Need help deciding a CPU

[D-Rocks]

Hey everyone,
I am currently building a PC right now and I need help deciding what CPU I should get and for the right price? I plan on gaming, music, movies, photos. This is what I have so far

Aspire X-Cruiser Case (Silver)
Aspire 500w Black Aluminum See Through P/S
Lite-On 52x Black Int CD-Rom Drive OEM
Lite-On 20x DVD-RW Super-Mutil LightScribe
Western Digital 500GB WD Caviar SE 8MB Cache 7200 RPM Hard Drive
nForce 680i SLI Ready


Can anyone help?

 

[willsko87]

Do you have a price range?

 

[Puddle Jumper]

You should get a different power supply. Aspire is on the list of brands to avoid in the Updated Power supply guide. Once we know what cpu and graphics card you are getting we can recommend a power supply that will suit your needs.

 

[Redmo0n]

I would go for a Q6600

That is after you get a new power supply based on what your card will be.

 

[Joeyboy]

kinda a small cache on that there 500mb hard drive, although i don't understand much about cache it might not even matter, it seems you can get ones with 16mb for cheaper then that one on newegg though.

 

[35g700]

The q6600 is a good CPU. It would be good for what your doing, and it is pretty cheep now

Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor - CPUs / Processors

 

[thirdshiftdj]

Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives

Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives

If its in your budget get an q6600

 

[maroon1]

Try to get this HDD
Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives

It faster than all other HDD posted in this thread