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post #1 of 43
1/26/08 at 9:41pm
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Core 2 Duo E6850 Processor 3Ghz or the Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Quad-Core Processor, 2.40 GHz, 8M L2 Cache, LGA 775 BX80562Q6600 SLACR, with G0 stepping


which would you buy if the price was the same?
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post #2 of 43
1/26/08 at 10:11pm
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Originally Posted by almmohd View Post
Core 2 Duo E6850 Processor 3Ghz or the Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Quad-Core Processor, 2.40 GHz, 8M L2 Cache, LGA 775 BX80562Q6600 SLACR, with G0 stepping


which would you buy if the price was the same?
Alrighty, lots of question for you.

#1) Do you want the best processor for today, or do you want a processor that could be better in the future?

#2) Do you plan on heavy overclocking?

#3) Do you do a ton of multi-tasking and image processing/engineering or do you pretty much just play games?

#4) Does super speed matter for you?

Personally, I would get the Q6600 if you plan on OC'ing, and the E6850 if you don't (unless you do lots of engineering and image processing)
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post #3 of 43
1/26/08 at 10:31pm
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Originally Posted by pdonket View Post
Alrighty, lots of question for you.

#1) Do you want the best processor for today, or do you want a processor that could be better in the future? dont know, don't exactly understand what you mean, what would you recommend

#2) Do you plan on heavy overclocking? not really, i have never really overclocked but i would like to learn

#3) Do you do a ton of multi-tasking and image processing/engineering or do you pretty much just play games? GAMES!!!

#4) Does super speed matter for you? speed is good...gamer plan on running crysis, flight sim x,gears of war

Personally, I would get the Q6600 if you plan on OC'ing, and the E6850 if you don't (unless you do lots of engineering and image processing)
but can't the 6850 be OC'd t oget higher performance than the 6600?
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post #4 of 43
1/26/08 at 10:34pm
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this is the mobo i'm looking for...if that factors into the decision making process
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post #5 of 43
1/26/08 at 10:43pm
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but can't the 6850 be OC'd t oget higher performance than the 6600?
Technically yes, but at some point the difference will be more and more negligible as the clock speeds go higher. Plus @ 3.4ghz on a C2Q it will be very fast, even at 2.4 as I have my Q6600....things process very quickly
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post #6 of 43
1/26/08 at 10:47pm
As for "future-proofing" I would suggest the Q6600 because the 4 cores at some point may be used and having a dual core could possibly bottleneck you at some point in time. Not to say that this will happen super fast, but overall 4 cores should last you longer than 2.

Now, from what you've said above to be honest I think the E6850 would be better for you. That way you can overclock a little bit just to play around but not push it too hard and you'll have a better stock speed. Since not many programs use 4 cores, having a dual core at this point in time will be no hindrance whatsoever
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post #7 of 43
1/26/08 at 11:11pm
q6600

or the 8400 that just came out
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post #8 of 43
1/27/08 at 12:15am
Question: is there such a thing as a motherboard that can socket TWO Q6600's yet?
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post #9 of 43
1/27/08 at 12:42am
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Originally Posted by galahad05 View Post
Question: is there such a thing as a motherboard that can socket TWO Q6600's yet?
Don't think so only dual Xeons
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post #10 of 43
1/27/08 at 1:28am
So...the only 8-core motherboard solutions sit in the AMD camp?
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post #11 of 43
1/27/08 at 2:26am
I'm in the opposite camp of the quad-sayers. When choosing between the Q6600 and the E6850, I'd go for the E6850 if you don't have a real need for the Quad. Faster processor, runs cooler, and can easily OC 10-20% without even trying.

That said, good advice to go for the new models just coming out.

You'll probably be happy no matter which way you go.
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post #12 of 43
1/27/08 at 2:38am
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Originally Posted by shazza View Post
I'm in the opposite camp of the quad-sayers. When choosing between the Q6600 and the E6850, I'd go for the E6850 if you don't have a real need for the Quad. Faster processor, runs cooler, and can easily OC 10-20% without even trying.

That said, good advice to go for the new models just coming out.

You'll probably be happy no matter which way you go.


Used to be one of the quad sayers but these days I realize that quad adaption is a long way out, so why sacrifice speed as of now

*Yes, I do feel retarded for saying this while having just bought a system with a Q6600 in it*
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post #13 of 43
1/27/08 at 3:07am
lol - I think the point is, they're both good, and most of us will not really know see much difference in performance with the Dual or the Quad. it would be an easy decision if there was a big price difference.
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post #14 of 43
1/27/08 at 10:48am
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Originally Posted by GBrilliantQ View Post
q6600

or the 8400 that just came out


http://www.notebookforums.com/post2838941-1.html
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post #15 of 43
1/27/08 at 4:06pm
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It seems like everyone is reporting 4ghz or higher with those little gems.
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post #16 of 43
1/27/08 at 9:41pm
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Originally Posted by GBrilliantQ View Post
q6600

or the 8400 that just came out
8400 is that a triple core phenom? how much damage in $?
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post #17 of 43
1/27/08 at 10:16pm
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8400 is that a triple core phenom? how much damage in $?
Intel 45nm dual core 3.0ghz $220

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...5037&Tpk=e8400

reports are it's doing 4ghz+ easily.
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post #18 of 43
1/28/08 at 9:35pm
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Used to be one of the quad sayers but these days I realize that quad adaption is a long way out, so why sacrifice speed as of now

*Yes, I do feel retarded for saying this while having just bought a system with a Q6600 in it*
so your quad is not OC'd? how do you cope with games, good performance?
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post #19 of 43
1/28/08 at 9:42pm
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so your quad is not OC'd? how do you cope with games, good performance?
Rockin' good performance here, it's in no way (IMO) bottlenecking games anywhere near enough to cause reasonable concern. I run all of my games at basically over 40fps with my non OC'd 8800GT and non OC'd Q6600 (Crysis is naturally the exception)

I only recommended the E6850 because the speed increase could make doing some tasks easier/faster for you, but if you think 4 cores could come in handy in the future and you don't need the ABSOLUTE best performance ever, then the Q6600 would be fine for you too.

To be honest, either way games will remain completely playable and even if something isn't, more than likely today it is the GPU, not CPU


Oh yeah, do check out the XPS 420 review under the review section here and you'll get FPS ratings of different games with my setup
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post #20 of 43
1/30/08 at 9:05pm
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thanks for the info pdonket, it's a tough choice for the cpu since it's both the same price. Dual core 2.33 ghz on the m1710 is pretty good and meets my needs really so i was thinking that maybe the quad should be fine and absolute best performance is not required



I think they did something wrong with crysis. I mean if COD4 can look that good and not need a monster machine, what were they thinking when they did crysis.
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