Hmm...Q6600 or Q6700? I guess it all depends on how much I can save up by then, or how much my mom is willing to pay by then :DGuitarFreak2

Q6600 is enough lol

if you have an issue heres a tissue

July 22nd is the day almost all gamers are looking foward to. The Intel price drop and the release of new processors are coming out! Heres the info

The following is paraphrased from Wikipedia and it's sources.

Conroe

Intel is expected to release four additional Core 2 Duo Processors on July 22nd, 2007. The release will coincide with that of the Intel Bearlake (x3x) chipsets. The new processors will be named Core 2 Duo E6550, E6750, and E6850. Processors with a number ending in "50" will have a 1333MT/s FSB. The processors will all have 4MiB of L2 cache. Their clock frequency will be similar to that of the already released processors with the same first two digits (E6600, E6700, X6800). These processors are slated to compete with AMD's Stars processor line and are therefore priced below corresponding processors with a 1066MT/s FSB. An additional model, the E6540, will be launched with specifications similar to the E6550 but lacking Intel Trusted Execution Technology and vPro support. Reported launch prices are as follows:

Model Clock Speed Price

E6540 2.33ghz >$163

E6550 2.33ghz$163

E67502.66ghz $183

E68503.00ghz $266

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Now for all of you Quad Core fans...

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Kentsfield

The currently available Core 2 Extreme QX6700 will be relaunched on July 22nd, 2007 as the Core 2 Quad Q6700, clocked at 2.66GHz, but it consumes less power than QX6700. The Q6600 is additionally expected to fall in price to US$266 on July 22nd, 2007.

Model Clock Speed Price

Q6600 2.40ghz $266

Q67002.66ghz $530

QX6800 2.94ghz $999

QX6850 3.00ghzOver $999

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Now these prices are not ironclad, but this is what to expect on July 22nd.

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Happy Gaming!

get this mobo instead its cheaper and better because it supports ddr3 ram and intel's new 45mm chipset plus its still good for overclocking http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128050 as for a powersupply this one is real nice for the price http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341010 as for a cpu just get a E6600 after intel'sprice drops it a great dual core and it should last you till intel's native quad cores come out all this stuff should make your total like $900 something which leaves you money left over for a new monitor if you really need onemastershake575

pff i mean really..... for real though thanks alot! $900 is good. Optical drives cost little to nothing. but i think i might get the E6750 for $183 though. I'm not really much of mid-upgrader. So i don't care about "future proofing". I buy a pc, keep it for 5+ years and buy another one.

Hey, I'm getting a new pc for the next gen of games.

Here are the specs, i need you guys to give me advice/better hardware. I am on a budget of around $1200 not including S&T all together (monitor is optional if money left over).

MOBO - MSI P6N

CPU - Undecided, waiting for price drop. Under 300 would be nice (Q6600) if possible.

RAM - G.SKILL 2gb RAM

VIDEO - ASUS 8800GTS 640mb

MASTER HDD - Current 80GB SATA

SLAVE HDD- WD Cavier SE 250GB SATA (I don't really care about big HDs)

OPTICAL DRIVES - ?? (DVD-RW, idk i want it cheap)

PSU - ??

can somebody comment on this rig? I need as much help as possible

Thanks