I have an E6400 in it now. Was a major pita to find a good overclock, which was 4x801 mhz in the end. Bought a q9450 and evga 780i for $450+tax in the end. The q6600 was $180. I couldn't help but think the motherboard was going to hold me back sooner or later, if not already.
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I like to use Ipodme, Videora, Nero Recode, etc. Most of the time, I'm shrinking down dvd's and other .avi's for my Ipod touch. Yes, I will o/c and power consumption is not a factor.
My mobo is the ole gigabyte 965p-ds3 1.0. Their website says I can slap a Q6600 in there with no problem. That's around $175.
Q9450 won't work in my gigabyte board. So that's a new motherboard, another $200 probably. Pretty sure my ddr2-800 memory is still good(I hope).
So, for video...
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