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I would like to upgrade my E2180
Loads of people on this forum swearing that the best bang for buck upgrade for a 775 set up is the Q6600
Please can someone clarify
A used Q6600 go for circa £80 or £90 with zero quarantee, is it not worth paying the extra and getting a brand new Q8300 for £111 or a new Q8400 for £122.
Syd

 

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So sounds like I should stick with the E2180 running @ 3 GHz as little will be gained by swopping to a quad core CPU.

 

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I did'nt say that. What i said was the Q8***/Q9300/9400 series should'nt be considered. They have been badly cut down yet fill the price points that the Q9450/9550 (these have double the cache) used to occupy. Basically the E2180 sucks. Anything above it will kick it's butt big time. I did a benchmarking review a while ago using a E2140, E4300, E5200, E6600, E8500 over clock speeds from stock to 3.6Ghz (4.5Ghz in the case of the E8500). The E2140 was way behind all the other cpu's so a overclocked Q6600 (basically a pair of E6600's on the same die) would be a very good upgrade. It's not as if you will lose any money on a Q6600 when it comes to selling as they are in such high demand.

Just finished reading your review, an excellent piece of work, also read all the posts that followed for the second time, I think it is slowly being absorbed by the grey matter between the ears.
Anyway, I will now look out for a cheapish Q6600 with proven over clocking.
Thanks
Syd