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CPU choice - E6850 vs Q6600 - advice pls

NickOw

NickOw

NickOw

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Hi Guys and Gals.

I currently have an Intel Core2duo 2.13 E6400 processor running on an Asus P5B Deluxe board with a Tuniq Tower 120 cooler.

With recent generous gifts of cash I am now in the position to update the CPU for something a little better.

I was thinking about either:

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB)

or

Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 "LGA775 Conroe" 3.00GHz (1333FSB)

I know the P5B is an older board now but after having much updated the BIOS it is meant to support FSB1333 and quadcore processors ok.

So my question is really which CPU should I have a stab with next?

The machine is mainly used for gaming (75% time), video processing (20% time) and work (meh, 5% time) so would it be better to go with a faster dualcore (3Ghz) or the Quadcore at 2.4 and overclock it? Was thinking the dual as not much supports quad well yet (games anyway) but wanted your opinions. I have been overclocking my E6400 to 2.8 but recently had SATA problems and lost a drive so not so confident about my overclocking skills......

Sorry if its been asked before, I did try searching but with little success (as ever lol).

Thanks in advance for your input :)

System: Core2 duo E6400, P5B deluxe, 2 Gig Crucial PC2-6400 Ballistix RAM, XFX Geforce 7900GTX Extreme, NEC 21inch widescreen 1680x1050.
 
thanks for the advice, unfortunately i dont get time away from work to look over multiple sites and always buy from Overclockers so came here for some help, tend to look upon the people here as helpful and well informed. Not a problem, even though I had searched, the answer it seems is a simple "makes little difference, buy what you prefer". Though personally I dont see flame wars happening on this forum (which is a welcome change on the net), so of course didnt realise this topic could potentially start one...my mistake :)
 
wow thanks very much for all the advice guys. Looks like a good option right now is to keep what I have and overclock it. Will give it a go, have a tuniq cooler on it and got up to 2.8 with it but seemed to have SATA problems and cant see where to limit that from the fsb. Anyway is a different topic lol , thanks for the advice. When I get around to buying a new CPU it might as well be when the newer intels come out :)
 
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