E6850 vs. Q6600

[derchris]

Both CPU's are good. The quad is slower now, but may be faster in the future as more games/apps take advantage of the increased cores. Both are darn fast though.

As for the ram, you've already got 2gig in 4 sticks, so why change?

The MB has the 680i chipset, and is a little bit picky when it comes to memory.
Mine (Corsair XMS2 675MHz) is not working very well with mine.
At the moment it doesn't boot at all, not even to the BIOS.
Thats why I would like to get memory which is 100% working with my MB

As for the CPU, the C2Q sounds better, also speaking of overclocking.
I was going to get it watercooled anyway, so this shouldn't be a problem.

And Graphics, a 8800 GTS should be more then enough for my gaming needs.

[derchris]

OK, so I'm going to buy a Q6600.
I already have ordered new Memory (Crucial Ballistix 2GB).

Now I was wondering about cooling the CPU.
I heard of the Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme.
And I saw an article about a water cooling kit from Swiftech, H2O-120 Compact.

Any recommendations?