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Got an OCd Q6600 @ 3.4 - Go to 2600k or 2700k OC'd ?

Rikki

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Hi folks, hard to describe things in the subject line LOL

I have a 4 year old rig of a Q6600 @ 3.4 GHz / 4gb ram / Gigabyte P35-DS3R mobo.

Its great and I love it, such an upgrade from my previous AMD 64+ system but its time I went looking for another upgrade but torn between going for a 2600K and 2700K. Im really not sure the difference between them and if its worth the extra dosh.

Ive read a few threads and that didnt really help much, all I kinda saw was that the 2700k can be OCd further up to and past 5GHz.

Is there any other real world benefits from the newer chip, they are both 32nm and from what I can see are just an evolutionary path.

Also, has anyone here gone from an OCd 6600 rig up to an OCd 26 or 27k and what is the difference I would expect?

Apologies for asking a Q thats probably been beaten to death before, I did have a look through the archives here before posting but didnt see anything that was exactly the same as my Q.

Thanks

Rik
 
PS: Forgot to mention I mainly edit video (1080p AVCHD) in Sony Vegas Pro (10 at moment but 11 soon) and do a lot of Photoshop work with DSLR images (12 / 22mp).
 
Hi Rik,

I have exactly the same spec motherboard and cpu (though I can only get mine to 3.2)and I've just ordered a 2600k, new MB and 16GB ram.

I do Lightwave, Photoshop and Pro-Engineer on my machine, so Im hoping the multi-threading on the 2600k as well as the sheer grunt will be a good step up from my 6600 with 6GB ram.

I render out animations which can take AGES!!! (similar to rendering in Vegas? I use After Effects...) so I'll post back and let you know the difference!

Gaz.
 
Go with the 2600k, be stupid to get the 2700k as you will be pushed to use the 2600k at it's default speeds and it will overclock easy to 4.8 on air lol
 
Good stuff!

So a 2600k with the water cooling - what would I expect to get it to?

The reason my Q6600 is happy at 3.4 on air is because I lapped it and then slammed a massive tower cooler and push pull fans on it.
 
I went from a Q6600 @ 3.8Ghz to a 2600k @ 5.2Ghz. I mainly do encoding to mpeg4-ASP and mpeg4-AVC and my encoding time are between 2x - 3x faster, so as great as the Q6600 was you will see major speed improvements.

As previously said you don't really need to get the 2700k unless you're dead set about getting past 5Ghz. Anything past 4.6Ghz will see those kind of improvements.

The HT in the 2600k makes a difference (~25% ) over the 2500k for encoding. I recommend you stick with Gigabyte for your motherboard. More solid than their Asrock & Asus counter parts. Any decent 1600Mhz 1.50v DDR3 will do the job (Corsair/GSkill)
 
Thanks wam7 for that information. Just the kinda nudge I need to make me pull the trigger :)

Could you let me know a bit more about the spec of the system you have, which particular mobo, cooling system and settings ?

Getting yours to 5.2 seems amazing! :)

Thanks again,

Rik
 
If you're buying now then perhaps consider the 2700K.

The prices on This Week Only make them only a few pounds more than the 2600K.

They seem to overclock a little further or at slightly lower volts than the 2600K. The OEM batch that OcUK have seem to anyway.
 
My 2600k was from the MM and seems to be one of those 'golden' ones that doesn't need 1.50v to reach 5Ghz. You would be hard pressed to find one that does that now so you be better off as Rikki says and getting a 2700k as you should get higher overclocks.

I am using a Asus P8Z68 v-pro but will be changing it for a Gigabyte UD4/UD5 as I have to use more volts than I want for 5Hz and a few other niggles I have with the board. I don't recommend this board if you want 5Ghz+. Either Gigabyte or the more expensive Asus higher end motherboards

Cooling is a Noctua U12P
 
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