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I assumed you were making a server, but if this is a normal rig/gaming rig, screw the Dual CPU platform
 
Ok thanks man, ill post my updated list after i go find a new CPU and motherboard

What would you recommend for a Gaming motherboard, something around $350

and for processor, AMD or Intel. I heard AMD was better for gaming. is that true?
 
Well no..

That usually applies with cores, games right now can't handle Quads yet, but games are becoming Quad Intensive, so heres a good build for $1,200

Q6600
Asus P5Q Pro
HD 4870 Crossfire (or HD 4870 with HD 4870X2)
4gb DDR2 Kit
Case, HD, Optical Drives of your choice

But depending on which games you play this is highly overboard

EDIT: please don't Quadruple post, use the Edit Feature in the future, consecutive posts within the 24 hour period is considered Spam

EDIT2: AMD is currently slower than Intel in the CPU market (they overclock better too), so stick with Intel
 
Not if you want the Build to last for a while, like I said in my other post, Games are somewhat Quad-Intensive (as in they can load all 4 cores of a Quad-Core), games are going more and more Quad-Intensive, so for a future proof build that would be better
 
So would it be better If i got the Core 2 Quad? or would that not be as fast as the Duo, I can get a new CPU whenever.
 
Indeed you should and if there were any members on this late, they'd probably agree:

1. Unless you plan on upgrading soon, stick with a Dual Now and upgrade to a newer quad later on
2. You don't plan on upgrading soon, stick with the Q6600
 
lol, thanks so much for the help man, I owe u BIG. Im going to post my list in a sec.

EVGA NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 Video Card ------------ $369.99

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz 12MB
L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor ---------- $549.99

Antec Nine Hundred Chassis ------------------------- $119.99

Sigma Shark SP-635 635W Power Supply --------------- $99.99

Cooler Master Sphere ------------------------------- $38.98

ASUS Xonar D2 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI
Interface Ultra Fidelity Sound Card with Complete
Dolby/DTS Sound Technologies ----------------------- $179.99

CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
(PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory --------- $58.00

Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB
10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive ------- $299.00

Bigfoot Killer NIC 10/100/1000 PCI 400 MHz --------- $229.00

LG Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 10X DVD+R DL
20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X
CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache E-IDE/ATAPI
20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe -------------- $26.99

ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA LGA 775 Intel X48
ATX Intel Motherboard ------------------------------ $289.99

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center with SP2 --------- $119.99

Total :$2382.23

If you need link for em, just ask

Im in the music business also, thats why I have the Lightscribe, and the Media Center
 
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