Chirstmas is coming soon and I am unhappy with my AMD Athlon 64 x2 4800+ in FSX...
I am thinking of upgrading to the Intel Q6600 and leaving AMD behind because it is better for gaming. The only problem with this is that there are a handful of Micro ATX (max size for my case unless I buy a new one and that is a bit out of the budget as I am pushing it as it is lol
CPU

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017

3 Mobos...

Intel (doesn't look that good from the reviews...)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121355
Intel (Looks decent)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121357
Asus (Fits what I need)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131336

Opinions? Experience with any of these or the Q6600? Nick!?

I have never used any of the micro boards however the last one should do 400MHz in a clock which will place the Q6600 at 3.6GHz

If you wish to maximize that clocks ability then you need good DDR2 1066 memory and of course setting up 800 or 1066 memory and a clock means manual settings.. the motherboard is not going to run the memory at the correct speed on 'auto'



1066 for best perf is going to be either

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146789

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145197


and you will need a good CPU cooler installed to clock the Q6600

the OCZ Vendetta 2 is what I would suggest


If you can not afford the ones I posted be aware the DDR2 800 sticks you posted can have fit issues becasue of the heatsinks on them. Some towers are too tight to allow them to fit with the CPU HSF or video card.. I cant tell you if the parts you are looking at or have now will be a problem with those sticks