New cp

[promisebreaker]

new build, need some advice.

Hey guys, Building a new rig.. having issues deciding on the processor.. here is all my specs..

Egva 8800GTS 512(g92)
ASUS P5N-D LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i
g-SKill 4gb 800
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb
CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX ATX12V V2.2 550W Power Supply

I am building this rig for gaming.. going to be running duel 22's. i will be using this 95% of the time playing games.. with that in mind.. what processor would you all rec/...

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core

~~or~~

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor

Thanks in advance for all your feed back.

 

[aSc1@3]

q6600, you can oc it to 3.0 ghz at least

 

[Respital]

q6600, you can oc it to 3.0 ghz at least

I would agree.
Most people would tell you to go for the E8400 although I personally wouldn't since it's not quad. (i was going to get a Q6600 but it wasen't in stock at the time i built my computer) So go with the Q6600 like aSc1 said you can overclock it to 3Ghz easily.

Hope this helps.

 

[promisebreaker]

thanks for the answer, but i moved it to corect forum sorry. =D

 

[cohen]

q6600, you can oc it to 3.0 ghz at least

are they any good for gaming... i would've thought the E8400 would have been better for the gaming....

 

[promisebreaker]

Well i really wanted to stay away from overclocking.. mostly cuz i dont know how to..

 

[Timo]

It's easy, look into any guide and you will see exactly what to do. But if you really really really do not want to overclock, go for a E8400 seeing that if you compare them to eachother at stock speeds it will be faster.

 

[Respital]

It's easy, look into any guide and you will see exactly what to do. But if you really really really do not want to overclock, go for a E8400 seeing that if you compare them to eachother at stock speeds it will be faster.

Yup but if you want future proof or plan to do some sort of rendering go for the Q6600 or even the Q9450.

Hope this helps.

 

[cohen]

Yup but if you want future proof or plan to do some sort of rendering go for the Q6600 or even the Q9450.

Hope this helps.

quad core will be the future.

 

[oscaryu1]

There is only one game out there currently that supports Quad Cores, HL2, and it's support is horrible. Take any game and run a Q6600 and E8400 against each other. The E8400 will come out on top. 2 cores supported, both faster than 2 of the Quad's, 45nm technology, cache, FSB, ect...

E8400. Quads may be the future, but not now, and probably not for a while. Q6600 for the heavy multitasker only.