i also plan to get a new pc soon. probably i will get an intel Q6600 cpu which should be nice for rendering in modo and blender.

i am not up to date with mainboards. what chipset does a quad core intel need? what mainboard with good price/performance ratio would you recommend? (i don't want high end stuff. i will never use SLI and RAID and such things...)
<edit> how about the ASUS P5Q Pro? </edit>

...any suggestions about a silent power supply and a silent cpu cooler?