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2180 q6600 or e8400

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Having just decided to upgrade my whole system i was wondering if I would see a huge benefit getting a q6600 over a 2180. Also is a quad an overkill and would an e8400 be better?
 
Depends what your useage is mate, I went quad because I do a lot of encoding plus play a few games. If I was just a gamer I'd have gone for the dual.
 
for me it will be just for gaming the reason i put the quad in was due to the 1066 FSB. Should i then be thinking of the E6750 then?
 
if you are planning on the e2180, i would get the e2200. it has a higher multiplier, making it better for FSB limited MBs and the price difference isnt that much more
 
excellent cheers mate will do. am moving fron an xp3800 x2 at 2.5ghz is there much of an improvement?
 
I moved from an AMD64 3200+ Venice, and i seen a difference with aE2160 at stock speed.

It's pretty nippy when clocked.
 
jak731 said:
if you are planning on the e2180, i would get the e2200. it has a higher multiplier, making it better for FSB limited MBs and the price difference isnt that much more
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Don't think there's much point, I run my 2180 at 8 x 400 to get the higher fsb benefit, might just as well have got a 2140 lol. New P35 mobo's can reach 400 fsb wth no probs.
 
go for the 2180 and spend the money saved on a better gfx, or like bikes said get a Q6600 if you do a lot of encoding/decoding
 
You need to say what it's for if you want people to give you the best advice.

But an E2200 would be the best option for most people
 
the E2*** series chips tend to have a low FSB wall, i couldnt get past 340 FSB with my old E2140, so the E2200 would be the better one to go for, theres only a few £ difference
 
I just bought an e8400.. then decided to RMA it for the q6600.. i dont know why but for me, technology goes forward not backwards. so decided to futureproof myself
 
KelticDaz said:
Don't think there's much point, I run my 2180 at 8 x 400 to get the higher fsb benefit, might just as well have got a 2140 lol. New P35 mobo's can reach 400 fsb wth no probs.
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can i just ask, is there a way around windows and some programs reporting 4ghz when you do this? I know it's not really that important but it annoys me! i can run 320*10 or 400*8 with 1:1 ram
 
Ben M said:
But an E2200 would be the best option for most people
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E2200 vs E2160

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E2160 For The Win! :cool:
 
mame said:
can i just ask, is there a way around windows and some programs reporting 4ghz when you do this? I know it's not really that important but it annoys me! i can run 320*10 or 400*8 with 1:1 ram
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Not that I know of, but as you say, not important. Never bothered me in the slightest tbh.
 
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