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Q6600 to a dual core?

junpei

junpei

junpei

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Hey guys.

currently running a Q6600 at 3.4ghz (75c at full load with a tuniq 120)

im considering swapping out for a Dual core so i can push the speed further as im starting to think buying a quad back in march was a mistake. (granted its only dropped £50 in price) but im a heavy gamer and i fancy a speed boost. i dont do any video or music encoding. just games.

i see the E7200 for £88 here at OC and im wondering if i should get this and push it to 4ghz with my tuniq and flog the q6600?
 
Like you, I just game and don't encode or anything...I made the switch from quad to dual and love it. Clocking wolfdales is quite fun.
 
you wont see much (if any) improvement past 3.4ghz for just games. Unless you are silly then 3.4ghz wont bottleneck anything, I have mine at 3.4 and it runs everything flawless..
 
Is the amount of heat produces lowered ?
as the 4870 i just added has warmed the case up a fair amount. i was looking at getting a new cooler for that to quiet things down and make sure everything cool
 
Heat and power consumption would be lower with dual core, less cores to mke heat :p but its still not worth buying a whole new proc for the same performance (or less due to less cores)
 
junpei said:
Hey guys.

currently running a Q6600 at 3.4ghz (75c at full load with a tuniq 120)

im considering swapping out for a Dual core so i can push the speed further as im starting to think buying a quad back in march was a mistake. (granted its only dropped £50 in price) but im a heavy gamer and i fancy a speed boost. i dont do any video or music encoding. just games.

i see the E7200 for £88 here at OC and im wondering if i should get this and push it to 4ghz with my tuniq and flog the q6600?
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Keep it, you'll be glad you did when quad-core games come out, i.e. Alan Wake.
 
Keep your quad.

There is no quarantee how much you will get from E7200, AFAIK it's not nearly as overclockable as the full fledge E8000 wolfdales. To get 4ghz really you need at least E8400.

Plus you get a lot less cache so clock for clock it isn't much of a speed boost.

I'd try overclocking your quad a bit further if that's possible.
 
by the time quads are really supported widely in games the 65nm q6600 will be old and busted anyway :/
 
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