E8400 vs Q6600 (sorry)

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cloud9racer

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Before anyone lectures me, yes I've been doing research.. about 2 days of it in fact. Still, I'd like some people who have vast knowledge into the future market and gaming industries to shed some insight.

I'm building a rig soon consisting of one of the two CPUs, 2x2gb 1066 ddr2 and a hd4870. While both CPUs probably won't have a big influence in terms of performance, I'm more concerned with the future, as I would like not to upgrade anything within a 2-3 year period. Also, this rig will be used primarily for gaming-85%, but I still do video editing once in a while-15% (not enough to warrant the q6600). I don't currently do much multitasking, but that might change once I build my new setup.

I know right now there are barely any games that take advantage of quad core, but will that change in 1-2 years? One year is pretty long in terms of technology as most of you already know. With that said, I am leaning more towards the e8400 because it is cheaper than the q6600 and will be a better performer for the near future. Oh, and I do plan on overclocking whichever CPU I decide to go with.
 
just a noob said:
have you considered a nehalem?
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Cheapest Nehalem is going to be 240 bucks for 2.66ghz + the board is like 300+

Also if the rumor is true (though no solid proof atm) I hear Intel is making sure they don't make another Q6600 unless you pay for the overclock the extreme edition is suppose to be the only "good overclock" at a lovely 1000 USD.

I would go Q6600 get a nice cooler and can OC to 3.2-3.6ghz easily enough.
Will be better price vs performance and even @ 2 cores will be only slightly slower then the E8400 @ 4ghz which the E8xxx models do with ease if the Nehalem really is locked on overclocking.


I saw a review but I can't find it that said that a 3.6ghz Q6600 would be as fast as a 3.2ghz Nehelam. So if the CPU is locked then its not worth getting till its 3.0ghz cousins get affordable.
 
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I was reading it here...was linked off Tomshardware so I like to think most the people there know what they are talking about.

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8580&Itemid=1

The question to be asked is why is it so cheap...is it to push quads and make them normal for 09...or is there something wrong with it.


Btw for the q6600/E8400 I found a nice benchmark to give a general idea...though the resolution is low only 1024x768 I expect the quad to perform better at higher res to keep it a "equal grounds" This is based off a 4.2ghz E8400 vs a Q6600 @ 3.6ghz which is prime clock speeds for these chips.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/248327-28-overclocked-q6600-e8400-compared-benchmarks-included
 
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Yeah, get a Q6600. Seriously, I've got mine at 3.4Ghz (as easy as counting 1,2,4,27,13). It's plenty fast enough, too. Blasts through games!

I've heard the Nehalems will have a lock on the wattage they use, I think it was around 100 - 130 watts. So you can OC a small amount. I'll try and represent it in text form;

<.>

< = Stock Speeds
. = Amount of OC'ing headroom
> = OC'ed speeds

Hope this helps.
 
I am rather loving my Q6600.....though I need a better cooler to overclock. ATM on stock with a 1.325v VID in a 21c room getting 37-36-32-35 via coretemp though the stock can't handle more then 15 mins at 100% load without passing 60c so I am looking into a good non-push pin cooler...problem is so many to choose from.
Though played fallout for 1-2 hours last night and it never passed 50c.
 
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