock. You also should look into a CPU cooler if you really want to overclock (but help us out here and answer the rest of the questions).

Other than that, hossdaddy gave you a practical build.
 
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