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Hi all
I am after a new suystem build to run my new windows 7, now i was wanting a i7 but to be honest its way to much for me so then i looked at the i5 chip and to be honest it was a bit of a joke as theres only £60 difference in price from the i7 and i would have thought these would be abit better priced.
so my question is how good are the Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.66GHz. I know they will not be as good as the i5 or i7 but is there much in it.
I dont game i use my pc for internet and movies and compressing and multi tasking and also media streaming.
can a Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.66GHz be pushed to 3ghz on a stock cooler and stock voltage.
and also what about the Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.66GHz 6MB-cache cna that be overclocked to 3ghz wiht stock voltage and fan.
i dont have a lot of cash and i was wanting a 4 core cpu and as these seem to be a good price i was wanting to know how much poor they are to the i5/i7 chips.
I have a intell prescott single core 3.6ghz up to 4ghz and want a very good speed incress over my older system as my new system will be running windows 7 and media centre and hi-def.
could anyone give me some tips or help on this as the i5 & i7 are to expensive
thanks
I am after a new suystem build to run my new windows 7, now i was wanting a i7 but to be honest its way to much for me so then i looked at the i5 chip and to be honest it was a bit of a joke as theres only £60 difference in price from the i7 and i would have thought these would be abit better priced.
so my question is how good are the Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.66GHz. I know they will not be as good as the i5 or i7 but is there much in it.
I dont game i use my pc for internet and movies and compressing and multi tasking and also media streaming.
can a Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.66GHz be pushed to 3ghz on a stock cooler and stock voltage.
and also what about the Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.66GHz 6MB-cache cna that be overclocked to 3ghz wiht stock voltage and fan.
i dont have a lot of cash and i was wanting a 4 core cpu and as these seem to be a good price i was wanting to know how much poor they are to the i5/i7 chips.
I have a intell prescott single core 3.6ghz up to 4ghz and want a very good speed incress over my older system as my new system will be running windows 7 and media centre and hi-def.
could anyone give me some tips or help on this as the i5 & i7 are to expensive
thanks