Q6600 or E8400 (i know its common but still)
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not true, plenty of benchmarks have shown that higher clocked duals outeperform quads in a variety of different applications
quit asking and just get the Q6600
that doesnt help at all
now i actually feel like getting the e8400.
Archangel
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All i can say about this subject is.. My Q6600 removed the biggest annoyance I've had on my pc. a slow startup of windows and other programs.
the Q6600 started vista a lot faster than my friends E8400 (his was quicker past the loading screen, but before you can actually start using your pc is what I mean. )
I also run loads of stuff at the same time, hence I'm happy with the Q6600, and wouldnt want to switch it with a dual core. Like DirtyD said, the E8400 could be faster in games etc (altough, only slightly as far as I can see. ) and I say could be, because I recon there is some fanboy-ism involved!
either way, both are good processors, and Imo, both are worth their money.
the Q6600 started vista a lot faster than my friends E8400 (his was quicker past the loading screen, but before you can actually start using your pc is what I mean. )
I also run loads of stuff at the same time, hence I'm happy with the Q6600, and wouldnt want to switch it with a dual core. Like DirtyD said, the E8400 could be faster in games etc (altough, only slightly as far as I can see. ) and I say could be, because I recon there is some fanboy-ism involved!
either way, both are good processors, and Imo, both are worth their money.
Ramodkk
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and I say could be, because I recon there is some fanboy-ism involved!
only slightly
if there was a quad that was capable of higher clocks than the E8400 and didnt cost an arm and a leg, i'd definitely go with that. but games at the moment prefer high clocks over more cores, so that's why i'm such a big supporter of the E8400 and duals in general
Backwoods166
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4GHz over 3GHz anyday
Unless he gets a B3 on stock cooling there is no quad that I have ever seen limited to 3Ghz
3.4 is pretty much standard on a q6600 G0 and with a decent vid 3.6 isn't to much trouble.
besides he said no OC's
why not get your moneys worth? Its hard to kill these things
Archangel
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4GHz over 3GHz anyday
but,.. but... a e8400 @ 4GHz is only 2x 4GHz, a Q6600 at 3GHz is 4x 3GHz. who's the daddy now?
kidding aside, I clocked my q6600 to 4GHz already too, at that point it did get unstable tough. 3.8GHz wasnt a problem tough. running it at 3,6GHz now, because that puts the fsb on 400MHz, and I'm a fan of pretty rounded numbers
(with unstable i mean. it did boot windows, but prime95 gave errors.
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