Processor Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 1066FSB 8MB Cache Quad Core Core 64 Bit Processor
Processor Speed 4 x 2.4GHz
Memory 2GB DDR2 800MHz Dual Channel Ram
Hard Drive 500GB(2 x 250GB) Serial ATA II Hard drive with 16MB Buffer
Graphics Dual Nvidia 8600GT 1024MB PCI-E Graphics Running In SLI Mode
Drive 1 18x Dual Layer +R/-R/RW DVD burner
Drive 2 16x DVD Rom Drive
Sound ADI 1988B 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
Motherboard P5N32-E Full SLI nVidia 680I
Case Antec 900 Ultimate Gamer Case
Drive Bays 3 x 5.25", 6 x 3.5"
Memory Slots 4 x DDR2 Slots
Memory Capacity 8GB
Keyboard & Mouse Microsoft Wireless Keyboard & Optical Mouse
USB Ports 6 x USB2 (2 Top, 4 Back)
Firewire 1 x IEEE 1394a Firewire Port
Networking Port 2 x Gigabit LAN
Dimensions (mm) 206 (W) x 468 (H) x 493 (D)
Front Side Bus 1600 / 2000 MT/s Hyper Transport
Warranty 12 Mths RTB
Colour Black and Silver
before you say omg no a e8400 no i dont want that : P
125fps stable et? and cod4? + will this board take the new 45nm quads?
Q9xxx series should appear in shops about now if you want quad core. But E8xxx series should be more than ok aswell, cause you wont feel big(any) difference compared to dualcores.
680i mobos are outdated (not sure, but may have problems with new 45 cores)
you will get much more performance from single 9600/8800GT/GTS(512mb) than from SLI 8600... so go for P35 mobo, should be much cheaper but no SLI support. (780i sli's are pretty expensive afaik, but if you get one, then 2x9600/8800GT would ve really awesome)
Get bigger HDD, 2x320gb or smting, should cost around the same
I see, well definitely go with the 8800GT. The companies use the 1024mb ram on the 8600GT to draw in the "newbs" if you will. lol Most people still think that more ram = better performance, when in reality most "big ram" mainstream cards can't even use the full amount of it and when it can it only comes into effect most of the time at really high resolutions. If you run a really high res it is better to just spend more money and get a performance card.
+ you need good cpu too heh
Processor Speed 4 x 2.4GHz
Memory 2GB DDR2 800MHz Dual Channel Ram
Hard Drive 500GB(2 x 250GB) Serial ATA II Hard drive with 16MB Buffer
Graphics Dual Nvidia 8600GT 1024MB PCI-E Graphics Running In SLI Mode
Drive 1 18x Dual Layer +R/-R/RW DVD burner
Drive 2 16x DVD Rom Drive
Sound ADI 1988B 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
Motherboard P5N32-E Full SLI nVidia 680I
Case Antec 900 Ultimate Gamer Case
Drive Bays 3 x 5.25", 6 x 3.5"
Memory Slots 4 x DDR2 Slots
Memory Capacity 8GB
Keyboard & Mouse Microsoft Wireless Keyboard & Optical Mouse
USB Ports 6 x USB2 (2 Top, 4 Back)
Firewire 1 x IEEE 1394a Firewire Port
Networking Port 2 x Gigabit LAN
Dimensions (mm) 206 (W) x 468 (H) x 493 (D)
Front Side Bus 1600 / 2000 MT/s Hyper Transport
Warranty 12 Mths RTB
Colour Black and Silver
before you say omg no a e8400 no i dont want that : P
125fps stable et? and cod4? + will this board take the new 45nm quads?
680i mobos are outdated (not sure, but may have problems with new 45 cores)
you will get much more performance from single 9600/8800GT/GTS(512mb) than from SLI 8600... so go for P35 mobo, should be much cheaper but no SLI support. (780i sli's are pretty expensive afaik, but if you get one, then 2x9600/8800GT would ve really awesome)
Get bigger HDD, 2x320gb or smting, should cost around the same
Why the fuck do you need 2 DVD drives?
8600=shit
8600+8600=2 pos
go for 9600(should cost little more than single 8600) as it's as good as 8600 SLI (LOL) or even better 8800GT/GTS
SLI barely gives any boost so just buy an 8800 GT/GTS.