Ok, I just pulled the trigger on the NewEgg $66AR Abit IP35E deal. motherboard, check.
Also I already have the x1950 Pro PCI-e card, and Antec EA500. GPU & PSU, check.
This leaves only CPU and RAM. I'm assuming that I should get 2x2GB ram if I go with Quad core Q6600. Or would 2x1GB suffice? There's that talk of 1GB per core.
For some reason I'm still looking at E2180 prices since it's half that of Quad for this deal. I'd expect Penryn would reduce Q6600 pricing even more, but Intel really can't lower E21xx pricing down by much. Long term value wise, you don't loose as much out on E21xx.
Bottomline question is then would Q6600 still be performance competitive in the world of 45nm Penryns?
What do you think?
Also I already have the x1950 Pro PCI-e card, and Antec EA500. GPU & PSU, check.
This leaves only CPU and RAM. I'm assuming that I should get 2x2GB ram if I go with Quad core Q6600. Or would 2x1GB suffice? There's that talk of 1GB per core.
For some reason I'm still looking at E2180 prices since it's half that of Quad for this deal. I'd expect Penryn would reduce Q6600 pricing even more, but Intel really can't lower E21xx pricing down by much. Long term value wise, you don't loose as much out on E21xx.
Bottomline question is then would Q6600 still be performance competitive in the world of 45nm Penryns?
What do you think?