Quick Question bout Quad 6600

[RiverRock]

hi guys,

this is my first post, i am a software engineer and was looking to upgrade my PC saying i have just graduated from Uni, a present to myself for finishing. gona build it up over a period of a few weeks till a month or so, so ordering a few things now and again.

Since my degree was bout software i am not overly competend on the hardware aspects so i was hoping you guys could help me out a bit.

First of, i have order the two products below, do you think that they will go well together?

Gigabyte GA-G33M-S2L iG33 Express Socket 775 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping (Retail 775)

Second of, can i overclock my CPU and if so will this m/b be ok for that?

Third, what kind of PSU would you guys recommend for power?

does the CPU come with built in fan for cooling or do i need to purchase addition hardware?

Was thinking on 4GB of Kingston RAM, 500/750GB Hard Drive. not sure on the rest at the mo.

and if anybody can supply me with any additional info i would be greatful

Thanks Guys

RR

[wonderlust]

Hello and welcome to the forums.

I am not sure about the board you have chosen, But Anandtech did a review on three G33 boards, 1 Gigabyte, 1 Asus, 1 MSI http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3111

all of these boards overclocked very well.

The Asus is a couple of quid dearer than the board you have picked (I have one and it overclocks very well, I tested my q6600 @ 3.6Ghz) where the Gigabyte board they reviewed has a better southbridge, but is reported to run a little on the hot side (I found this when I researched the board) and is a fair chunk more expensive.

[RiverRock]

thanks for that bud, im not too much bother by over clocking, as my old pc is P4 1.5 so anything greater than that and im happy

thanks again

[wonderlust]

Well i must admit that the current super special price of the Q6600 makes it a steal.

You will not be disappointed, what are you planning on using the system for? Is the onboard graphics of the G33 boards going to be enough for your uses?

[RiverRock]

Yeah i got it on the special, thought it was well worth the money, the Duo Core 3.0GHZ was same price so i thought Quad Core would be superior.

Prob main uses for system would be web browsing, downaloding,some development worlk(application and web), XVID/AVI converting to DVD/MP4 etc, on-borad graphics would be suitable to be honest, but will see when it arrives.

what PSU would you recommend? what bout cooling?

anything else i should know?

[wonderlust]

I use nero do convert Divx/xvid's to DVD and it takes about 20 minutes at 3Ghz :D

I have a Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme on mine (imho it's overkill), but from the reviews i have read the Artic cooling Freezer 7 Pro is good enough to cool the Q6600 to 3.6Ghz for a cooler that cheap thats pretty good.

PSU, get a good quality 500/600w one, if you search the forums there are plenty of good psu threads.