Hi guys,
I am in need of a quad core system with a shed load of ram asap and I am scared that if purchase one now the price will drop significantly and I will have lost out.
Do we have any confirmed dates as when the drop will occur and by how much at retail?
Thanks,
Marcus.
you can get a Q6600 +4GB Ram and MOBO for about £550, if intel drop it can’t drop that can’t drop more than guess £150 (off the total) which in the scale of things is not much. Just go it man,
Tom
I think the price drop is next week, or the very latest the week after (end of the month)..
I’m not sure if the $266 Q6600 price drop has actually been confirmed, but it would be a stellar deal; it started out somewhere around $800 at the start of the year.
price drop is definatly the 23rd - and its half price ish.
yep, im waiting in the shadows, ready to pounce like a tiger on the Q6600 when the price drops.
:lol:
sorry.. quiet day at work
hehhe me to - i’ve got everything but the cpu and ram.
just in case ddr3 drops too 
wild mate!!! :lol:
werticus:
I assume you mean DDR2 
Will also overclock the Q6600 straight to 3.2ghz.. that way everything is running at 1:1
priad:
hehe you know it
What mobo you guys using with the q6600?
Also, pls excuse my ignorance, but is the q6600 a xeon or not? I’ve seen conflicting naming conventions.
Im using a Asus P5B Deluxe.
And no, the Q6600 is not a xeon. The xeonx are X**** series
prices dropped early!
couple places with them in stock at the new price: (in australia)
http://www.ausprices.com.au/cgi/Search?state=&q=q6600&cid=0
(careful above, some are pre-order still)
and
have a nice(ish) bundle deal.
definitely using a p35 motherboard, either asus p5k or a gigabyte ds3 / 4 are the winners. just need to choose one with the features i want and nothing more.
3.2ghz is a small over clock -
P35 chipset (and certain boards) supports ddr3 and ddr2 but its probably way too expensive.
looks like the q6600 is the way to go for sure, because the new q6700 is twice the price for a slightly faster bus.
http://www.shopbot.com.au/default.asp?kw=q6600&position=search
Seems like alot of places are having it cheap now 
Gonna get me one next week.
wow, :shock:
they just dropped 35% on the combo, yesterday it was £450, today £299, so my guess of a £150 drop was pretty close, 
MOBO is 329410 - Asus P5N-E SLI, nForce-650i SLI, ATX, Socket-775, GbLAN, DDR2, 2xPCI-Ex16
Tom
Ok thx.
Do any mobos support dual q6600s, or is that just being greedy?
I sent my dad out to Scan this morning to get one! haha
I have been to Aria as well to get some of my other bits and then to MicroDirect later to get the rest.
For pretty much exactly £800 I have specced:
Intel q6600 2.4ghz core 2 quad
8gb ddr2 800mhz Patriot memory (4x2gb)
2x 250gb Samsung SP2504x (for use in raid)
Abit IP-35 motherboard
Corsair 620w HXV2 Power supply
Thermaltake Soprano Piano black case
Arctic Cooling freezer 7 pro cpu fan
I can’t wait to get it built tonight!!! It should fly!
I am considering getting an nVidia 8800 gts to go in it as well but I am unsure which one to get. I have a budget of about £200.
Any ideas guys?
Ok thx.
Do any mobos support dual q6600s, or is that just being greedy?
not that I am aware of, if you want the dual cpu setup you threfore need the xeon series and you will be looking for 2 chips like the following Intel BX80562X3220 Intel Quad-Core Xeon Processor X3220 2.4GHZ
note the X in the name.
best (US) online prices can be found at http://www.pricewatch.com/cpu/
Tom
keep in mind the over clockability of the q6600 when comparing to the xeons
Any ideas in terms whether to get the 320mb or 640mb 8800gts?
There is about a £50 difference and I would really be stretching, is it really worth it?