Was buying a E6850 over the Q6600 the right choice?

GmanUK · 11 Oct 2007 at 23:50

I recently bought an E6850 thinking that buying the Quad Core wasn't really needed and the cores were not used at the moment so why bother.....but after a couple of weeks playing with overclocks and the like I am starting to wonder if not buying the Quad was the best idea....

Any one got any thoughts on this one? :confused:

Cob · 11 Oct 2007 at 23:54

Well it's all a matter of personal opinion.

And mine is that the E6850 is a waste of time.

Want a dual-core? Go for the E6750.

Got £180 to spend? Get a Q6600.

Soz.

james.miller · 11 Oct 2007 at 23:55

i dont even think the e6750 is worth it. the 21's are the kings of the dual cores as far as im concerned. stupid cheap and stupidly overclockable. its either that, or go for a quad.

GmanUK · 12 Oct 2007 at 00:00

So is it best to ditch the E6850 and get the Q6600? :confused:

Cob · 12 Oct 2007 at 00:03

If the E6850 does what you want it to then keep it and wait to see what Penryn brings us at the start of next year.

GmanUK · 12 Oct 2007 at 00:07

Cob said:
If the E6850 does what you want it to then keep it and wait to see what Penryn brings us at the start of next year.

Fair point...think that will be the way to go...unless you think Crysis will behave better with the Quad Core? :eek:

Aod · 12 Oct 2007 at 00:17

GmanUK said:
Fair point...think that will be the way to go...unless you think Crysis will behave better with the Quad Core?

i'd like to hope that crysis will be multithreaded

GmanUK · 12 Oct 2007 at 00:21

Hmmm...now that could push me down the route of a quad then!! Might have to spend a bit more thought on this one!! Wouldn't be much of a hastle getting rid of this E6850 so might go for it :rolleyes:

BFG_9000 · 12 Oct 2007 at 00:36

Bought a E6850 over the E6600 and it runs like a dream, I have no reason to go down the " Why can't I overclock it to 100GHz on air fetish" because it runs all my games without a stutter and sits there nice and cool under my stock HSF... Idle: 29c .. :cool:

Load: 40c .. :cool:

On saying that I am looking to upgrade my E6850 when Doom 5 and Crysis 3 comes out, until then its very much "Future Proofed" the way the Dual 3GHz cores are performing... 10/10 Intel

Dual or Quad ??? you won't see any great diffrences at this present time.

james.miller · 12 Oct 2007 at 00:44

true enough. if your happy, thats all that matters. saying that though, you could have got that performance for £50. i know which one i'd have chosen

BFG_9000 · 12 Oct 2007 at 00:57

james.miller said:
true enough. if your happy, thats all that matters. saying that though, you could have got that performance for £50. i know which one i'd have chosen

Don't think a £50 CPU would give the same performance as a E6850.. both the E6850 and the Q6600 are on par with each other, just went with the cooler version..

james.miller · 12 Oct 2007 at 01:17

erm....no they aren't. the q6600 has twice as many cores, and many 2140/60 and 80's are doing 3ghz + with ease. it might be hard to accept having dropped £170 on an e6850 but hey, its the truth.

Going to Cali · 12 Oct 2007 at 01:26

May be bias as a 2180 owner, but the higher £ dual cores aren't worth the extra money in my opinion. Like a previous poster has said, a 21xx or a 6600 is the way to go.

Ravie · 12 Oct 2007 at 01:29

E2160 at 3.2ghz for 54 notes

lots of threads about checking the differences wid more expensive duos..... there aren't any worth noting in real world performance

cheap duo .... or if u have the money go quad

tbh · 12 Oct 2007 at 01:30

Cob said:
Got £180 to spend? Get a Q6600.

I already did, and would do so again without hesitation if in the market for a new PC

Kirth Gersen · 12 Oct 2007 at 08:25

Going back to the OP issue. You're going to lose loadsamoney selling the e6850 and getting a 6600. And for what, a few more FPS in Crysis. No mate, you've got a great CPU there, I would wait and see what the next gen have to offer.

melbourne720 · 12 Oct 2007 at 08:45

melbourne720 said:
The e6850 is the Emile Heskey of computer chips - I mean, WHY?

Q6600 for the win.

At the end of the day you have a fast chip, and no one can take that away from you, but why spend all that money on it when there was a physically better chip (Q6600) available for the same money?

Not having a go, just interested.

Kirth Gersen said:
Going back to the OP issue. You're going to lose loadsamoney selling the e6850 and getting a 6600. And for what, a few more FPS in Crysis. No mate, you've got a great CPU there, I would wait and see what the next gen have to offer.

First time I read that I was thinking "When did Loadsamoney get a new CPU?"...

Aod said:
i'd like to hope that crysis will be multithreaded

I think that is fact.

krisbutler · 12 Oct 2007 at 08:54

dual core *** quads run to hot for my likeing

VoG · 12 Oct 2007 at 09:24

Ravie said:
E2160 at 3.2ghz for 54 notes

agreed, the only thing thats got me even remotley interested in getting rid of my 2160 is the appearence of OEM quads.

w3bbo · 12 Oct 2007 at 09:38

I got a quad coz I wanted a new challenge. I havn't noticed much performance difference between my Quad @ 4ghz and my E6600 @ 4ghz. Sure encoding whizzes by but gaming performance and general tasks are no quicker......yet.

Be happy in your purchase, if it does what you want it to do then don't regret buying it.