Planning to purchase this Hardware - Kindly help

[techtronic]

Intel Core2Quad Q6600
Asus P5KC Board (reason I am buying this is because of DDR2 and DDR3 compatibility and also support for 1333 MHz FSB)
3*1 GB DDR2 667 MHz RAM
Antec Three Hundred Cabinet
Antec 650W SMPS

Main purpose for buying this - Virtualization using VMWare Workstation and 1080p HD Movie Playing

[nish_higher]

good choice of board and proccy.
ram=kingston / corsair 667
and why not buy a Cooler master / corsair psu ?

[compiling_error]

antec psu owns both cm/crossair.

but it has got pathetic service.

if ur pc is going to run for more than 6 hours daily than gofor psu with pfc.

else cm extreme 500/600 watts would be enough.

virtualization can lead to huge ram ysage.
i would suggest u to gofor 2x2gb ddr2 800 ram from trancend/kingston becuse they are cheap and wont be so cheap once ddr3 become mainstream

also 6600 quad doesnt need 1333 mhz fsb. so that reason looks stupid.

if it is a mission critical operation and u are not going to overclock then gofor intel mobos

if u wanna overclock then gofor p35 chipset.
u can find abi mobos wid it.

abit currently has most cost effective p35 mobo

[topgear]

Go for 2 x 1 GB DDR2 800 Mhz insteadof 3 x 1 GB 667 Mhz ram.

[pratik03]

Originally Posted by topgear

Go for 2 x 1 GB DDR2 800 Mhz insteadof 3 x 1 GB 667 Mhz ram.

3x1GB 667 DDR2 ram will perform Better than 2 x 1GB 800 DDR2 ram

better to go for 3x1GB 800 ddr2 ram because price difference is not much

[rahulmig]

why dont u got E8200 or E8400 45nm processor

[techtronic]

Thank you for your replies. Any other suggestions ?

[topgear]

Originally Posted by rahulmig

why dont u got E8200 or E8400 45nm processor

How ? He can get dual channel with only 2 Rams ie 2x 1gb and the other ram will perform less that the 2x1GB cause that gb ram module will not run @ dual channel.

@techtronic
get 4x1GB 800Mhz ram with windows vista 64 bit edition and apply the latest sp1.

[techtronic]

I am not going to use Windows Vista atleast for the time being.
Going to install Windows XP 32 Bit so I guess I will not buy more than 3 GB DDR 667 MHz RAM.

Also I am also planning to switch to Intel Q9300 instead of Q6600 as Q9300 supports 1333 MHz FSB

[Extreme Gamer]

get 2x1gb+2x512mb for dual channel

[topgear]

I'll recomend to stick with 2x1GB ram for now. It's enough.
Go for another 2x1GB later and with 64 bit edition of vista. That will be more future proof.