Planning to buy a Q6600: What RAM, which Mainboard?

Hello,

I'm currently a bit frustrated about my setup, because my new
GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB is just too big for my CPU, a Pentium D
2.8GHz.

I've overclocked the Pentium D to about 4GHz, but it's still
slow in comparison to a Core 2 Duo or even a Core 2 Quad.

Well, I got a few questions about the CPU-upgrade, though:
I have a watercooled system that has no problem on keeping
the overclocked Pentium D and the highly overclocked GeForce
quite cool: The CPU does not hit the 60°C and the GPU is around
52°C at maximum load (the Pentium D is a hot beast).

So it'd be quite natural that I try overclocking the Q6600, too.

What's a good board (that's not extremely expensive) and can
I keep my DDR2-800 RAM? Is DDR2-800 a good idea for a Q6600, anyways?

By the way, I'm one of the P5WD2-E Premium owners that are
currently *very* frustrated that the board does not support
Core 2 Duo.

Thanks,

Daniel

"Daniel Albuschat" <daniel DeleteThis @happy.viming.de> wrote in message
news:ff9kbc$pbn$01$2@news.t-online.com...
> [...]
>
> As this seems to be very similar to the previous post:
> I don't want to spend the bucks I'd need for an ASUS Striker
> Extreme.
> It should really be a bit less expensive...

The Asus P5N32E SLI is based on the same 680I chipset as the Striker Extreme
with less bells and whistles and the NB/SB cooling is a bit less effective
as the Striker, but it works well. There are others here that have used the
EVGA 680i board (forget the model) with success.


Ed