Hi thanks.....but seriously my price range is like $800 - $900 which makes the buyin a little difficult if you know what i mean......well basically i thought a Core 2 Duo would be fine but I am real harcore multi-tasker than a gamer....jumping from Photoshop to Firefox (with +4 tabs) to uTorrent and at times Media Player or Adobe Reader at a time.....

Do you still think Core 2 Duo will be of my type....??

You said that the Quad Core was a power hogger but this MODEL# is BX80562Q6600....is it possible to tell if this is a B3 or G0 Stepping ???? bcoz i herd G0 Stepping consumes much less power....

oh yeah. even a pentium D or P4 would do. maybe an Athlon X2. dont owrry about quad core. i recently built my neighbor a powerful $700 computer. i can do the same for you.l i may be 15, but i know a lot about computers. A C2D would be overkill even for you. so. in a little while, i will post the list. dont owrry about power consumption. the Core2 series is very cool running and consumes very lowa mount of power compared to Pentium4s.

EDIT> I didnt mean it was a power hog, i meant it was a very powerful processor

Here is the List


CPU-(Intel Core2 Duo E6420 (Dual core, Socket775, 2.13Ghz, 4MB L2 Cache) Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe 2.13GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail
$186.00 USD


Motherboard-ASUS P5N32-E SLi Plus, Nvidia Nforce-650SLI Chipset, DDR2 Memory support, Dual PCIexpress16x support
Newegg.com - ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
$180.00 USD

RAM-Corsair XMS2 2-GB (2x 1GB) DDR2 800, 5-5-5-12, 240pin DDR2 DIMMS
Newegg.com - CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
$104.00 USD

Graphics Card- EVGA 256-P2-N615-TX (EVGA Nvidia Geforce 7600GT) Core clock 560mhz
Newegg.com - Buy Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, Digital Cameras and more!
$90.00USD

Harddrive- Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7200.10 (7200RPM, SATA 3gb/s, 16MB Cache) Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
$80.00 USD

Sound Card-Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 (96khz sample rate) PCI
Newegg.com - Creative Sound Blaster SB0570 Audigy SE 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail
$30.00 USD

Case-NZXT Trinity (Black/silver) ATX midtower Case with 400watt Powersupply
Newegg.com - NZXT TRINITY BLK Black/Silver SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 400 WATT PS2 ATX12V Power Supply - Retail
$80.00 USD

CD/DVD drives- LG DVD writer, CD writer, IDE, LIGHTSCRIBE,
Newegg.com - LG Black 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE 18X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe - OEM
$33.00 USD

OS (option 1- Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 ($140 USD)
Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows XP Professional With SP2B 1 Pack - OEM

OS (option2 - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium DVD (retail)
Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium DVD - Retail
$220.USD



with XP, the total comes to about 920 dollars, with Vista, it comes to just over a thousand dollars, not including shipping

lol i also only pick components which have high user ratings, because of reliability issues

EDIT- lol I only pick parts which have proven to be more reliable than others

Hey in the year we are in the age hardly matters...and Thanks !!...but i was wondering dont you think the q6 is a wise choice for a a guy (like me) who has no plans to upgrade once i comple my rig for the nxt 3 - 5 yrs.....considering that softwares like Photoshop is already making use of the processor.......

The plan i have for my rig............ is a nice case with atleast 3 fans, a good mobo, q6 processor, 2GB ram, a dvd-burner, 250GB drive.......and maybe a vdo card in the future and definately a sound card......you know a rig that is simple but capable of updates in future....

hmmm.... i can put together a ;list based on that.. but it will be a bit more expensive... teh q6600 is not what you need, i can tell you taht now... but, maybe a higher end C2 Duo. it will last for years, and for what you do, it will be plenty powerful. you dont need 3 fans, you just need a couple big, 120mm or 92mm fans.